Archive for October, 2011
Key Spring Summer 2011 Fashion Looks For Women
The Spring/Summer fashion season 2011 for women is characterised by a strong feminine vibe – elegance and glamour run throughout all the fashion trends for this season. This is a season of colour and revival, of beauty and glamour. This SS11 season will see period revivals for 70s glamour and sophisticated punk, biker chic and 1960s elegance.
The 70s revival has dresses in maxi, granny and halter-neck styles, draped and voluminous dresses slit high and cut low. Trousers are flaring and high-waisted. Jumpsuits are back. Accessories include floppy hats, bohemian beads and heels with everything – a revival of platforms and a re-working of the clog. Hot-pants and thigh-high boots make a daring choice. Extreme high heels feature as a fashion cross-over item.
1960 chic features circle skirts, pencil skirts, leather skirts, and dresses – mid-length or below the knee. Dresses are sheath-like and fitted. It is very much a girly look – elegant, demure, with an underlying kittenish sex-appeal. The look is accessorized with gloves, kitten-heels, pretty bows. This trend sees the blazer as a cross-over item.
Biker-chic and punk have many points of cross-over – in both trousers are skinny cut, leather or denim and shorts also feature. The style point to remember with these is that the entire look must be built around a truly feminine vibe: nothing harsh or manly. Key fashion items will sport straps, studs and safety pins, killer-heels, buckles and boots, rips and ruffles. Read the rest of this entry »
6 Spring Wedding Fashion Trends For 2011
Spring is around the corner and so is the spring wedding. A wedding in spring has its own beauty; color is back in nature with trees shining with new leaves, the grass is green once more and beautiful flowers blooming everywhere. A spring bride has the chance of wearing bright girlish color to compliment the colorful nature outside. So if you are planning to be a bride this spring or attending the marriage of your favorite cousin/friend, here are some tips to help you out.
• First is color. A spring bride can choose romantic colors like pink or red over pastel colors like white, ivory, lavender or yellow. You can give a modern twist by wearing a dress with combination of pink and lime green. That can double up as your wedding theme as well.
• The style of wedding dress is heavily leaning on vintage especially those from 50′s and 60′s. If you don’t want to go all the way, you can try one or two items that are classic vintage and reminiscent of the era like retro birdcage bird veil.
• Lace wedding dress is back into fashion in 2011 for Spring brides. Other fabrics that are in this year include organza, chiffon and charmeuse. Princess style ball gowns are another all time favorite; the trend this Spring is to add roses, ruffles, layers of lace and organza petals to create a dramatic, voluminous silhouettes that will simply blow away your guests, and your fiancé’s mind as well. Read the rest of this entry »