Blogs and Trends

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.



Copyright

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.

Paco Rabanne pics

Emanuel Ungaro pics

Giambattista Valli pics

Zuhair Murad pics

Stella McCartney pics

Paris Fashion Week

Chanel: Not sure how I feel about this...is this a skirt with pants? I like the print a lot but the blue hair and the ugly bag are throwing me a bit.

Valentino: Love this line more than words could explain!

Stella McCartney: Love the shapes and textures she plays with in her creations!

Zuhair Murad: I think the line is pretty but only some of the pieces are really sophisticated and beautiful.

Giambattista Valli: This line looks like the Easter Bunny factory sold all thier costumes to the designer and they were refurbished.

Emanuel Ungaro: Love all the prints he used but not crazy about some of the shapes.

Paco Rabanne: Clean lines and sophistication make a great line like this one.

Givenchy: Is he on drugs? What the heck is this?! She is straight up frowning because her outfit is so ugly!

LFW: Louise Gray

DESIGNER NAME: Louise Gray

BACKGROUND: Born in Fraserburgh, Scotland. Louise studied at The Glasgow School of Art in textile design and Central Saint Martins, where she completed her MA. Design collaborations include Cotton USA, Judy Blame, Nicholas Kirkwood, the Smiley Company and Crown Paint. Louise is also sponsored by the Centre for Fashion Enterprise.

SIGNATURES: “Colour, textures, hand silk-screened specially developed fabrics in woven, embroidered and printed techniques.”

IDEAL CLIENT: “Ultimately someone who is fun.”

LONDON TIPS: “The view from London Bridge, a cocktail at the Manchichi Bar and dancing anywhere you fancy.”

LFW: Sophia Webster

DESIGNER NAME: Sophia Webster

BACKGROUND: Shoe designer Sophia studied at the Royal College of Art and Cordwainers. She has been working as design assistant to Nicholas Kirkwood since graduating from the RCA in 2010.

SIGNATURES: “Single soles, feminine lines and strong silhouettes.”

TRADEMARK PIECE: “The Aztec open-toe Bootie.”
THE COLLECTION: “The inspiration is a combination of Tim Burton, Rainbow Narnia and Clueless. There is a lot of embroidered hologram, polkadot metallic and hand drawn, scribble clueless-esque plaid."

CULTURAL INFLUENCES: “Music plays a big part in my design process; I can only really focus on designing when I have music on. It’s often an eclectic mix depending on my mood. I love listening to Rinse FM - it's always playing what is new and fresh in London that you wouldn’t hear on other stations, but I also listen to a lot of reggae, 90s RnB and neo soul. My dad is a collector of reggae and rare soul vinyl and was a DJ when I was younger so I was brought up listening to music really loud all the time.”

LFW: Peter Pilotto

DESIGNER NAMES: Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos

BACKGROUND: Pilotto is half-Austrian, half-Italian and De Vos is half-Belgian, half-Peruvian. The designers met whilst studying at Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the year 2000.

SIGNATURES: Peter Pilotto's vision of womenswear embraces both new and classic perspectives on elegance. Otherworldly prints combine with soft, sculptural shapes to form the handwriting of the design duo, something which evolves and is explored each season as opposed to being reactionary.

IDEAL CLIENT: “She is beyond pure classification of age or style, just like the clothes themselves.”

TRADEMARK PIECE: “Thought-through print placements.”