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How to Wear Spring’s Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

This is the time of year that we in the fashion industry start to talk about “transition pieces”-  pieces that you can wear now and into Spring.

The idea is all about embracing the upcoming spring trends while staying warm and cozy during the winter months! Layer them up NOW for winter vibes with a coat, hat, scarf, tights and boots then wear the look again in another iteration when things warm up by ditching the layers and creating a new airy combination with open toe heels or sandals, a clutch and a statement necklace come spring.  Winter trend + Spring trend= Transition.  Wear it now, wear it later!

The easiest way to embrace Spring trends now is with color and luckily this Spring designers seem to have moved away from the typical pastels and toward earthy hues that work well in any season.

Spring 2019 will be dominated by warm, spicy and fiery shades. Lively hues that are a mix of bright reds and oranges.  According to Pantone “The mindset for Spring/Summer 2019 reflects our desire to face the future with empowering colors that provide confidence and spirit; colors that are uplifting; joyful hues that lend themselves to playful expressionism and take us down a path of creative and unexpected combinations”.

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

Challenge accepted Pantone!  I love a good spicy palette, that combined with artisanal flourishes like ruffled hems and billowing sleeves lend an artful aura to a look plus make layering oh so easy!

And, if you include a few more spring trends such as craft elements like patchwork, fringing, fabric bundles and woven textures to infuse your clothing with personality you’ll be two steps ahead in the trend game!

Three of my favorites from Pantone’s Spring Color Report are Jester Red, Fiesta and Terrarium Moss.  They are fiery, dynamic, look great on every skin tone, and give off a retro vibe plus they pair flawlessly.

Whether you are creating a look using texture for depth or mixing prints you can’t go wrong with these three epice shades as your muse to add a little spice to your wardrobe.

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

How to Wear Spring's Spicy Hues Now

What I’m Wearing: Mulberry Bayswater Bag | Zac Posen Melange Coat | TOPSHOP Classic Pony Hair Belt | Scotch & Soda Fedora- similar found here | Urban Outfitters Paisley Scarf | Gibson + Latimer Poet Sleeve Ruffle Hem Dress | HUE Tights | Chloe Boots |

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How to Wear Western with an Edge

How to wear western with an edge

This season designers are OBSESSED with the Wild Wild West Western aesthetic.

It’s EVERYWHERE!  Fringe, studs and revamped cowboy boots practically ruled the Fall 2018 runways.  For weeks and weeks…. and weeks I’ve been talking about how BIG the Western trend really is and some of the feedback I’ve been getting is mixed.  It’s either “I Love it, Yee-haw” or “I could never pull that off”.

This post is for the nay-sayers, the trend-a-phobic and the “what do I do with that”ers.

The biggest concept you need to embrace for this and really any season is that Trends are Fluid. I can’t express this enough.  Trends are meant to be combined and mixed.  You don’t have to go head to toe with just one trend.

You can take elements from the Western trend and incorporate it into your own personal style without going full Rhinestone Cowgirl.  You can do western with an edge or western with a side of office. The options are endless when you open your thought process up to the possibilities.

Unexpected combinations make for the most interesting looks!  Just when you thought you couldn’t wear a fitted “office appropriate” pencil skirt with cowboy boots, think again. Mixing up Western elements with other trends gives your look that stylized feel.

Just because it’s Western, doesn’t mean that you have to strictly adhere to cowgirl elements. A Western belt paired with a pleated maxi oozes Southwestern Boho style already but adding in brightly colored boots and a multi-tone top to the look screams modern and versatile.

One of the main staples of the Western trend is a pair of cowboy boots. This season designers have taken a gazillion modern approaches to this classic Americana footwear. From glitter boots to mixed textiles, knee-high to ankle there is a cowboy boot out there this season for everyone!

Create something county fair sweet with a flouncy dress and knee high cowboy boots or something a little more edgy with sparkly boots, a western bag and a moto-jacket.

It’s up to YOU!

How will you wear Western this season?

How to wear western with an edge

How to wear western with an edge

How to wear western with an edge

How to wear western with an edge

How to wear western with an edge

How to wear western with an edge

How to wear western with an edge

How to wear western with an edge

What I’m wearing: Balmain Leather Moto Jacket | ASOS Blouse | Bandana | Elie Tahari Animal Print Skirt | Coach Dreamer Signature Canvas with Tattoo Handbag | Donald Pliner DARLA Glitter Suede Boot | Kate Young x Tura Sunglasses |

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Saddle Up with Fall 2018’s Western Trend

Fall 2018 western Trend

The western trend is to Fall what the floral trend is to Spring, it always comes back in one form or another and I have to say, I’m not mad about it.

I love a great western gypsy rock star vibe.  So eclectic, so cool and it always looks so totally effortless.

