In today’s society we are bombarded with so much choice in the retail & online stores that we sometimes cannot choose what to buy.
We have five crucial tips to help you manage your wardrobe each season.
First: You want to establish what your budget is so that you can get the most out of it, choosing wisely the key pieces that will have you feeling fashionable that season.
Second: Research the trends of that season and choose either two or three maximum depending on what your budget can afford. This will allow you to use your new key purchases and fit them into your existing wardrobe.
Third: Get your basics from discount outlets or in last season sales to match back with the items you have invested in.
Forth: Make sure you can match back your accessories and don’t buy one off items that cannot be matched back with anything.
Fifth: Write a list of your favourite stores and start shopping!.....
We have featured 4 of the main fashion trends for this summer 2010 and some key must have pieces in each look as seen at http://www.fashiontrendsetter.com/
Alternatively chic and more wild
A woman-child with a retro look set in a Twin-Peaks universe. She looks like Mom and he looks like Granddad. A playful, girly mood juggling vintage patterns and faded 60's and 70's Americans colors creates a mundane atmosphere with a twisted angel.
Colours
A cheerful, yet slightly faded range evoking 70's colors, which seem to have been softened in the washing machine. Muffled tones: pale blue, faded beige, soft khaki. A range completed by more intense hues of yellow or violet with stronger accents of red or sky blue.
Silhouettes
A blend of retro elegance à la Jackie O reworked more romantically with fitted, high-waisted, slim-bust jackets and tops with jewel-like embroidery worn with mid-knee length, slim pencil skirts or Capri pants ... and the campus inspiration of worn denim mini blousons and high school tops paired with tulle tutus.
A woman-child with a retro look set in a Twin-Peaks universe. She looks like Mom and he looks like Granddad. A playful, girly mood juggling vintage patterns and faded 60's and 70's Americans colors creates a mundane atmosphere with a twisted angel.
Colours
A cheerful, yet slightly faded range evoking 70's colors, which seem to have been softened in the washing machine. Muffled tones: pale blue, faded beige, soft khaki. A range completed by more intense hues of yellow or violet with stronger accents of red or sky blue.
Silhouettes
A blend of retro elegance à la Jackie O reworked more romantically with fitted, high-waisted, slim-bust jackets and tops with jewel-like embroidery worn with mid-knee length, slim pencil skirts or Capri pants ... and the campus inspiration of worn denim mini blousons and high school tops paired with tulle tutus.
FabricsThey cultivate a vintage mood with cottons and wool being worked to seem used, faded, softer and suppler. In a 70's, sporty mood, a range of relaxed fabrics: supple denims, thick canvases, casual fleece, washed out, checked yarn-dyes. A more sophisticated, Halston style of chiffons, crepes and satins for a femme fatale look.
ODE TO NATURE NellyRodi for CIFF/Spring-Summer 2010 Find complete trend description at http://www.ciff.dk/
An homage to nature
Modern ceremonies, half-pagan, half-religious, which evoke the goddesses and vestal virgins of Antiquity, pre-Raphaelite paintings and symbolism. A romantic, spiritual, poetic appeal.
Colours
A soft, serene palette with kaolin accents. Chalky, light, faded, powder and talcum colors are accompanied by more intense shades of taupe beige and mauve. A range of dynamic, springtime pastels is added to this base: pink, greenish yellow, orange, vibrant green.
Silhouette
It is stretched in length to emphasize vertical structure for skirts, dresses, tunics or fluid, vapory pants. The antique toga inspires one-piece garments like cover-up or T-shirt dresses and jumpsuits, but also details such as random drapings, drawstring shapes, twisted effects, knots or braids. The accent is on elegant ease: pants adopt the suppleness of pyjamas while fluid jerseys soften a tailoring mood.
FabricsThey are light and fluid: crepe, crepon, voile, gauze or fine tulle are worked alone or in layers for a young, romantic mood. In a natural atmosphere, we see refined, rustic effects: muslins or silk shantung worked in light weaves. In complement, vegetation or natural motifs are sometimes blurry or undefined.
Modern ceremonies, half-pagan, half-religious, which evoke the goddesses and vestal virgins of Antiquity, pre-Raphaelite paintings and symbolism. A romantic, spiritual, poetic appeal.
