Spring 2009 Jewelry Trends
Spring 2009 is in the air.
So for all of you who are extremely busy with your own home jewellery businesses I thought some hints on the key trends might be helpful.
As always we must begin with color. There are three important color stories for the season.
The first is black and white.
The new take for this graphic combo is floral. Pretty all over large flowers. What’s really fresh for black and white is taking it in a less slick direction and adding a more textural attitude.
I believe using fabric wrapped beads, printed ceramic, and glass beads from India that are imperfect is a great way to achieve a crisp but natural look for this palette.
Coral and yellow is the warm palette this spring/summer. Look to the continent of India for inspiration.
Use patterned beaded and etched metals to complement your colors. Antique finished on metal, and rose gold platings can really make this theme a bit more directional.
S/S 2009 fashion trends: 1980’s style
This season, the 80s have been the inspitational decade. We’re talking aviator sunnies, Blondie and Bowie, bright colours and statement pieces, not to mention loads of leggings and jumpsuits, obviously!
Body Con Dresses
Your going out wardrobe isn’t complete without a body con dress.
Polka Dots
Polka dots are this season’s must have print.
Colour Block
Colour blocks were everywhere on the catwalks this season.
Jumpsuits
Embrace the 80s with a jumpsuit.
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Women’s Hair Trends 2009
If you love to be in the center of attention, if you prefer wearing only trendy clothes you just cannot do without hair styles that are in vogue this season.
The choice for you is huge: extremely short, extremely girly, extremely sexual or extremely slick. However, for those more conservative there are a bob style and a mermaid romantic image.
The Cropped Bob & The Pixie Crop
If you cut the bob in 2008 and want to look stylish in 2009 you have plenty of choices. You may want to let your hair grow out or do something more extreme with your hair. No matter what you choose you will be fashionable.
Seven trends from 2008 that will last
This time a year ago, I was exhorting you never to let the jumpsuit – a grisly throwback to Seventies fashion that was threatening to make a comeback – darken your wardrobes.
Twelve months on, this garment is still poised for a major revival, and my reservations remain on high alert. Admittedly, I have now witnessed it being modelled by a more or less real woman (for a TV show). And she looked good. But the infernal conundrum with the jumpsuit remains this: what, exactly, is its point?
As we peer over the parapet towards 2009, I can’t help feeling that as mantras go, “What. Exactly. Is. Its. Point?” is hard to beat, especially when applied to any new purchase. Does it make you look better than you looked before you tried it on?
Will it pass muster in three years’ time? Can you wear it in at least three different ways? To guide us in our new sense of purposefulness, I have devoted months to trying on stuff. Here is my pick of 2008’s fashion achievements, selected for all-round brilliance and also because I think they’ll still be around in another 12 months.
1) Cropped trousers: once consensus was reached about length (just shy of the ankle), these came into their own this winter. Cute, sleek – especially when worn with the surprisingly practical shoe-boot or ankle boot – these solve the winter leg problem while allowing you to do what you want with your top half.
cropped trousers
2) Striped T-shirts: now that the likes of Isabel Marant, PPQ and Burberry London are doing upmarket Breton jumpers, they’ve become a staple of recessionista (ie, understated but still, we hope, chic) dressing.
Bad FashionTrends of 2008
New trends come round every year and 2008 has been no exception. From shoulder pads to high-waisted trousers, everyone from designers to celebrities have been sporting the trends we’re suppose to love.
As they trickle down from the catwalk to the high street, some trends have certainly been ‘interesting’ this year and have seemed to linger much longer than the S/S and A/W constrictions of any designer collection.
First to appear on the list of worse trends for 2008 are surprisingly, skinny jeans.
These are now a staple essential within most people’s wardrobes, however as they get tighter and skinnier the trend is starting to lose it appeal. They may look great tucked into boots, but they aren’t suited to everyone.
Keeping up with fashion can be tough sometimes, but skinny jeans are just plain uncomfortable. Get a pair of wide-legged jeans and breath a sigh of relief.
Second on the hit-list of awful trends to appear in 2008, has to be over-sized sunglasses.
