Category: trends

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Coveting: 80%20 2011 Holiday Collection

Feb 15.12 / Jennifer Nicole

The holidays are not over yet.  80%20 says so. We haven’t talked about the hidden wedge wonder brand since last year’s holiday collection, which was a trend-tastic playset of sneakers and boots.  This year’s holiday collection is a little more streamlined, with subdued, classically-inspired shapes in fun colors…and in true 80%20 fashion, all but one [...]

All Patched Up: The Elbow Patch Trend

Jan 02.12 / Lindsay

If you’ve been seeing (& loving) more and more elbow patch jackets and sweaters lately, you’re not the only one. We’ve been watching them slowly trickle into the stores, silently. They’re like the ninja trend – just waiting to spring on us in all of it’s sexy professor glory. I’m unbearably excited about this “trend” [...]

Bow Down: Tie-Neck Blouse Revival #638

Dec 19.11 / Lindsay

Tie-neck blouses: only for Diane Keaton 40 years ago, or great current-day staple?

WYW: Fair Isle

Dec 05.11 / Jennifer Nicole

Am I becoming a hipster? I ask because I’m really into the comeback of Fair Isle-inspired knits. Like, really into it. Lindsay doesn’t understand. David & Young Reversible Nordic Fringed Scarf: $30 $19.99 Fair Isle is a traditional knitting technique named after an island in the north of Scotland called, well, Fair Isle. The technique [...]

Old Timers: Retro Elements in Winter Sweaters

Nov 14.11 / Lindsay

Retro/vintage-inspired sweaters aren’t just for hipsters and Bill Cosby reruns.

Shoe Porn: The New Sneaker: Moccasins

Oct 26.11 / Jennifer Nicole

So, this is awkward. Lindsay and I don’t know how to feel about moccasins. Scratch that: Lindsay knows how to feel about moccasins. She hates them. I’m…I don’t know. I mean, really, I just don’t know. I look at moccasins and I think, “Hello, house shoes.” I think, “My dad wore these while mowing the [...]

Chilled Out Florals

Oct 24.11 / Lindsay

2011 is apparently the year of the florals… First, we loved them bright. Then, we loved them warm. Now? We’re loving iced-over, chilly, winter gardens. Would you wear?

Seeing Spots

Oct 17.11 / Lindsay

There has been an unreal amount of polka dots across international runways this year. I’ve always enjoyed the Lichtenstein-esque idea, but I’ve never really owned something that was so pointedly… dotted. Nevertheless, I find myself sucked into the machine that is “trends” and interested in exploring how far people will go with this idea. Dots [...]

EXPRESS Gets Glitterbombed

Oct 13.11 / Lindsay

Everywhere I go, I’m inundated with sequins, glitter, and paillettes… and I’m okay with that. EXPRESS seems to be pretty comfortable with it, too.

WYW: Brightly-Colored Jeans?

Oct 03.11 / Jennifer Nicole

I aaaaalmost bought a pair of burgundy skinny jeans at Marshall’s this weekend. The jeans I almost bought were basically these ones by Current/Elliot, except mine were a hell of a lot cheaper. The “bright jeans trend” first emerged on the S/S 2011 runways, and Lindsay fell in love with it back in June. As [...]