Roller Skating Takes Over the Fashion Scene

Vogue Taiwan

Fashion scene has discovered roller skating, embracing it not just as a nostalgic pastime but as a vibrant trend that reflects freedom and creative expression.

This revitalization has led to a fusion of retro aesthetics with modern style, inspiring designers to incorporate bold colors, flashy patterns, and unique accessories into their collections in various urban settings. Roller skating is more than before a perfect for accentuation of fashion.

So it comes as little surprise that photographer Danilo Hess selected the Hot Skates roller rink in New York as the scenery for a shooting for the August 2018 issue of Vogue Taiwan. The result is beautiful photos of evening wardrobe in contrast to the more leisure-oriented ambience in a roller rink. All pictures can be viewed on the photographer’s Homepage or here. Models were Aleyna Fitzgerald, Isabella Ridolfi and Natalie Ludwig.

Starting from the assumption, that Hess’ models cannot really skate, the designer Cynthia Rowley approached the roller skating theme in her show at the New York fashion week in September more genuinely. She replaced the typically restrained runway models with roller skating women. The models rolled in the street and over the catwalk in the designer’s West Village office.

Roller skating does not match any longer only daisy dukes, stretchy tank tops, and tube socks.