10 Trend-Worthy Spring 2011 Fashion Trends
2011, fashion, spring
Walk into your favorite mall, step inside your most beloved store, and wallah! You’re walking out with your esteemed Spring trends. Customers are going bananas for the 60’s and 70’s redux. Fluttering their minds morning, day, and night and their plethora of shopping bags are to prove it. Filled with enough character to cinch any ensemble, ten statement pieces for your spring-trend-filled-wardobe will make you the trendsetter that you are. Yet, while these trends dashingly appeared upon our eyes and snuggled in our shopping bags, necessary homage is paid to the creative geniuses behind it all: the fashion designers and their collections from New York, London, Milan, and Paris Fashion Weeks last Autumn. Famously popularized by the likes of fashion designers from around the globe, its time to embody the stylish spirit thats surely worth acquiring for your head-turning spring look.
1 Maxi Dresses
Ankle and floor-grazing styles gracefully swept away their audiences and were featured in the collections of Max Mara and Jil Sander. Lucky for you, they are showing up in stores such as the Gap and Club Monaco.
Images from shopbutante.com
2 Bell Bottom Style Jeans
At Derek Lam, wide-leg jeans were a hit. He paired the jeans with tucked-in white button-down tops and multitudinous wedge sandals. Emulate the look by purchasing a similar pair of wide-trousered jeans with a tucked in tank or tee for a more relaxed look.
Images from coolspotters.com
3 Citrus Color
Marc Jacobs and Chris Benz incorporated pops of loud color in their collections. The citrus color ranged from mango to pumpkin and it can make any outfit that was once dead, become alive again.
4 Neutral Color
Relaxation and soothing connotations can mellow your mood and your outfit as shades of sand,ivory, and camel are the “it’ colors of the trendy-worthy neutral palette. Credit goes to 3.1 Philip Lim, Richard Chai Love, Yigal Azrouel, and Rag & Bone collections.
5 Color-Block Pleats
Incredulously functional, color-block pleats added a fresh relevance to a new concept. Just by using color, the Marco de Vincenza collection confirmed this.
Images from blog.smarter.com, stylehive.com and flypaper.bluefly.com
6 Mismatched Prints
I’m sure you’ve mixed and match your socks, but what about your prints? Rachel Comey and Milly’s Michelle Smith blended prints and the end result was perfection.
7 Sexy and Sheer Fabrics
Embrace your craving for sexy and sheer fabric as J.Mendel and Proenza Schouler satisfied their sartorial craving.
8 Decorative Feathers
Achieve the lucious and classy look with feathers for your next special event. Decorative feather-trimmed dresses were nothing less than glamour featured in the Chanel and Alexander McQueen collections.
Image from lyndsaycabildo.com
9 Not So Short-Shorts
Rather than being cheeky, the Nicole Miller, Elie Tahri, Victoria Bartlett, and Elise Overland collections presented the opposite fashionable option of above-the-knee shorts that have a flirty appeal.
Image from fashionworld14.wordpress.com
10 Bug-Eyed/Cat-Eyed Glasses
Completely buzz-worthy, Prada featured this look last Spring. Tracy Reese showed the fashion world that large, round sunglasses were the “to-have” accessory of the season as she donned her models with this specs.
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