2014，一个折腾的时尚年

2. TRENDS TO WEAR, AND TO WISH AWAY

2. 佩戴的趋势，趋于简化

As far as trends go this was, hands-down, the year wearable tech broke through. After months of potential, in quick succession Apple, Samsung and Intel all unveiled their wrist-bound smart-band devices — the latter inking deals with not just Opening Ceremony, but Fossil (for watches) and Luxottica (for eyeglasses), too. Ralph Lauren introduced a smart shirt and smart Ricky bag, and designers from Tory Burch to Vivienne Tam to Michael Kors got serious about the techie accessory. It was about time: Finally, we no longer had to walk around looking like refugees from a “Star Trek” convention when we wanted to measure our heart rates or charge our phones.

毋庸置疑，从流行趋势的角度讲，今年可穿戴技术取得突破。在蓄势待发几个月后，苹果、三星和英特尔接连发布自己的智能手环装置。其中英特尔公司不仅与开幕式(Opening Ceremony)公司合作开发智能手环，还与化石(Fossil)公司合作开发智能手表，与陆逊梯卡(Luxottica)合作开发智能眼镜。拉夫·劳伦推出了智能衬衫和智能里基(Ricky)包。托里·伯奇(Tory Burch)、谭燕玉和迈克尔·高仕(Michael Kors)等设计师也开始用心设计智能配饰。这只是时间问题：当我们想测心率或给手机充电时，无需再像《星际迷航》(Star Trek)大会上的难民那样四处奔走。

Admittedly, there’s still a way to go before someone truly cracks the tech-chic code, but at least it’s close to item No. 1 on the style agenda. For those who preferred their trends reductive rather than additive, however, there were the twin absurdities of normcore and athleisurewear, attempts to make fashion moments out of thin air. Just because you give something a fancy name does not mean it merits any attention, and these faux “movements” were a case in point. After all, normcore effectively translates as basic nonfashion clothes, and athleisurewear is workout stuff. There’s nothing wrong with letting jeans be jeans and leggings be leggings. Can we just leave it at that?

不可否认，还需要一段时间才会有人真正破解科技时尚的密码，但是，至少在时尚日历上，它是数一数二的产品。不过，对那些更喜欢简化而非复杂的人来说，有两股荒谬的孪生潮流——“正常核”服装(normcore)和运动休闲装(athleisurewear)，它们是无中生有的时尚潮流。仅仅因为你给某种东西起了个时髦的名字，并不意味着它值得注意——这些伪潮流就是例证。毕竟，“正常核”服装实际上就是不时尚的基本款服装，运动休闲装其实就是锻炼时穿的衣服。该穿牛仔裤就穿牛仔裤，该穿紧身裤就穿紧身裤，这没什么问题。我们不要胡乱演绎了好吗?