Overseas Fashion Trends - Scandinavia And The Onesie

During my world travels I came across beautiful Norway. Anyone who is about to embark on a trip to an unfamiliar location always seems to envision what it would be like in their head. Most of the time it happens to be pretty cliche. For Norway, I pictured steep triangle roofed houses scattered on large vast landscapes. And of course, great Scandinavian design, everywhere.

 After arriving in the capital Oslo, I quickly needed to feed my curiosity to see if everything I believed was true. Thankfully it was! Vast landscapes of picturesque islands with quaint houses everywhere. However, when biding my time in the city centre, it was easier to sense style trends. One obvious trend that was emerging, was the onesie, which managed to gain street credit value.

 At first sight, I thought it was some pajama craze and some critics of the one piece suit may argue that it is. It reminded me of my high school days, when all the popular kids tried to create a 'big baby' fad. Pacifier wearing with their younger sibling's teletubbie backpack as school bags were just some examples. Personally, that look weirded me out but somehow this pseudo sleepwear trend I witnessed in Norway didn't have the same effect. There wasn't too much modification in terms of the onesie design. Keeping it plain and simple is best, during the initial trend 'wave' in some respects. However, it was the endless variety of patterns and which magically turned what was sleepwear into street chic.

 One should really never be baffled at what youths consider 'in' these days. Everyone ends up putting in there two cents of criticism. Although in this instance it did, because I always knew Scandinavian design and fashion to be really good. Acne, Moods of Norway, Urbanears and Ikea (if you are not a design elitist). Design from this part of the world always stood for excellence. Clean, minimalistic, never fail yet stylish. So the onesie was a little out of the box.

 If you are going to be diplomatic about it, another describing word for Scandinavian design is practicality. So if any country in the world would choose to have the onesie in vogue, it should be Norway. If you imagine how cold it gets there, you would do all it takes to stay rugged up whilst being comfortable. Looks like the trend is still going on strong with Norwegian brand "One Piece" launching shops around the world. Proving that the onesie isn't just for the great indoors.

 Just one thing I have to wonder about these iconic onesies and jumpsuits alike... Is there any difficulty using the bathroom?