My friend Uli once told me a story about her teenage son. She had asked him if she looked too old to be wearing something. He answered that she looked fine, but the thing he thought was really embarrassing was ‘old people’ (so, I’m guessing, anyone over 30) wearing Converse shoes. I must admit, it did […]
Tag Archives: trends
January
06
Mary-Jane not just an Olsen
posted by lifeaswewearit
Vogue has decreed it, Mary-Janes are officially a trend. Except we don’t really have trends any more, Anna said so. When she spoke to Style.com in Paris after the a/w 15/16 shows she explained designers were sticking to their personal vision rather than trying to pre-empt a broader design zeitgeist. “I personally think it’s a wonderful […]
January
04
My Gucci Chloe Bag
posted by lifeaswewearit
One of the best things about being old? You don’t have to hunt down vintage designer items, you just pull out the first one you ever bought. In my case, in 1997. So, when I started noticing the Chloe Drew bag I had a little deja vu. (Which was fortunate as I certainly didn’t have […]
April
17
Bags this bag
posted by lifeaswewearit
I wish the Mum from ‘Mum & Co’ was my mum. Although I do have the most fabulous mum, she doesn’t make these stunning bags. I’m off to New York in a few weeks so was checking out Racked on Facebook for the 47,000th time – not excited, much – and was seduced by the […]
March
26
There’s always an end in trend?
posted by lifeaswewearit
My blogging crush manrepeller.com today wrote about how fashion has evolved beyond, big key trends. She starts “People used to wait around for trends. They’d wait for Vogue or Harper’s Bazaar or Women’s Wear Daily to report on the hemlines, sleeve lengths, colors or textures of the bi-annual seasons in Paris, and those accounts would […]
Trendspotted
posted by lifeaswewearit
This obsession with looking at all things fashion has led me to wish I hadn’t passed on a cute red and black houndstooth camisole circa 1990. I could also wish for that boob job or stick on bras that stuck. Because it would seem that the cami top is a new big thing for summer. […]
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