Paris, May 19: A life full of basics can get pretty, darn dull. Spring into summer fashion is getting inspiration from the Roaring Twenties flappers (short-term style) to the Fifties flirty vixens (a longer shot), but we don’t want you to turn your closet into a fashion museum worthy costume collection, simply a wardrobe of fresh, wearable, and exciting silhouettes that gets you excited to get dressed again. There are certainly enough changes going on in style right now to get you to focus on some different proportions from last year. Gone, are the crack-bearing jeans and in its replacement are more demure, sultry fluffy skirts. The flood of flip flops flopped and cute Prada inspired moccasins and ballet flats look awfully cute. Forget about dragging the hem of your jeans down the street behind you and roll up to a straight leg, Capri jean.
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A fuller, longer skirt- There’s no doubt that fashion is heading in the direction of knee-length skirts that a have a little fullness or hemline action to them- think trumpet skirt, box pleats, asymmetrical hemline, bias-cut flounce, Fifties inspired circle skirt, and even tiered ruffles. A well-cut skirt that moves around the knee adds just the right amount of sass to a presumed conservative hemline. The longer, fuller silhouette may take a bit of time to filter into mainstream fashion, but it’s going strong into next fall, and may well be around for a few more years to come. A good investment. Capri pants- Wasn’t it only just a few seasons ago that cropped pants were the big thing? Yup. And, that’s exactly why they are a classic. Capri’s work so well when worn with other modern big looks like that trench, some ballet flats. It’s a little Fifties, a little Audrey, a lot of timeless style. Don’t feel like hitting the stores? Just cuff straight leg jeans to midcalf- there ya go.
Funky message tee- Tongue-in-cheek, a wallop of irony, sometimes the truth hurts, any saying that make you smile and not take yourself too seriously. A frisky message on a fitted T-shirt (yo, dudettes, that’s not a baggy men’s tee!) is super cool. The more weathered the shirt, the better. Be more than sure that a freebie, giveaway T-shirt which promotes your local insurance company, is most definitely not it.
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