High waisted, faded denim shorts have been ubiquitous at this summer’s festivals and in the capital of late. Back then, they were worn with cropped denim jackets, silk blouses and indie-grunge black opaque tights.

Beyonce

Acid wash jeans are the biggest trend in denim for 2009, and the A-list know it. Nicole Richie makes them work with her laid back boho vibe by teaming her’s with fringed accessories and a peasant blouse. Rihanna and Beyonce wear their jeans with an edge, teaming skin tight, ripped and rolled hem styles with leather and toweringheels.

From oversized faded jeans that evoke memories of Bananarama  and Bros, to nylon bomber jackets, cropped tops, BOY London T-shirts, shoulder pads and body-con dresses.

Ripped denim hasn’t really been big since the grunge days of the 90s… so it may come as a surprise that it is back as a fashion trend for women in Spring-Summer 2008. Kate Moss wore ripped denim shorts in a shoot for April 2008’s Vogue Paris, and then we spotted these shots of Gisele Bundchen on set with Mario Testino in a rather revealing torn denim outfit.

On the runways, Christopher Kane’s Spring/Summer 2008 collection brought faded and torn skinny jeans back onto the agenda. Maison Martin Margiela’s collection was also littered with shredded up denim pieces  that took ripped denim to the extreme.

From jeans to skirts to shorts, torn denim is also being embraced by certain members of the celebrity world, including Lily Allen and Lindsay Lohan, below.



So how does the 2008 take on ripped jeans differ from its past incarnations? The short answer is, it doesn’t really. Well not much anyway – it’s more about how it’s worn than the pieces themselves. Unlike from the rebellious heavy metal torn denim of the 80s, or the loose grungy jeans of the 90s, the 08-09 ripped denim trend is all about being sexy and revealing. So will you be wearing ripped denim this year?



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Almost every girl in their preteen years pass through slumber parties with their best buds; and keeping themselves up all night with fun activities is the most fun part of the night. With an all girls group, thinking of fun and exciting themes for games is fun; try out fashion designing with your own show all night for an all-girl fun slumber.

Strutting yourself in front of close friends is actually fun rather than a stressful, break a leg kind of thing. With a whole fashion show you worked on can even be better, and, can make you feel more like a superstar.

1. May the Best Wig Win: Building a real-looking wig can be perfect to last the whole night. With the use of straws used for tying, combing these will give you a hair-like texture. You can stick these strings on a shower curtain or a stiff helmet and cut away. Show off your skills being a hairdresser and make several complicated styles.

2. Paper Doll: With the use of print brochures, building real looking garments can be mind boggling. If you have excess cash, opt for brochure printing with no folds but with colors to make your paper materials more interesting. With a group of friends, you can build patched skirts, capes, blouses, belts, or even swimsuits and feel just like a paper doll. The one with the most durable and fashionable design wins. Don’t forget to take pictures.

3. One color wardrobe: Pick on your favorite pop teen idol and raid your friend’s closet; with only one color, try to be creative in building a costume that best resembles your most-favored pop princess. You can also contribute and bring a few items of your own to have more options. The girl with the best get-up wins.

After making all of these things, you can build your own walkway with all these items joined together. With a fashion show, building a photo collage in the form of a brochure print can be a cute souvenir for you and your friends. Also, these collage items can be a good remembrance for even up to when you are older.

Fashion in the 80’s broke the mold and took big steps away from traditional styles. There was big hair, accessories galore, nautical themes and layered clothing as essential components. This year’s runway was full of all these components. You’ve got the nautical trend, layering tees, the bangles, and the bigger your hair is the better. We see it all the time, styles come back decades later it odd haunting forms that are incorporated into current styles creating a nostalgic feeling from yesteryear. People make emotional connections with their fashion and it holds fond memories of special or not so special parts of or lives.

Leather, metal, chains and black were dominant in the punk scene of fashion. I’m not talking runway fashion now I mean what you saw on the streets, what musicians and teenagers wore. Well now it’s coming out on the runway and it is smoking hot. On Elle’s website you can find 80’s style that showed up on the runway for fall fashion week. Another trend was work wear for women featuring broad shoulders, forgiving fabrics, the masculine pant suit with a modern look and bold hairstyles.

The designers are targeting a market that is slow right now and must make clothing that working woman can wear. By giving women the style of clothing they desire for work the purchase of the clothing is justified as a necessity for work. The emphasis of evening gowns and cocktail dresses just don’t appeal to the working woman who spends more time at home now. It is power dressing in the fullest, a women can show her sense of power through her attire. Demanding attention through your look, respect with your boldly defined eyes and defying gravity with your big hair it is a fierce look. You can see an example of the look in the photo I have posted courtesy of the mindfood website covering the 1980s power dress trend.

The empowerment of women began in the sixties when they strayed away from the safe dress and threw on a chic short dress and a pair of go-go boots. Then in the seventies the trend went further to become more risqué and the population started fighting for their rights. Now the eighties are when the clothing scene really took a twist with bold new style and the masculine pant suit. Of course when Madonna threw on the pant suit the trend was really set off. Fall fashion week was real interesting this year with the jump back into the 80’s with a modern twist.

It is cool to bring back the styles but the designers took it to the next level by adding a modern flair. I know that the spring fashion included a lot of pastels and the summer look kind of went back to the nautical theme. The nautical theme was one that was popular in the eighties as well. You can look at some old Gucci pieces circa 1980’s such as the classic doctor bag in one of my other hubs and find the colors to be of nautical decent. Then some of the summer styles that are no longer in the boutiques for 2009 were also reminiscent of the nautical colors of navy blue, red, and white. Of course white is just a classic color that will never go out of style but red and navy blue are not always as popular as they are when the nautical theme comes into play.

All in all I like what I’m seeing in fashion trends and I anxiously wait to see what comes next. The eighties had some great pieces but there were also some awful trends that came with it. It is as if the designers are fixing the bad to make a new 80’s era of clothing that we can all be proud to wear. I welcome the past and future fashion trends the designers got to keep it interesting. They are doing it in a big way. There are so many talented designers out there with so many ideas. We really are lucky to live in an age where there is so much diversity in our choices of clothing.