Inspired by a trip to Disneyland I’m taking with my family in a few weeks. Full of fun ideas for what to wear to stay stylish and comfortable all day!
A Trip to Disneyland
New Facebook Page
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I have officially created a Facebook page for the blog! Now you have multiple ways to follow today’s latest trends as interpreted by me.
Silhouette Alert
I have been seeing a new silhouette all over the place on celebrities recently. It looks like a modern extreme take on the hourglass figure and is almost like an optical illusion, making the waist look smaller. This is done by amplifying the shape of the bust and the hips in comparison to the waist. What do you guys think of this new trend? Will it catch on and become mass produced at some point?
Thanks to Instyle.com for the images.
Plaid
Looking around, I have been noticing a certain trend all but take over the street fashion scene: Plaid. My siblings wear it, my best friends wear it; it seems as if everyone is wearing it these days. This is an example of that lovely Trickle-Up theory I’ve been studying in school. The everyday people are wearing it now, and soon enough Lady Gaga will be dancing her monsters off with a plaid jumpsuit. I have a feeling the 90s Grunge era of fashion is on the verge of hitting again this year and it is going to hit hard. Expect to see more plaid, more ripped up…well, everything, and more greasy hair (gross). Grunge is coming back.
Christmas Time
Thanksgiving Feast
Anticipate Exciting New Changes
I have been working for the past few weeks on deciding what direction I want this website to go in. I have started coming up with a game plan and I will be putting it to action very soon! Keep your eye on things that are to come, including:
– Trend Forecasts in shoes, clothes, colors, ect.
– TV Show Influences on Fashion
– A new web layout
and more!
Have suggestions? Leave them in a comment below!
Love,
Ash
R2D2
In a galaxy far far away…
Nearly-Twenty Fashion Epiphany
Dear Readers,
In less than two months, I will be turning 20. I will no longer be considered a “teenager” and will have gone over the border into adulthood. Granted, I’ve lived on my own for three years now. However, being a teenager is rough as I have been struggling to find myself and figure out who I am. When I first started college in 2011, I was coming into it with my high school wardrobe. I was wearing t-shirts, jeans (or shorts), and always my staple piece: a scarf.
As my freshman year came to an end, I got hired at Payless as a sales associate in March of 2012. Although we didn’t have a uniform, we had a semi-strict dress code of business-casual attire. This meant no jeans and t-shirt. I was at a loss, as that was all I owned at the time. I went out to Ross and bought a couple of work-appropriate dresses. This was my first time really shopping outside of my comfort zone, and let me tell ya – I did not do a good job. I bought some ugly grandma dress with rose prints and an awkward cut along with two other hideous dresses. However, it was those dresses that got me started on something new. What if I were to dress more girly, but keep it more in my taste? For the next year and a half, I started dressing up a lot more. I wore more skirts, dresses, and came to terms with my new shoe fetish (especially with heels).
I started this blog however to write about modern punk/rock fashion and I had started turning it also into a more girly experience. However, this morning I woke up and had a fashion crisis while getting ready for class. I tried on nearly everything in my closet and hated it. I scanned over the t-shirts that I have and dismissed them as not being fashionable enough. However, time was running out and if I didn’t get ready in time I was going to have to show up to class naked which, well, wouldn’t have been a good idea. I finally decided on my classic look: T-shirt, jeans, scarf. I even just slipped on a pair of flip flops and called it a day. I began to notice that I felt much more comfortable in today’s outfit. Not because it was just a casual look, but because it felt very ME. This brought me to an epiphany. Why try to force myself to wear these garments, although cute, aren’t made for me? I mean. I have an ice cream dress for Pete’s sake. It is adorable, but when wearing it, I don’t feel like myself. I do love dresses and I’m not saying I won’t wear them anymore. What I’m saying is I need to go back to the roots of who I am and dress more like that than dressing like someone else. Hell, let me buy a dress with studs and wear some cute booties to go with it. But maybe stay away from ice cream.
Love,
Ash
Ps. This has just been a random epiphany post about my personal life. Don’t expect too many of these to happen as I plan on keeping this as editorial as possible.
P.s.s. I have some great projects coming up that I am working on and planning right now that I will share with you guys when I have put it all together!
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