Trickle up theory fashion examples

The trickle across theory is the idea that the adoption of a fashion trend occurs across multiple socioeconomic groups in a horizontal fashion rather than going vertically up or down the hierarchy. For example, similar designs to these butterfly shaped sunglasses by Poppy Lissiman are also offered by high end brand such as Valentino, while also being made available to the mass market by brands such as Shein and AliExpress for a fraction of the price.

This picture is an example of the trickle-down theory. It shows how this dress started as a high fashion dress of Saint Laurent but slowly went down to the lower-end fashion houses.

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The Trickle Down Theory applies in fashion as well. It starts at the top of the chain with designers and their fashion shows, then to celebrities and those who can afford the styles, and lastly to the average person once the style becomes available in stores.

The trickle up theory suggests that some fashion trends start at the lower end of the fashion hierarchy and trickle or bubble up to appear in the collections of high end designers and in the closets of celebrities. For example items belt bags were initially used as practical bags for workers that could be worn with ease while still leaving the hands free to complete tasks. However these bags has trickled up and are now seen in the collections of designers and even luxury fashion houses.

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Fashion movement is defined as the distribution of fashion has, a flow, or trickle from one element of society to another.

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This is an example of trickle down fashion because the dress on the left is the original silhouette of the dress. The dress on the right is a reinvented version of the dress. The dress trickled down to fashion business influencing them to modify the dress into another version.