It’s safe to say that all women love fashion and there are some trends that are coming for next season you are going to love!
Ken Downing, Fashion Director at Neiman Marcus says its easy to welcome the new season into your wardrobe if you bring the following nine fashion trends for spring into your closet.
1. Downing says PINK is hot in shade for spring. Its the most powerful color in fashion. Wear it with coral for a combination that says “Spring 2009.”
2. ONE SHOULDER-DRESSING. According to Downing, shoulders bared themselves on every catwalk, from Paris to New York City.
3. SNAKESKIN ACCESSORIES will also be hot says Downing. Be it a shoe or a handbag, the real deal or a print – reptilian motifs are a must.
4. Downing also says STATEMENT SHOES will create a buzz. You can create excitement from head to toe in sky-high stilettos and sandals with subtle aggression.
5. RUFFLES. According to Downing, these feminine flourishes bring romanticism to skirts, tops and dresses.
6. A Place for everything, and everything in its place. CARRYALLS are big next season. Downing says unstructured handbags are the right pairing for a free-spirited look,
7. COLORFUL CARDIGANS. Downing says consider it the new jacket. This wardrobe essential adds polish to dresses and separates.
8. GRAPHICS. According to Downing graphics are fashion geometry you can understand. Vivid, optic prints are everywhere.
9. Whether turquoise stones are pink and color gems – BOLD JEWELRY is a hot new trend. These statement makers complement bright colors and patterns.
Now start at one and dress yourself to the nines!
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As a woman “of a certain age”, with a heavy (and regretted) pair of aftermarket parts, bad feet from decades of wearing stillettos, and an extra 15 pounds (see item 1), I must say that the above list is, in my view, nonsense, exploitative to those who don’t have half a brain (as I once was, see item 2), and so off of my radar I’m surprised to find myself commenting.
One shouldered…yeah, not with these deep indentations from constantly wearing the hated, industrial-strength over-the-shoulder boulder-holder.
Snakeskin, puh-leaze.
Ruffles, only if you are thin as a rail and have no chest. Good for those who want to give the illusion of a chest, and have only a half a brain to go along with someone else’s dictates.
Bright cardigans, ok, these might work, or could go the Andy Williams – Ozzie Nelson route.
Statement shoes! First response is extreme pain in the ball of my left foot. Second response, a visual of those big shoes on clowns. BTW, the Czar of Bizarre, Johnny Meah, is a neighbor of ours, and he has some. What a riot! Third response, Carrie of “Sex and the City” realizing in shock that she spent $40K on shoes and is getting evicted. Hmmm.
Graphics, nah, those get old fast and you can only wear them once or twice. They look stupid on anyone over 20.
Pink? Actually, it looks good on most people, no matter the skin tone. Can be overdone, but if done apporpriately, and one doesn’t look like a child or in costume, go for it.
Lastly, bold jewelry. I love it. Always have. I love to wear it, love to make it. Really love selling it!
As to having some schmo at Neiman Marcus tell me what to wear to be fashionable, nuh-uh. Been there when I was young, dumb, and whatever. He needs to make a living, I guess, and this is his gig.
Making up my own mind: priceless.