Current Fashion Trends: How to Prune Through The Noise and Find What Looks Fab On You

"...without wasting your money, energy and your dignity"

It is important to look at the current fashion trends with a critical eye, because one trend might work better on another person than you. Read along and discover the main differences between fashion and style, and how crucial it is to select the right trends and details to look your best.

So you select trendy clothes that "looks good" and that are "so in right now".

"Looks good"...? On, who? The airbrushed (all-illusion) model you saw in a fashion magazine or yourself?

"It's the hottest thing right now"...? Again, for exactly who? Do YOU look hot in this trend?

There's No One Style Fits All

As much as we hate admitting it, just because a trend is super-hot and 'everyone's' wearing it, it won't always work that well on you.

A pair of super-wide leg jeans will look much better on a tall and slightly curvy girl without swallowing up her legs and body compared to a lanky, petite frame (imagine Mary Kate Olsen cirka 2005-06). A woman with golden complexion will shine in gold compared to silver that enhances the luminousity of a fair-skinned person with pink undertone.

You know the drill. We're all different.

Chic Fashion
This site focuses on chic fashion, which represents the classy side of fashion, on the basics and essentials that build the foundation of your closet. However, I also encourage my readers to add something unexpected to look more unique. Read more on what chic style is.

So Before Pruning Through
the Latest Fashion Trends

... Ask yourself these questions:

Will the silhouette on the clothing flatter your shape and size?
Will the fabric and fit drape and smooth over your figure? - eg. some fabrics like high sheen satin can add unflattering bulks
Will the color(-s) complement your skintone?
Will the design(-s) bring out the parts you like about yourself? -- Great legs? Prety face? Super-nice hair? Feminine waist? etc., etc.
Will the clothing style reflect your personality? -- Classy? Eclectic? Sporty? Laid-back? Trendy? Sophisticated?

Style and Fashion Are NOT the Same Thing

Fashion (and current fashion trends) is about the clothes. But style is so much more than that! Having a great sense of style is about reuniting fashion with your height, shape, skin, eye and hair color, personality and age.

Think of it as an art form. You prune through all the colors, shapes, textures, etc., to find the best details to enhance and complement the beauty of a painting, a jewelry, clothing, an outfit, a room..

The same thing applies to your appearance. You pick the right colors to bring out the natural, healthy glow in your skin tone, hair and eyes. You choose the best cut and prints to balance out your body frame - bringing out the best in your body and disguising the parts that dampen your self-esteem.

You compose an outfit that you feel reflects the person you are. I mean, who wants to wear something that is an expression of someone else's taste and style? Or worse, wear something that doesn't harmonize with the personality in you?

It's O-K to copy a fashionable woman's style, but not from head-to-toe!

Do Not Mimick; Feel It, Own It

You can use your inspiration and turn the current fashion trends into something stylish and totally you. Who says we can't tweak?

It's your art; prune through the options - pick the best details and clothes that will enhance your personal style and throw away those that will only emphasize what you dislike and that clashes with your personality.

What To Do If You Live in a Warmer Climate?

It's usually the northern hemisphere - US, Europe - who take the lead in the latest fashion trends. So if you live in the southern hemisphere, like Australia or South-East Asia, put your attention on your local fashion stores or websites. They'll be doing all the catwalk interpreting - adjusting the clothes to your climate.

Designers such as Alana Hill, Carla Zampatti, George Gross and Lisa Ho take the latest runway trends and interpret them to be relevant for the southern hemisphere season.