How on earth did shoulder pads ever become a trend? Leggings as pants? Do we need to talk about perms? Ugly trends have been haunting us for years and when I sat down to think about it, I couldn’t come up with a reason as to why.
Inspect ASOS or the likes of Boohoo.com for example you’ll notice they’re like a playbook for the hottest fashion trends of the moment. There are blog posts on how to wear the trends, look-books from which you can peruse and buy, and galleries of celebrities sporting whatever the trend is, adding instant credibility. If it’s good enough for Kendall Jenner….
Take this look for example: tight, extremely short denim cut off jeans, singlet with low slung sides and exposed bra topped off with chunky, heavy soled sandals. It’s almost like a uniform for bright young things, and while I admit being young is a time of your life when you should absolutely be experimenting with fashion, I’ve seen it make gorgeous gals look like stumpy, frumpy clones.
The shoes alone are like strapping two slaps of rubber or vinyl to your feet with duct tape and hoping for the best- no body wins.
And I’m not immune from the tentacles of trend in my own fashion history, having plucked my eye brows almost to non-existence trying to emulate Kate Moss in the 90s, sporting a blunt, micro fringe for years and let’s not get started on extremely pointed shoes circa 2003 that looked like you had ant eaters on your toes.
I have a sneaking suspicious that we know the trend might not look any good or suit us in the first place, but we play into it anyhow because of some sort of mis-guided attempt to be ‘on trend.’
So I’m wondering: would you wear something unattractive or downright ugly, simply because it’s ‘on trend’?
note- if you want to buy the shoes featured on the front page, you can get them at ASOS. Good luck.