The western trend hit the runways in many forms for Fall 2018 from heavy cowboy-style characteristics, like shirts with stand-out yoke details and loads of swingy fringe at Coach to rodeo-ready looks at DSQUARED2 and an American heritage mood and Isabel Marant.  Even Louis Vuitton threw in a few bolo ties in their show!

It’s also probably the most wearable trend of the season. It translates easily from runway to reality, is great for every body type and a fit for every age!

Whether you choose to go cowboy-glam a la Rhinestone Cowboy or Nostalgic Americana-  rustic belts, aged boots, prairie florals, calico prints, denim and of course fringe are the elements you need to complete your western wardrobe.

I give this trend three Yee Haw’s and a Yippie Ki-yay!

Stylists Tip: This season one of the HOTTEST shoe trends is cowboy boots with metal tips.  Score a pair now and rock them all the way through winter.

Fall 2018 Western trend

Fall2018WesternTrend

Fall2018westernTrend

Fall 2018 western trend

Fall 2018 western trend

Fall 2018 western trend

Fall 2018 Western Trend

Fall 2018 western trend

What I’m Wearing: Kaeraz Space Cowgirl T-Shirt | ABOUND Floral Wrap Midi Skirt | Free People Carrera Lattice Boot | Dynamite Fringe Sweater | ETRO Fringe Crossbody Bag | Linea Pelle Belt |

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Western Vibes

Modern western trend

This season let your inner chic cowgirl run wild with the Modern Western Trend.

It’s a little less Daisy Duke and a little more refined Ranch Hand.

A combination of Old West details merged with fashion forward designs. Think silver-buckled belts that cinch your waist, polished boots, sandals with western details and denim shirts buttoned to the throat.

The easiest way to incorporate this elevated western style into your wardrobe is by adding one piece at a time. Something as simple as adding a western buckle belt or western style belt to your classic jeans can help you get in the ranch-ready mindset.

To really rope-in this trend you only need to invest in a few key pieces – a great western detailed belt, a western-esc boot, bootie or western inspired sandal and a crisp over-stitched denim shirt or jacket.  Look for pearlescent snap buttons and rustle up plenty of tan and brown leather.

A bandanna tied at the neck and vintage turquoise silver chunky pieces will help bring the look together but keep it chic, remember that less is more. This isn’t about going full on Rodeo,  instead, it’s the sort of quiet nod to western glamour that packs a real style punch.

The finishing touch?  Add this season’s favorite accessory, a saddlebag or medicine-bag handbag to, well, anything and you’re done.

Modern western trend

Modern western Trend

Modern western trend

Modern western Trend

Modern western Trend

Modern western Trend

Modern Western Trend

Modern western Trend

What I’m Wearing: Nanette Lepore Paisley Print Off the Shoulder Dress | TOPMAN Bandana | Vince Camuto Cone Heel Sandal | Medicine Bag Drawstring Handbag (similar found here) | Vintage Turquoise Ring | Supplies Denim Jacket | Linea Pelle Belt |

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How to Rock the Modern Western Trend

 

How to Add the Western Trend to Your Look

Western Fashion Trend

The Fashion world went bat S*&^ crazy when they saw the DIOR RESORT 2018 show “Dior in the Desert” back in May.

Donned in Western Inspired looks instead of on a runway, models walked back and forth on packed desert dirt in the middle of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve just after sunset as hot air balloons swayed in the background.  Seriously it was magical, and after the show hit the web not a single fashionista alive could wait even one more second to infuse that Wild Wild West vibe into their own closet.

Spanish Style Cowboys hat’s immediately sold out from coast to coast.

But before the DIOR show even happened designers were already tipping their hat’s to the Modern Cowgirl in the FW17 shows.  Western motifs were everywhere from DSQUARED2 to Cavalli and Chloe in the form of grommeted leather jackets, fringed shirts, leather pants and prairie dresses.

So what does that mean for you?  Well yes, the Western trend is HUGE this season but that doesn’t mean you have to ride into Fall guns a blazin’ looking like Annie Oakley.

You can give your Fall look a dash of Yee-haw by adding a few key elements of western and prairie style while still staying true to your own personal vibe.

Opposites attract, try pairing cowboy boots with a flirty dress, or add fringe elements such as a jacket or bag to your evening look.  Remember CONTRAST is a fashion girl’s best friend.

By choosing one or two western inspired statement pieces to do the talkin’  you stay on-trend without looking like you are wearing a costume.

How to Add western elements to your look

Fall Fashion trend Western

Fringe Bag Trend

Chloe Western Boot

Western Fashion trend

What I’m Wearing: Ulla Johnson Embroidered Prairie Floral Blouse| ETRO Fringe Bag | Chloe Flame Western Boot | Red Hot by Spanx Shaping Tights | NARS Powermatte Lip Pigment is “Just Push Play” | Devlin Pleated Circle Skirt |

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