American Flag in Style (Courtesy of Quora.Com)
Completely happy Independence Day 2025! What higher technique to present nationwide delight than by sporting iconic crimson, white and blue?
The primary official flag of the US was launched on June 14, 1777 and represented our founding 13 colonies with 13 stripes in crimson and white and 13 stars.
Do you know that the American flag as we all know it right this moment has solely been round since 1960?
It was launched shortly after Hawaii grew to become the nation’s fiftieth state, and in its lengthy and tricolored historical past, there have been a grand whole of 27 official, authorities accredited variations. As states have been added, so have been the celebrities. What has remained constant is the flags 13 crimson and white alternating stripes, representing our authentic 13 colonies.
America was seen because the land of financial prosperity and enabling desires – “The American Dream”. This slogan was made well-liked by intense advertising. The objective was singular: to challenge America to be the very best place on this planet to be residing in. And it paid off. America grew to become a beautiful vacation spot for among the world’s smartest immigrants and international funding. Is that now in jeopardy?
Via the years, the American flag has change into a fixture within the vogue world all throughout the US and even abroad. The style world’s homage to the flag has been a bit of extra summary. It’s most positively a well-liked motif, however the banner’s many variations run the gamut from straight-up reworked – working example, Givenchy’s spring 2014 males’s techy coloured jumpers – to Catherine Malandrino’s gauzy iconic flag gown (which featured closely in FIT’s 2009 “Style & Politics” exhibition).
Catherine Malandrino
2001 (Courtesy of Pintrest)
Givenchy Males’s Spring 2014 (Courtesy of Vogue.Com)
Most frequently it’s a bankable commodity – take a look at Ralph Lauren. The designer has been printing the American flag picture on variations on his t-shirts for years. You can not attend a 4th of July occasion with out somebody within the crowd sporting a Ralph Lauren iconic flag tee. Tommy Hilfiger is one other sportswear large who has constantly integrated the enduring American image as a emblem for his assortment.
Tommy Hilfiger X Gigi Hadid spring 2017 (Courtesy of Tommy Hilfiger)
Denim & Provide by Ralph Lauren (Courtesy of Lyst.Com)
Thom Browne grew to become well-known for his signature crimson, white, and-blue grosgrain trims, that mix country-strong iconoclasm with theatricality and pleasure. In the meantime, Chanel’s pre-fall 2014 Dallas rodeo extravaganza by the hands of Karl Lagerfeld, embraced the motto “All the pieces is larger in Texas.” The present was a star-spangled barn-burner.
Thom Browne Spring 2017 (Courtesy of ssense.com)
Chanel pre-fall2014 (Courtesy of Vogue.Com)
So, in honor of Independence Day, put on your flag motif proudly. Regardless of your political occasion, we should always all be patriots!
