African-prompted stripes are bold, colorful and often patterned for a joyful approach to ethnic dressing. Scorched brights erupt and glow in fervid stripes in simple, bias and mercurial arrangements. Undulating stripes and ribbons swirl, twirl, cross and sway. Zany, free and wild expressions remember Pollock, Keith Haring and subway art. The written word says it all through newsprint clippings, graffiti and chalked street games a la Cy Twombly.
Optics are soft, blurry and hand-painted or sharp, techno and cyber.
The trend is clearly ubiquitous denim a denim trip of culturally distinct, proudly different and significantly unique indigos with ethnic characteristics that span the globe. Blues can be shadowed, dingy and ashen. Reds and red denims are key. Bright Blue, turquoise, raspberry and rosy pink are accents. Americana themes and flags from around the world inspire a host of striped, star-studded denims.