Restlessness, Recipes, and Real Fashion

This picture is from the blog www.manrepeller.com and displays the grunge/punk looking trend with designer twists.

www.kendieveryday.com is my favorite blog by far! I would wear every single thing that she wears. This style is classic and beautiful.

The vertical stripes are another trend that is very popular. http://seejaneworkplaylive.blogspot.com is a great blog for trends and style across the board.

Nudes are really trendy all over. Sincerely, Jules travels all over with her awesome style. You can check out her stuff on her blog www.sincerelyjules.com

Statement necklaces and other statement jewelry are great for popping your nuetrals. www.cupcakesandcashmere.com is really good for fashion and recipes!

The patterned pants are a new thing that everyone has to have. www.designlovefest.com has all kinds of colorful things to display as well as crafty ideas.

I love the stripes with the polka dots and and the pop of color. http://whatiwore.tumblr.com is a great blog if you love stripes and other patterns but mostly stripes.

Leather, booties, retro floral, and statement necklaces! I'm in love... www.myedit.blogspot.com

Karla from http://karlascloset.com has got it going on with her vertical stripes!

Every piece in this collage is a trend from some period of time. Jen is a good style guru and has the cutest kids EVER! www.jenloveskev.com

Chanel has never been a trend, and has always been a classic brand but when they started adding colors to their products they became more ceceptable to the trend circuit. This mustard yellow bag may be Chanel but it is a color that comes and goes in the trend world. www.9to5chic.com

Cardigans and lace are two of the most reoccuring trends ever. www.mlovesmblog.com

Retro styles are the "hipster" thing at the moment. www.fashionofgoodwill.org/blog is a great place to look at the retro things other people are wearing and get lots of ideas for dressing and decorating.

www.cometothedarksidewehavecandy.com is a great blog for the leather and dark eye-shadow wearing trend followers who can pull off that sexy mysterious look! Love her clothes and her leopard prints.

Denim jacks, pop of color, two toned shoes, and a leather hobo bag. What isnt a trend in this outfit? www.monochromachic.com makes trends look like staples.

www.fashionistatalk.com is a great place to find trends and cute clothes. This fashionista knows whats up when it comes to her prints.

Oh the many trends. The most popular is probably denim and www.girlincloset.com knows how to work it!

Kimmi gives herself 600 dollars a year to shop for clothes and often wears things "in style." Check her out at www.bluepaperlanterns.com

I got this picture from http://www.thesartorialist.com/ which is a pretty common fashion blog. The blogger takes pictures of New Yorkers on the streets showing the current trends in the big apple. This tank, vest, colored shorts trend is very common in this age group everywhere.

Stripes, pastels, and polka dots OH MY. Not really any staples at www.iamstyle-ish.com but it works for this woman.

Trends and knockoffs are a huge part of the fashion industry today. Stores like Forever21 greatly benefit off of the current runway fashion runway fashions and mass reproductions of designer clothes. Designers get angry by this and are trying to create a copyright law to prevent companies from knocking off their designs.
The bill called the Innovative Design Protection and Privacy Act is the law designers are trying to use to save their designs. The California Fashion Association and other opposing parities claim the bill is vague and wouldn't be productive.
Kal Raustiala brings up valid points in pleading his case (anti-IDPPA). He feels as though trends rely on copying and copying improves the market and provides jobs for people. He claims copying us not limited to the lowerclass and that many designers feed off one another for ideas.
Many have written books in and debated the subject but the strong supporters and activists encourage you to look at the facts. 1) Being that the economy is the way it is, knockoffs are a way for the designers to get their designs on less wealthy people. 2) Large companies like Forever21 create jobs for many people who desperately need them. 3) Copying breeds competition between designers.
If a copyright law was passed less trends would be discovered, less of the population would be sporting certain shapes and prints, and many people and companies would have no business and no job. In the long run making this protection bill would greatly damage the fashion industry.