Spring is just around the corner, and now we must turn our attentions to our wardrobes. Well, it can't come soon enough. No more thermals, tights under jeans and boots.In September I'll be desperate to get into tights and boots and out of flimsy dresses and pumps.Thats just the merry go around of seasonal fashion. After lots of dedicated research, cups of tea and slices of cake I have written a round-up of what here at lastchancewardrobe.com we think are the best trends this Spring/Summer. First up is the 'sugar almond' colour palette. Think of pastels in their palest form, candy floss pink, spearmint green and baby blue. Look for the most delicate of fabrics, chiffons and tulles. The shapes are feminine and romantic, but often have an edge with a thigh high split or architectural shoulders. I absolutely loved this baby blue dress from Michael Kors.
Our favourite trend for this Spring/Summer has to be 'underwear as outerwear'. Seen all over the catwalks and soon to be swamping a high street near you. This will be an easy to wear look, though many will be put of by revealing too much-but this isn't how it works. Think of bodies, basques, lots of lace and girdles. Team one of these tops with a structured jacket or pencil skirt and your onto a winner. Don't be put off by thinking you have to have supermodel proportions for this, wearing these items gives you a great outline and will be flattering and super sexy without revealing too much. I'm thinking I won't be wearing my bra over my t-shirt as was seen at Marc Jacobs though! It won't surprise you that Dolce and Gabbana did this look brilliantly, its one of their signature looks.
The one trend to strike fear into the heart of every fashion conscious woman is 'Print, print and more print'. Be afraid, be very afraid- print is massive this year. Every image, pattern and graphic you can ever imagine is on a dress or top somewhere. Fuelled by an explosion in computer and print technology the prints are vivd, bright and beautiful. The key to this trend is to keep it simple , keep print to one piece i.e a dress or print top with plain trousers. Print can be very flattering especially on dresses, don't shy away give it a go.
Some trends just seem to appear every season just in a different context, and denim is one of these. Very easy to wear, ideal for just about every situation and investment dressing at its best.This season everything has a denim version. Invest now in a denim dress, skirt and a pair of boyfriend jeans and you can't go wrong. Also experiment with wearing denim with denim, and pale rinse denim for uber cool look.
Another colour palette that is big news this season is 'Nudes' think of foundation colours and coffee colours. Seen all over the Golden Globe red carpet last month to much success(I should hope so too, with the budgets, stylists and personal trainers) Its tricky deciding what shade to go for but generally the cafe latte type colours are good and if your wary of looking too 'beige on beige' go for a slighty pinkier version. These colours are brilliant for accessories, think nude colour shoes and clutches. If your still in doubt, I find a spray tan will work a treat!
Other trends spotted but probably won't be on such a big scale but could be for the more discerning trendsetter are leather t-shirts-wear with denim or white, Shorts-look great when done well only time will tell how big this trend will be deciding on the sun(and the size of thighs!) bodycon-is now here to stay goes hand in hand with the sports luxe look(which I never quite get but am investagating), seen with lots of print and military-think belting and khaki colours.
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