As I was saying on the D&G thread, I am feeling this whole gypsy thing for some reason. And I totally applaud the more youthful direction this season and last at Missoni, the daughters having more influence on the aesthetic.
I don't know where the gypsy thing comes from either but in my own head a couple of thoughts -
That we're all travellers now (in cyberspace, perpetual motion) and, possibly?, broadly tolerant of other cultures/lifestyles. Of outsiders.
Whilst I don't suppose it has any bearing on the designer's minds, Dundas @ Pucci too, it might play a part in crossing the look over to actual worn, living, fashion. If the saga continues. That is the attempted eviction in England of a community of travellers from their pitches in Dale Farm, Basildon. It's been a big news item in the UK although I suspect not internationally. And has polarised opinion between conservative and liberal.
Of course, nobody, probably, there, at Dale Farm, wears traditional gypsy garb. And you could see a logic that says it's offensive to ape the gypsy look at the price level of the 'luxury' brands. Basildon being a long way from New Bond Street.
But when you cross it over to the summer street and the festival, the look could be worn as a mark of solidarity with those being persecuted at Dale Farm, traveller communities, outsiders, and those with liberal values around toleration of others, everywhere.
I think that's broadly the language, the connotations, evoked by the gypsy look? It certainly doesn't say 'I work in a bank'. And right now the furthest removed we can get from bank culture the better, right?