Fashion trends and your own personal style

[Adelaide]

http://fashionfinder.asos.com/womens...he-love-305555 This was my style in the 70's

It's kind of neat that different aspects of the 70s, 80s, and 90s (maybe even a bit of the 60s) are coming back into fashion. "Mom jeans" are back in style, for example. If you watch just about any show from the 90s, it's like watching today's "hipsters".

[Adelaide]

Are any of the other females here doing the colour blocking trend? It's pretty fickle; you have to do it right or you look just kind of ridiculous, lol. Personal trial and error speaking here.

[Peter1469]

I guess the styles go in cycles.

At least as far as professional male clothing goes, we have it easy. Not much in the way of radical options. I have 6 suits, maybe 5 dress slacks, 12 white dress shirts (with different things like collars, pockets, etc) and another 12 colored / stripped shirts. All of the shirts and most of the slacks are tailored. And a crap load of ties, but I don't wear them any more unless I am in court, or go meet someone who is really important in my work. I actually hate ties. I wish that they would go out of style.

Which is one reason I went running this afternoon. It would cost me a butt-load of money to up-size.....

[Peter1469]

Are any of the other females here doing the colour blocking trend? It's pretty fickle; you have to do it right or you look just kind of ridiculous, lol. Personal trial and error speaking here.

What is that?

[Adelaide]

one of my favorite braids

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Love this hairstyle.

[Adelaide]

What is that?

This:

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It's about mixing bright colours. I've found the only way to do it without looking like a clown is to do, say, a black bottom with a bright top of one colour, a bright jacket of another bright colour, and then a bright necklace of another.

[Adelaide]

By the way, Chloe - my normal day to day hairstyles are like this (pretty much exactly):

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and

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It's so long I can't be bothered to do much special with it on a daily basis. Quick and easy and looking normal is all I need, lol

I do love the braiding that is trending. I love to braid my hair.

[Peter1469]

OK. The most that I will do is one bright or pastel shirt with everything else neutral. Just one "oddity" at a time for me.

[Dr. Who]

This:

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It's about mixing bright colours. I've found the only way to do it without looking like a clown is to do, say, a black bottom with a bright top of one colour, a bright jacket of another bright colour, and then a bright necklace of another.

Lol. When I was growing up those color combinations were a major faux pas. They were viewed as clashing colors. It started to change in the 60's, but I have to confess that I still have an aversion to seeing hot pink and red in combination. I'm fine with colors that are opposites on the color wheel, though they do tend to vibrate against each other, but taking non familial and also non opposite colors and opposing them still looks wrong to me.

[Chloe]

This:

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It's about mixing bright colours. I've found the only way to do it without looking like a clown is to do, say, a black bottom with a bright top of one colour, a bright jacket of another bright colour, and then a bright necklace of another.

I like colorful pants more than colorful shirts. I have jeans that are mint color, light pink, and orange. They go well with most tops and make you feel fun.