There’s something going on lately with Fashion and it’s a little unsettling. The truth is, some of the trends for Summer this year are shit and others are, well, not shit. It’s pretty amazing actually because having studied Fashion for three years and gone to many shows over the last six, not to mention spent probably thousands of dollars on magazines… I kind of have an idea about what works and what doesn’t. Not sure the people who make the decisions do, however.
Tights/leggings as pants, for example, don’t work.
So the overall trend at the moment is for colour, such as you would find down at Miami beach and perfect so the festival season. But we’re talking a wide scope of stuff that has the potential to be a bit iffy. The stuff that I am loving a the moment pretty much encompasses fedoras, coloured wayfarers, the colour coral, gathered yet shapely summer dresses, short shorts, printed white tank tops, gladiator sandals, metallic prints on blacks, the rocker chick look for night time and so on…
How are these outfits not completely adorable!? I would wear any of them to the beach, festivals, BBQs and anything else in the hot weather. Over an awesome bikini but they’re pretty hard to find at the moment too…
I am also loving the revival of the little black dress. I almost feel like a fraud wearing black in Melbourne because to really make a point by wearing black, you need to not fit in with every goddamned other person in the city. Sportsgirl of all places has the most gorgeous range of LBDs by Rachel Gilbert except they’re like $250-350. Boooooo. Nicola Finetti has some great ones at MYER for under $180.
Must haves for this Summer:
A fedora – straw or otherwise, just get one.
Wayfarers – black or coloured, but only if the style suits you, no one likes a faker
A few cotton dresses with stringy straps, gathers, ruffles, etc.
Denim shorts- the better the legs the shorter the shorts and vice versa
Anything in coral (if it’s your colour), or blue/turquoise
Printed white singlets and t-shirts, and metallic printed black t-shirts/singlets as well
One or two decent LBDs for night and one for day
Gladiator sandals for day, wedges for night
A canvas beachbag for day and a black over the shoulder handbg for night.
Chunky bracelets/cuffs – metallic for night
A bikini in a classic or retro cut with a basic geometric or natural animal print, like polka dots, stripes or leopard.
The things that aren’t working right now are the neon prints, pantsuits, playsuits, all the eighties stuff coming back yet again, loose racerback singlets, bandeau tops/boob tubes, tie dye, crop tops, too many florals and the ghastly neon animal prints. High waisted shorts look bad on most people. My friend who studies fashion and works in the industry was once busted wearing a leotard and high waisted loose, tapered eighties pants with thick rimmed glasses and a topknot… so obviously the people in Fashion aren’t exactly the ones in the know all the time. Like that Linday Lohan Ungaro career-wrecker, for example… FAIL.