Posted by Bethan Holt, Fashion Junior at Large
One of the many oddities of working in fashion is that we get two chances to talk about trends. For Spring/Summer 2012, the first chance came in September/ October last year when designers were showing their collections for the forthcoming season, which is NOW. Meaning that the time has come to revisit and properly embrace what we saw seven months ago by actually buying into what we fell in love with on the catwalks - whether it's the designer real deal or the high street's interpretation.
As is the FEAL way, we told you what you'd be buying now as soon as we spotted it on the catwalk but that was a long time ago. We thought that you might like to look back at our first thoughts on SS12 now that we can all get in on the action...
GUIPUREThis trend was so huge
we did two posts on it . Unsurprisingly, it's all over the high street. Our favourite is Jaeger Boutique's bright white, ribbon waisted dress. This would see you through all manner of Summer pursuits, just don't go rolling in the grass.
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| Guipure at Preen SS12 (catwalking.com) |
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| Louis Vuitton SS12 (catwalking.com) |
PRINTS AND PAISLEYPrint is still huge. Florals are a classic but if you want to be exactly on the SS12 pulse then a silky paisley or tropical jungle print are the ones to go for...
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| Up close with Stella's paisley |
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| Stella McCartney paisley at her SS12 press day |
JUNGLE |
| Up close: Joseph Altuzarra SS12 at the Harvey Nichols' press day |
UNDER THE SEAThis one was never going to be easy to translate - who has time to encrust their spine with pearls each morning or carry about clusters of coral to work a trend? Nods to sea life with watery colours, embellishments and rope details seems like the most sensible way to channel the SS12 mermaid fantasy. Unless you have a fancy dress party coming up, in which case, go all out.
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| Pearls backstage at Chanel (from http://somethingfrench.tumblr.com/) |
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Alexander McQueen SS12- coral encrusted mermaids (catwalking.com)
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CROP TOPPINGA quick scout of the shops this weekend threw up plenty of evidence that crop tops are a trend pretty much every high street store has plumped for. We shared 8-minute abs with you at the time but really, who is actually ready for this? If you're not a 15 year old gymnast then maybe proceed with caution e.g a looser crop top worn over a high waist skirt/ short or under a skinny vest.
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| Dolce and Gabbana SS12 (catwalking.com) |
SEA AND SUN (YELLOW AND BLUE)Two of the biggest colours for SS12. I am brightening up today in a
Peeps colour jumper. The combination of the two, like wearing your very own seaside horizon, was done most brilliantly by Jonathan Saunders.
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| Jonathan Saunders SS12 (catwalking.com) |
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| J.W Anderson SS12 (catwalking.com) |
UGLY SHOESStill calling these "Ugly", yes.
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| Christopher Kane SS12 (catwalking.com) |
