It does Reflects !

I've just quickly read this on ArchRecord and find it interesting when the author mention " fashion".
I've realized that Design ( including Architecture ) is always on movement. It changes itself from trends to trends, just like " life changes ". And " Trends " actually reflects in the word " fashion". Today people choose Minimalism but maybe, yes maybe, tomorrow they feel it's boring and turn to Maximalism or whatever complicated style.
So, wherever "fashion" is in focus, it reflects a lot. That's one of the reason for "fashion street" ( Nguyen Trai street, Saigon, my thesis ), " fashion village " ( China ), or "fashion city " ( Milan ) to be born. Let's see how the world changes.

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“Fashionable” Project Reflects the New Mila
October 30, 2008

Historically a manufacturing town, Milan has transformed itself in recent years into a global city defined by the three Fs: finance, fashion, and furniture. Porta Nuova, now a giant construction looming over the high street Corso Como, will reflect the new Milan.

The 71-acre, mixed-used project is rising around the Garibaldi train station, at the foot of Milan’s arts district, Brera. When Porta Nouva, or “new gate,” is completed in 2012, a highlight will be Città della Moda e del Design, or Fashion City, which includes a 107,000-square-foot showroom building where fashion tenants will sell their wares, as well as a museum and school devoted to the subject.

Porta Nouva isn’t all about glamour. The project weaves together the disparate neighborhoods Garibaldi, Varesine, and Isola with extensive pedestrian and bike paths surrounded by parkland. That green space also reaches skyward at Bosco Verticale, a residential complex designed by Stefano Boeri that comprises a 24-story and 17-story tower sporting a seemingly random arrangement of terraces. Approximately 900 trees and shrubs will be planted on these balconies, and irrigation will be delivered via a graywater filtration system. While all of Porta Nuova’s buildings will be submitted for LEED certification, Bosco Verticale is emblematic of the effort to make Porta Nuova as sustainable as it is trendy.