Over-sized sunglasses have had their day now
Queen of the over-sized sunnies trend is Nicole Richie.
The tiny star wore this trend to death this year, and as the sunglasses got bigger she tended to look more ridiculous. Thankfully, this trend didn’t take off fully in the UK, we suppose the British weather is to thank for that.
Next to feel our wrath are knee-high gladiator sandals.
Chanel walked them down the catwalk, and the likes of Victoria Beckham and the Olsen twins have been spotted wearing them. These are just really ridiculous, and it was unanimously agreed they had to feature on the list.
Roisin Murph tries out the horrible knee high gladiator sandal trend
The gothic trend has been huge this year and has been recognised as a great trend of 2008 but things went a little to far when people started wearing black lipstick to match. This look just didn’t quite hit the mark and unlike most trends shown on the catwalk, the high street was reluctant to pick this up.
Finally to make our list is the skull motif trend.
This appeared on scarves, cardigans and hats, but it was all a bit too Pirates of the Caribbean for us. Hopefully this one will go away as quickly as it appeared. But if celebrities, like Mischa Barton and Ashley Simpson-Wentz continue to wear them, it may take pride of place on our top trends of 2009. Who knows?
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Purple color trends
As you know the purple color is very popular ths winter.
So lets see some interesting thing to wear.
Cotton Purple Tights
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Purple ankle boots
Jeffrey Campbell – Di High Heel Cuff Bootie
A sleek bootie for a sleek look.
Purple open-toe shoes
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Purple dress
Versace Berlin Print Silk Gazar Dress
Lace trends
Lace – Since Miuccia Prada smothered her autumn/winter 2008 catwalk with it in February, we knew that lace was going to be top of the list for the winter party season and whether it falls in vintage-style tiers or appears in super-sexy body con shifts, it’s a look we’re liking this season.
Vintage or body-con, lace is top of the list for party season style
Renee Zellweger works the lace trend and proves its one of the season’s most elegantly sexy. Bridget Jones should take note.
Bikini 2009 Fashion Trends
Come Spring/Summer 2009 we’re all going to be eager to hit the beach; preferably one of many from the beauty of the Mediterranean.
But which swimwear pieces and bikinis will women be wearing?
2009 fashion trends will again be a major influencer and, in particular, the year’s one shoulder fashion trend.
* One-Shoulder Bikinis and Monokinis
* Cut-Away Bikinis
* Accessorizing A Bikini
One-Shoulder Bikinis / Monokinis
Taking their cues from the one shoulder fashion trend, one-shouldered bikinis will be the must have swimwear in 2009.
Thankfully, a standout one-shouldered swimwear piece isn’t going to be hard to come by.
1. Marios Schwab married the one-shouldered bikini with the cutaway bikini trend on his Spring/Summer 2009 runway at London Fashion Week. This particular piece also uses Summer florals taking what a risqué bikini to a girl level. It’s cut and under-strapping make this a particular good piece for smaller chested girls.
2. Victoria’s Secret included a single-shouldered piece in their 2008 line-up. More notable for it’s side-tie briefs, this attention grabbing feature makes it a good bikini for girls whose legs are stand out.
3. A one-shouldered monokini was naturually used on Hervé Léger by Max Azria’s Spring/Summer 2009 catwalk but sadly with no-where near the same sex appeal as other pieces in the collection. Read cut-away swimwear below for more
4. Under his own name Max Azria also sent a single-shouldered monikini down the catwalk, again pairing it with the cut-away trend. This particular piece stands out for it’s use of a buckle clasp to join the body fabric with the shoulder. As with piece 3, smaller breasted girls are probably to avoid these particular cuts as they their black fabric will need some filling out to look best.
5. While not truly a one-shoulder monokini, Gottex’s piece from their Spring/Summer 2009 collection has the same visual effect. It’s clever halter neck also allows for a more revealing but and better support.
6. Finally, if you still have access to 2008 pieces; Gucci debuted their sophisticated take on the one-shouldered monokini as a part of their Spring/Summer 2008 collection.
