Trend Watch
The Resurgence of the Flapper
Every time I go back to my instincts – my trends-be-damned personal style, my very public political beliefs, my gender-bending accessories and even my tendency to fall for “men’s drinks”* in men’s bars while flirting with too many men – I am newly surprised at how, obviously, I should have been twenty in the twenties. [...]
Trend Watch: Cropped
There’s this new-old trend, coming back to haunt anyone that played in the fashion sandbox in the early nineties. Cropped. Cropped sweaters, cropped t-shirts, cropped jackets…it’s everywhere. What do the Demoiselles think of this trend? Well, it’s complicated… Jen: The cropped shirt has one thing going for it that the nineties lacked: it’s being worn [...]
Trend Watch: Stirrup Pants
Here’s an excerpt of a conversation from a post Lindsay (f/k/a Elle) and I made in July of last year: Elle: Well, I like [skinny jeans]. Jennifer: I just…I can’t get down with them, Elle. They’re…they’re… Elle: Don’t say it. Jennifer: They’re tapered pants. Elle: They’re totally different. They’re not cut the same as those atrocities [...]
Trend Watch: Plaid
Plaid. We’ve both been back and forth on this trend for a while. Can it be done in a modern way? How long will it last? Moreover, do we even care? We went on a research spree, looking for the best (and worst) plaid options online. Some of them are seriously drool-worthy (see: DSquared) and [...]
Trend Watch: Skinny Jeans
Let’s travel back in time, to approximately two years ago, and eavesdrop on an argument a conversation between Jennifer and Elle… Elle: Well, I like them. Jennifer: I just…I can’t get down with them, Elle. They’re…they’re… Elle: Don’t say it. Jennifer: They’re tapered pants. Elle: They’re totally different. They’re not cut the same as those atrocities from [...]
Trend Watch: Rompers
Are we all ready for some mixed feelings? Rompers – half childhood past time (emphasis on past…) and half potentially sexy, gamine summer piece. How are we supposed to feel about this? Nostalgic? Excited? Childlike? I think most of us are just confused, and are erring on the side of “ew”. At least that’s how [...]
Trend Watch: Sequin Mania
The last ten years have been a trend-watching blur: we’ve seen almost every decade resurface for at least a brief moment before slowly fading away. The current, high-controversy era in our midst is the late 1980s. Only being in our mid-twenties, the eighties are an era we Demoiselles spent little time in, and truth be [...]
Trend Watch: White Denim
J. Brand skinnies at RevolveClothing.com How brave are you? Now that white denim is back in fashion, that question has arisen in the mind of many a fashion-loving woman: What can I wear it with? Will it make me look fat? What if I spill something? What style is best for my body? This trend [...]
Short Girl Blues
To clarify, I’m short. I’m the kind of girl that needs every pair of jeans altered, whether it’s so she doesn’t trip over herself or because she wants to finally be able to wear flats without ruining the hem of her pants. I’m the kind of girl that wears “ankle length” jeans with heels; the [...]
I’m Supposed to Wear What?!: Sweatpants
On a friend’s recommendation, last week I grabbed a copy of the March issue of Nylon. I found a ton of inspiring designs and gorgeous photo spreads, of course, but I also found some information that I could have lived without: Sweatpants are “in.” This isn’t the photo in Nylon, but it does feature the same [...]
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