By Charu Dua
It doesn’t matter if you are a home-maker, an entrepreneur, a designer, a teacher, a model or a college student- everyone looks to improve their lifestyle, spend time upgrading fashion sense as it gives that confidence to shine. Undoubtedly beauty comes from within, we all know that, but reinvigorating wardrobe with some extra quirk or flair will just add sparkle to inner beauty.
Everything in the fashion industry is of a guessing game, what becomes a trend and what loses it charm – it all comes and goes. But, checking out designer runways now and then can help in predicting the trends with an added advantage of persuading some outfits inspiration for daily or social occasions.
According to Pinterest’s Annual Global Fashion Report, smock dresses charted as the rising search item online which makes this dress a perfect combination of being trendy and super comfortable. This ideal spring dress generally blends with everything – from flat sandals to ankle boots or even heels giving a breezy style.
Next style coming up might give a grandma feel but undoubtedly it’s making a massive come back. Polka dots are in the minds of designers, artists and celebrities now. Polka prints have always been considered a staple print, whether it has found its spot back on the runways along with the hitting street style industry. In the fast-paced fashion world online, one polka-dotted dress from Zara has also gone viral among mass consumers.
The pattern caught the attention of many celebrity stylists too while there were few red carpets looks peppered with dots. Polka can make one look classy with heels but it also gives a casual approach with a fresh pair of sneakers, which shows how versatile this classic and beloved print can be.
There are high expectations that stripes – both horizontal and vertical to become one of the popular fashion trends in 2020. People love stripes and it can do wonders to style status, only if they are paired well. Vertical stripes are essentially favored because they are ‘flatter-all- body –type’
If you’re not sure how to play around with stripes into your current wardrobe, there is a simple rule of thumb. “Two is the maximum amount of prints to mismatch, for example, stripes with florals or lavenders with greys. Just entirely avoid adding a third to it.
The style that simply dominated the early 2010s before apparently going into hibernation is on its way back for everyday style. Peplum in its style flatters the lower abdominal area and tends to hide any imperfections that make luxury brands like Rosie Assoulin and Balenciaga define their latest theme with myriad peplum-style designs.
Its style is prevalent in everything from tops to evening gowns even with brands like Zara, Ajio and Shopper Stop. With this time around, many of the peplum-style tops pique interesting details, like smocking, statement sleeves or modern asymmetrical necklines giving the whole look more grace and style.
One cannot follow all the on-going trends as there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach when it comes to fashion. It always depends upon attitude, style, body and taste which differ from one person to another. But with the idea of looking smarter, classy, voguish in everyday life, at least one should embrace one of the trends and be top-notch all the time.
The key to fashion is experimenting – don’t be left behind with the same old styles and catch up with the mentioned new trends to up style quotient.