Colours
A soft, serene palette with kaolin accents. Chalky, light, faded, powder and talcum colors are accompanied by more intense shades of taupe beige and mauve. A range of dynamic, springtime pastels is added to this base: pink, greenish yellow, orange, vibrant green.
Silhouette
It is stretched in length to emphasize vertical structure for skirts, dresses, tunics or fluid, vapory pants. The antique toga inspires one-piece garments like cover-up or T-shirt dresses and jumpsuits, but also details such as random drapings, drawstring shapes, twisted effects, knots or braids. The accent is on elegant ease: pants adopt the suppleness of pyjamas while fluid jerseys soften a tailoring mood.
FabricsThey are light and fluid: crepe, crepon, voile, gauze or fine tulle are worked alone or in layers for a young, romantic mood. In a natural atmosphere, we see refined, rustic effects: muslins or silk shantung worked in light weaves. In complement, vegetation or natural motifs are sometimes blurry or undefined.
LIGHT TECH NellyRodi for CIFF/Spring-Summer 2010Find complete trend description at http://www.ciff.dk/
Back to the future
A new beginning showing optimism and progress. Technology becomes playful in a sweet way. A new positive high-tech is restarting with references to the naivity of the 50ies.
ColoursFresh, acidic tints that evoke chemical elixirs and experimental emulsions. The flashy, slightly pop colors of vitamin-charged smoothies: green, pink, turquoise, yellow and acidic orange. They are accompanied by a second range of more faded and somewhat veiled, grayed tints.
Silhouettes
A blend of functional, resolutely modern strictness in 60's structured shapes. We see clean appeal, sharp-cut lab coats or absolutely simple basics reworked in luxurious, technical fabrics. References to medical bandages and an 80's sporty mood in fitted pieces are also forthcoming.
Fabrics
taffeta, coated canvas, cotton, jacquard and thick linen. Textured surfaces with miniature motifs in clean, precise graphics. Elsewhere, a futurist mood is illustrated by synthetic, compact, girdling fabrics with technical finishes. Transparent harmonies and layerings are more refined.
A new beginning showing optimism and progress. Technology becomes playful in a sweet way. A new positive high-tech is restarting with references to the naivity of the 50ies.
ColoursFresh, acidic tints that evoke chemical elixirs and experimental emulsions. The flashy, slightly pop colors of vitamin-charged smoothies: green, pink, turquoise, yellow and acidic orange. They are accompanied by a second range of more faded and somewhat veiled, grayed tints.
Silhouettes
A blend of functional, resolutely modern strictness in 60's structured shapes. We see clean appeal, sharp-cut lab coats or absolutely simple basics reworked in luxurious, technical fabrics. References to medical bandages and an 80's sporty mood in fitted pieces are also forthcoming.
Fabrics
taffeta, coated canvas, cotton, jacquard and thick linen. Textured surfaces with miniature motifs in clean, precise graphics. Elsewhere, a futurist mood is illustrated by synthetic, compact, girdling fabrics with technical finishes. Transparent harmonies and layerings are more refined.
SOUTHERN FOLK NellyRodi for CIFF/Spring-Summer 2010 Find complete trend description at http://www.ciff.dk/
A creative melting pot in a mix of influences and civilizations. From this universe, we rediscover both the appealing glamor of seductive movie actresses like Maria Felix and the humble elegance of traditional folklore outfits.
Colours
Vibrant, joyous party tints in slashes of color. Blazing red and deep violet blend with more neutral shades evoking dry, South American landscapes: ochres, clays, beiges, cactus greens.
Silhouettes
They take into account Latin America's diversity. A military uniform mood reworked with a city attitude. Big, rustic shapes inspired by Indians and ornaments, which take their cue from Aztec motifs. But also: defined waists, the tapered, chic lines of gauchos, 50's seductive women and tango artists.
Fabrics
A folklore inspiration: rough looks, rustic weaves, fresh cottons resembling household linens. On a more refined note: laces and macrames. A more precious inspiration with fabrics decorated by opulent ornaments, embroideries and appliqués.
