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We’re now entering summer territory and the weather is starting to show it!
For the ladies abstract is painting its way onto a lot of garments, not aztec…Abstract, these beautiful artistic reminiscent of the early 90’s prints can be found on dresses, shirts – whatever you want and the prints can be extremely flattering to many figure types as it creates illusions and highlights and shades parts of the body.
Adding more of a statement to your outfit this summer season is to get hold of a pair of heels with abstract heels, e.g. holes through wedges/funky heels, to make up for this lack-luster weather we must go all out to show the sun what it’s missing! On the topic of shoes, toms are quickly strolling into our wardrobes, step-by-step – for males and females! The ever so comfy espadrille is available in a range of colours and will suit most types of subcultures and can be worn for a multitude of occasions.
Let the summer breeze course through light-weight trousers, for the gents the wider-cut trousers were all over the runway for SS12, and for the ladies statement prints on these comfortable but fashionable trousers such as kaleidoscope and paisley prints see through gothic chiffons were all the rage but quirky vintage prints are taking the high street by storm, remember I said about pastel colours, well, still keeping those in the wardrobe – don’t ditch yet as the retro Americana quirky prints are on these colours and totally giving me 1990’s Tim Burton/Jetson vibes, but that’s my personal opinion, don’t forget those cat-eye sun-glasses for a chic addition!
The men’s wardrobe this season is far from making no statements, but for the gentlemen it’s all about the textures, rock out with faux-leather jackets or be slicker than your average in dark coloured silk and satin suits. As previously mentioned wide leg trousers are popular but what is also accompanying it on the catwalk are long jackets, a smart but slouchy approach that’s been missing in male catwalks for a while. Backpacks are also an ideal and practical accessory for the gents. Match the ladies in their quirky ensembles and opt for a pastel suit as pastels are also a fantastic colour in male fashion right now.
Another big event for us here in England is the Olympics – which will be starting in less than 2 months, clothing lightly inspired by the even has been featuring on catwalks too, I’m not saying go out like a Rab C.Nesbitt extra, basic dresses and tops in performance fabrics with little touches of basic lines are giving that athletic touch.
Now I may be getting a wee-bit ahead of myself but Lurex (metallic yarn) is something I feel that’s going to become popular, something I would usually associate with autumn/winter trends but I feel a slight bolt of disco fever is going to come into our wardrobes, losing 2 amazing disco icons may influence this and I feel will be around for the length of a storm and then disappear until the winter months again.