Trends on Trial: Gingham Print 
(Dress and capri pants, both ASOS)
Gingham
is one of those trends-that-isn’t-really-a-trend. It IS a trend in that
it’s everywhere right now: most of our favourite stores are stocking at
least one picnic-blanket-printed item, and every day we seem to spot
another gingham something-or-other popping up online. At the same time,
though…that happens almost every year, doesn’t it? It seems that checks
are to summer what coloured tights are to winter. Or what hair dye is to
Katy Perry, say.
Still, our point
stands: there’s a lot of gingham around right now. And we want to know
what you think of it. Does it fill you with glee, or do you just want to
spread these items on the grass and throw yourself a picnic on them? Do
tell…and if you need more evidence, take a look at our gingham gallery,
featuring items from ASOS, Free People, Miu Miu and more:
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Trends on Trial: Floral Pants
Floral pants: beloved by fashion bloggers, and… it’s really just the fashion bloggers, isn’t it? Oh, and elderly people, of course. Because, let’s face it, it’s really easy to venture into “little old lady” territory when you’re wearing a nice pair of floral slacks, isn’t it?
Still, floral pants are currently being touted as a “hot trend”, and thankfully not ALL of them are “slacks”. We doubt we’ll be seeing many little old ladies squeezed into a pair of super-skinny floral jeans, for instance, although honestly, nothing would surprise the jaded eyes of The Fashion Police.
Will
we be seeing YOU in them, though? The pants in question range from the
aforementioned skinny jeans to a slightly looser silhouette in the form
of capri pants, crops and – shudder – we’ve even seen some floral
harems. And we hope to never, ever see them again. The prints,
meanwhile, are just as varied, and you can pick up floral pants in
everything from the lurid colours we’re more used to associating with
bermuda shorts (and, again, old people), to soft pastels.
Will you be wearing floral pants this season? Tell us in the comments!
Current/Elliot The Stiletto jeans in floral £199
J.Crew cropped capri pants, $298
Joe Browns slim jeans, £33
Topshop floral skinny jeans, $90
Floral legging, £15
J.Crew cropped capri pants, $298
Joe Browns slim jeans, £33
Topshop floral skinny jeans, $90
Floral legging, £15
Spring 2012 Fashion Trends: Mint Green
(Marni mint green dress, $1,195, Miss Selfridge wrap dress, £32, Polyester shirt, £30, Flat shoes, $32, Topshop gladstone bag, $76, Amazon.com: essie Polish, Mint Candy Apple, $6.25)
Are you feeling fresh, fashion jurors? We certainly hope so, because Spring 2012 will see a lot of mint coming into our lives, with the colour already starting to pop up at many of our favourite fashion haunts. Of course, pastels in general are always big during Spring/Summer, and those of you who don’t like mint will have plenty of tangerines and lemons to suck on instead, if you’ll forgive the expression.
Those of you who DO like mint, however, may like to take a look at our gallery, which is crammed full of fresh, fashiony goodness from the likes of Zara, Antipodium, Paige Denim, Office and more…
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2012 Fashion Trends: Orange Everything
This Spring, you’re all going to be wearing orange. No, you will be: the Fashion Gods have deemed it to be so, and you’ll all just have to go along with it, or you won’t get to talk about being a fashionista and “bang on trend”. That would be terrible, wouldn’t it?
OK, we just: you won’t ACTUALLY have to wear orange if you don’t want to. There will be a fair bit of it around, however, with everything from jeans and dresses, to sunglasses and shoes getting a touch of the “Tango” about it.
What do you think of this trend? There’s no doubt that orange isn’t the easiest colour in the world to wear: not everyone can pull it off, although those who can, often look amazing in it.
Which side are you on? Are you for or against the orange revolution?
PRODUCTS:
Diane Von Furstenberg dress, $465
H&M flared dress, £15
Current/Elliott jeans, $218
Miss Selfridge mary jane platform heels, £45
Tory Burch ballet flats, $178
TopShop plastic jewelry, £3.50
Karen Walker Eyewear leather sunglasses, $220
Trend Alert: All the colours of the rainbow
(Look, we included an animal ear hat just for you! You’re welcome!)
We should probably have included some kind of migraine-warning with this post, shouldn’t we?Our apologies if you’re currently seeing stars, as opposed to rainbows, but you may as well get used to it: our officers are reporting a big increase in the number of rainbow-coloured fashion items they’ve been spotting on their patrols, and while it’s possibly too soon to call it a “trend”, it’s getting there.
