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Trend Importance Factor: High.
Wearability Factor: Medium High.
How to Wear It: Get the look with thick belts, yokes, and other forms of waistline detailing. This trend is great for boyish body types, as it helps to create the illusion of a waistline. Avoid this trend if you have a large tummy, as it will direct attention towards your midsection.
Where in Trend Lifecycle: While the idea of focusing on one’s waistline is definitely not new, it’s been given a new lease on life this season. We expect to see this trend at least for the next few seasons.
September 28th, 2005
Trend Importance Factor: High.
Wearability Factor: High.
How to Wear It: Embrace your inner East Coast preppy side with cardigans (both shrunken and oversized), layered pullovers, tees, and sport shirts, sweatercoats, and vests. Preppy Minimalism is easy to wear and friendly to all body types.
For a bit of flair, mix up your accessories. Pair a dressy outfit with casual flip flops, or match your polo-and-shorts look with a statement necklace.
Where in Trend Lifecycle: This trend should truly be classified as a classic–think of Ralph Lauren’s timeless style.
September 27th, 2005
Trend Importance Factor: Medium.
Wearability Factor: Medium.
How to Wear It: Mimic the warmth of the sun with the addition of bright yellow to your wardrobe. The color looks especially fresh paired with orange, white, or a spring green. Fair skin tones should steer clear of pale yellows and go with a more vibrant shade so as not to look washed out. Beware of yellow on Asian skin; choose darker or more vibrant shades. On darker skin tones, however, yellows of all shades are extremely flattering.
Where in Trend Lifecycle: Shades of yellow have been on the fashion scene over the last few seasons, but this season’s emphasis on the color reflects a larger move towards more pastel shades.
September 27th, 2005
Trend Importance Factor: Medium.
Wearability Factor: Medium.
How to Wear It: Large floral prints work well for statement pieces–a breathtaking dress, a fun tote bag, or a stunning skirt. For best results, keep these large floral prints in two, or maximum three, colors. For smaller floral prints, you can afford to include more colors. Smaller prints also tend to work on more petite women, as they don’t overwhelm small frames.
Where in Trend Lifecycle: Early, though this floral trend is a logical outgrowth of fashion’s larger movement towards natural colors, fabrics, and prints.
September 26th, 2005
Since we’re over halfway through New York Fashion Week’s Spring 2006 collections, we thought we’d give you a quick recap of the trends we’ve been noticing.
Overarching Trends
- Return to Minimalism
- Age of Innocence: Youthful fashions from a simpler time
- Neutral, natural colors: Black, white, shades of brown and beige
Garment Detailing
- Hardware & Fastenings: Buttons, zippers, snaps, etc.
- Peter Pan collars
- Bows
- Abundance of fabric prints & multi-print combinations
Silhouette
- Controlled volume
- Emphasis on waist
- Higher waistlines, at natural waist or above
Garments
- Shorts: Short shorts, knee-length shorts, and ankle styles abound
- Trenchcoats
- Tulip skirts
- Boxy jackets
- Long jackets
- Double breasted styles
- Wide legged pants
- Full skirts
- Vests
Accessories
- Belts!
- Slip-on shoes
- Across-the-body bags
- Fedoras
- Caps
- Ladylike gloves
- Dogtag necklaces
We’ll flesh out these ideas after the Craziness that is Fashion Week is over!
September 14th, 2005
Going for the ski bunny look, only not so over-the-top? Try shearling (or the faux kind) on a coat, handbag or even shoes. You won’t be going overboard (as with the whole Russian folkloric look)–but you will be perfectly on trend.
Tips for success: Keep the shearling to one item in your outfit, and please–we beg you–stay away from last year’s shearling boots. Yes, they are over.
Belted Faux Fur Jacket | $118 at
Arden B.
Pug Barrel Double Strap Handbag | $9.99 at
Payless
Larry Levine Faux-Shearling Jacket | $155 at
Macy’s
Andrew Marc Faux-Shearling Jacket | $99.95 at
Bluefly
September 8th, 2005
Detail-oriented fashion hounds will love the pintucking details that have been spotted on shirts, skirts and dresses everywhere. The tucks, which are sewn so close together that they can’t be measured, lend a delicate, feminine quality to any outfit.
August 31st, 2005
Want to "shoe off" your feminine side? Pumps with scalloped edging are the sexiest items we’ve seen since lingerie tops. Jump on the bandwagon with a ridiculously inexpensive suede version, go sweet with demure pumps, or walk the path of a femme fatale with black lace.
Scalloped Suede Pump in Spring Moss | $14.99 at
Newport News
Belle by Sigerson Morrison ‘2964′ in Dark Brown/
Turquoise Suede | $200.95 at
Zappos Couture August 25th, 2005
Tired of flash-in-the-pan denim washes and jeans distressed to the point of unwearability? Style Intelligence Report is pleased to present a denim trend that’s much more wearable: creased denim.
Think of your trouser pants, right after they come back from the dry cleaner. Clean, freshly pressed, with that nice crease running down the front of each leg. Creasing your jeans imparts a sense of the same formality that is embedded in your work clothes. And it’s perfect for Casual Friday at more conservative workplaces.
How do you get the look?
- Bring out your iron and ironing board. Turn on to medium heat.
- Position your jeans on the board so that the center front of one of the legs is on the fold.
- Slowly press the fold flat using the iron, moving from mid thigh down to the hem.
- Repeat steps 2-3 with the other leg.
Easy, simple, and oh-so-chic.
August 18th, 2005
Come fall, it’ll be all about the well-rounded suede pump in rich, dark hues. They’re a perfect match with the some of the fall trends we’ll be featuring shortly - and a great way to dress up jeans or a pretty skirt.
A closet staple, like the LBD:
Tallara in Dark Pewter/Pewter | $75 at
Nine WestMichael by Michael Kors ‘Gwen’ Pump | $108.95 at
Nordstrom August 16th, 2005
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