Cut-Away Swimwear / Bikinis
Cut away clothes pieces are a major trend of 2009 and much like the one shoulder trend, it’s a style being applied to bikinis and swimwear. Infrequently demure, this really is one bikini trend that screams ’sex’!
1. Not as tightly fitting as other ’spray on’ monokinis this season, Amanda Wakeley’s white one-piece pairs a deep neck line with cut-away sides.
2. A two-piece with boob-tube, this bikini by Carmen Marc uses the cut-away trend with subtlety. All the same, these cutaway briefs are more than eye catching.
3. A monokini by Carmen Marc, this swimwear piece is equally as subtle as the aforementioned two-piece, but far more demure.
4. Similar to Amanda Wakeley’s white one-piece (1) this screen-printed monokini is from Miss Sixty.
5. The most luxurious of the pieces featured, this almost-two-piece monokini from Gottex pairs a halter-neck top, joined briefs, and gold piping.
6. – 10. are all from the one catwalk which screamed sex, decadence, and youth; the one catwalk that really grabbed my eye at New York Fashion Week; Hervé Léger by Max Azria Spring/Summer 2009. With enough cut-away than you can possibly wear throughout Summer, these are knock-out pieces that you’re not necessarily going to want to get wet.
Dressing Up Your Swimwear
Of course, all swimwear isn’t for swimming in. For any fashioniser beaches, pools and resorts are equally about socialising and mojitos as they are about cultivating the perfect tan; face facts, we’re not always there to get our toes wet.
Enter a Spring/Summer season where no beach-wear will be complete without accessorizing. And the one key trend to use? The sheer trend.
While he gave us some of the season’s sexiest bikinis by way of label Hervé Léger, with his own label Max Azria relied on the sheer trend (1 & 2) as a way of setting off otherwise lackluster swimwear; a good thing to note if you intend to recycle pieces from last year. Gottex one upped him however, with their gold, floral halter sheer slip which was a stand out of New York Fashion Week’s swimwear fashions (3).
Hats off though to Milly by Michelle Smith Spring/Summer 2009 who sent her models down the runway with beachwear accessorizing perfect for 2009’s bohemian fashion trend.
Lingerie trends Spring2009
Begin reading abou Spring 2009 Lingerie here >>
Mediterranean Heat
BETSEY JOHNSON’s polyester handkerchief-chiffon baby doll in “Crazily Paisley Midnight Madness” ($35.25).
Warm, vibrant colors coupled with fluid paisley prints take on the feel of Spain and the Mediterranean.
The Lounge Life
SHEANDME’s lake blue modal/spandex Y-cami ($38) and sailor shorts with silk charmeuse trim ($40).
Buttery soft loungewear is stripped of the normal lace trimmings in favor of shiny silk accents and clean edges. Racerbacks, colorblocking and stripes have an athletic hint, while still being feminine in draping shapes and soft yellow, dove gray and oatmeal shades.
Lingerie: Spring Trends ‘09
Lingerie is fully feminine this Spring in a pretty palette of innocent white, peach and pink and a vast garden of floral prints, ranging from oversize roses to dainty flowers. Even in electric-bright hues, festive prints exude a romantic Mediterranean and Spanish flavor.
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
WHITE LAUNDRY’s stretch-satin “Lido” chemise and ruffle hotshort (call for pricing) in “Antoinette” print.
Designers look to nature for inspiration this Spring and treat it with a whimsical charm. Flowers were interpreted tactilely as sprouting rosettes and artistically in rose, wildflower and butterfly prints.
Ditsy Florals
BLUSH’s polyester “Enchanted” bra and hipster in buttermilk (call for pricing). FALKE’s off-white polyamide/elastane “Seidenglatt” lace stockings ($14).
Dainty, ditsy and teeny-tiny floral prints in pretty colors appear to have walked out of a pastoral setting.
Return to Innocence
LEJABY’s ivory cotton poplin “Follement Sage Top” ($74.25) and panty ($20.25).
Lingerie shows a pure, innocent side that is a little bit country and vintage. Airy white cotton, ivory satin and soft peach colors are paired with covered buttons, crochet trims, eyelet details and ribbons.