So far, Henry Holland and Christopher Kane seem to be the leaders of this movement, but it probably won’t be long before the high street catches on, and suddenly the world starts to look like bad, Saturday morning children’s TV. All of those primary colours can be dangerous, you know…
So, how do you wear these clothes without looking clownish? Well, we honestly wouldn’t bother, to be perfectly honest with you, but if you must, we’d say moderation is the key. Narrow stripes of colour are easier to wear and less childish than wide ones, and rainbow-coloured accessories as the cheat’s way including lots of colours without looking like they fell into a paintbox.
What do you think of rainbow-coloured clothing, Fashion Police jurors? Is it guilty or innocent of committing crimes of fashion?
Product details:
House Of Holland structured dress
295 - brownsfashion.com
295 - brownsfashion.com
Christopher Kane multi colored dress
1,195 - net-a-porter.com
1,195 - net-a-porter.com
Christopher Kane long sleeve top
745 - brownsfashion.com
745 - brownsfashion.com
Lola Ramona t strap sandals
$175 - modcloth.com
$175 - modcloth.com
Rainbow jewelry
$9.99 - jcpenney.com
$9.99 - jcpenney.com
Rainbow hat
$35 - shanalogic.com
$35 - shanalogic.com
This year’s animal ear hats, from River Island
Last winter, River Island released a selection of knitted hats with animal ears, and everyone went gaga for them. Yes, even you, our trusted fashion force. Suddenly the streets were full of people walking around wearing the type of headgear previously reserved for toddlers only, and talking about how “fun!” and “quirky!” they were being. The word “quirky” was used a lot that winter: those were dark days, indeed… (Question: is it still “quirky” if everyone’s doing it, or is it only quirky when it’s unique?)
Now, it’s happening again. Buoyed by last year’s success (seriously, people were still wearing those hats during the summer), River Island have just released Animal Hats 2.0, and here they are:
This
year’s hats offer a level of realism which was missing from the knitted
version, and come in a faux fur, designed to look like you’ve actually
just scalped the poor animal and are wearing it as a trophy. We know
you’ll all love these, so feel free to gush over them in the comments
box: just know that you will never tempt us over to the dark side of the
Dress Like a Toddler Trend…Click here to buy yourself some hats.
Winter Fashion Trends: Animal Print on everything
(All items, Miss Selfridge)
If you do a lot of shopping, read a lot of fashion magazines or just have eyes, you’ll probably have noticed that there’s a whole lot of leopard print goin’ on this winter. (If you failed to notice this, then we’re sorry to be the bearers of bad news.)
Of course, animal print in general, and leopard print in particular, is one of those things that never really go away, whether we want it to or not. Whatever the season, and whatever the year, there’s generally an animal print something-or-other to be found in the stores, and that’s not always a bad thing, either. This year, however, is different. This year, we’re looking at a head-to-toe animal print invasion. It’s on shoes. It’s on dresses. It’s on skirts. It’s on coats. It’s on…look, we could continue here, but we’re sure you can name clothing items yourself, yes?
When it comes to animal print, our personal – and note the word “personal” here – rule of thumb has always been that it’s an “accessories only” kind of print. On a belt, or a hat, or a pair or shoes, say, a bit of animal print can add something to an outfit: a GOOD something. Especially in the case of leopard print shoes, which we LOVE. On clothes, though? On clothes, this is a print which has to be approached with caution, lest you end up looking like a middle-aged barmaid in a northern soap opera. Or worse. So while we’re not totally opposed to the concept – we could possibly imagine wearing the pencil skirt show in the image above, for instance – we do worry about the liberal application of animal print to ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
Animal print, you see is just not an ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING kind of thing. That stretchy mini skirt, for instance, will give us nightmares now. The dress with the mesh panel is just one can of spray tan and a set of gigantic false eyelashes away from being too tacky to live.
And then there’s things like this:
Jumpsuit, $572, What Goes Around Comes AroundDon’t believe us?
Rebecca Minkoff jumpsuit, $498This is also an issue:
Leopard print pants, $396, A.L.C.
Style on Trial: Bright pants – J Crew Café Capri
If you’re not loving the current trend for bright pants, we can only hope that you’ve made arrangements to move to somewhere without internet access and/or fashion victims for the foreseeable future. These things are EVERYWHERE. Red pants, blue pants, yellow, purple and green pants. It really doesn’t matter what colour they are: what matters is that they’re BRIGHT.
J Crew’s Café Capri trousers are just one example of the bright pant trend, and we think they’re a pretty good one: they’re tailored, they’re slim-cut, they hit, as the name suggests, right at the ankle, allowing them to be worn with a great pair of shoes without hiding them.
What do you think of them, though, that’s what we want to know? Do you love them, hate them, just not care? Tell us!
(These particular pants are £103 at J Crew, but if that sounds like a bit too much, don’t despair: we’ve spotted similar looks at most of the usual high street stores – check out ASOS and Topshop for starters…)
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