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Brown's the new black, sling backs are back, lips this season will be a firey peach with eyes to match.
Who says so ?
Who are the people that make/set/say what the latest fashion will be. It's always amazed me that people will wear what someone else says is 'fashionable'.
Does it really matter that you're wearing last years winter coat today ?
Surely it should be all about wearing what styles and colours suit you and that you like.
Who says so ?
Who are the people that make/set/say what the latest fashion will be. It's always amazed me that people will wear what someone else says is 'fashionable'.
Does it really matter that you're wearing last years winter coat today ?
Surely it should be all about wearing what styles and colours suit you and that you like.
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I wear clothes that I like and that I think suit me, not because some magazine tells me I should or shouldnt be wearing it.
Paris Vogue.
However, never believe that anything is "the new black" because it isn't :thumb:
I personally don't follow high street trends at all, I think they're dull as ditchwater and suit about 0.1% of the people who do follow them. I really enjoy watching the progress of high [and high-end] fashion which is really intruiging and beautiful at times, but it's just really for inspiration on my charity shop shopping sprees as I cannae afford those prices. Obviously what is genuinely thought of as "fashion" in the elite circles is very different to what we would think of as a "trend", and the former rarely even makes it to the high street (or does in a very watered down form). They are definitely trying to close that gap with V&R at H&M and Celia Birtwell etc at Topshop, which I think is an interesting change to the status quo.
I think that anyone who has a real interest in fashion and clothes - and I don't think there's a thing wrong with that, as I certainly do myself - is going to keep an eye on trends and the progression of styles, cuts, fabric and even on the old fashions that come around again. It doesn't necessarily mean wearing a copy of everything that was paraded down the catwalk during fashion week, it's more about developing your own style through the inspiration of some really fantastic designers. Anyone who doesn't care one jot about fashion is entitled to the opinion that people following fashions and amending their personal style are dafties, but I think they're wrong in a lot of cases.
But in answer to your question, I'd say it's tricky. Many designers will take their inspiration from the fashionistas, which are then spread by the media, and become fashionable. But at the same time you get pieces that are completely original and set a new standard or look.
I wear clothes that fit me well, flatter my shape, and colours that suit my hair and skintone.
I'd say that i scrub up quite well, ive never been laughed at anyway! and i get compliments from both men and women.
I find that most "in" things are hideous, like those ankle boots (seriously, wtf :yuck:), and legwarmers! haha! I cant believe that animal print is back aswell, ive always thought it looks tacky and cheap on everyone.
Hairstyles aswell, people will just go and get their hair cut into a fashionable style then wonder why it doesnt look good. I remember that bogbrush mullet haircut thing from a few years ago that girls were walking around with. Haha suckers!
If I'm lazing about the house, I'll wear some tracksuit bottoms and a cheap top, if I'm heading out I'll throw a pair of jeans a shirt on. Simple as.
I think everybody's made a few boo boos at some point though, I think back to my wooly wristband obession of 2003 and cringe :no:
Great thing about accessories though, You can take a jumper from the past ten years and throw a trendy belt with it, and no-one will be none the wiser.
I think there's a difference between knowing what's in fashion, and knowing what looks good on you. You might not give a shit about fashion, but know what looks good on you, and you'll always look good and get compliments. But when you get it the other way round, and have someone who knows all the latest fashions, but has no clue about what suits them, the results are always of footballers wife proportions.
I don't have the money or want to follow trends.
I like knowing celeb fashion, but not so I can copy it - more so I can laugh at their horrendous fashion disasters haha.
It's the high-end that I'm interested in mainly. Can't be doing with high street fashion.
Don't really give much of a shit. If I choose to wear a gold codpiece then so help me God no fashionista is going to tell me otherwise.
Next thing you know, Burtons will be flogging them for £25.
I don't do fashion - I do style!
I'm at a point where I have to some extent (still place for mistakes though - I bet 10 years from now I'll look back and think "what the fuck") learnt what suits my body and what doesn't. Meaning I now know that I might be standing in front of the prettiest top the world has ever seen, but its cut will not do the top justice on my body.
Either way, nothing wrong with observing trends and following/copying them, its just the extent it's done to. It all mounds down to how you carry your clothes in the end, whether you look as if you own the outfit or the outfit owns you.