Friday, January 23, 2009
Trend Spotter.....or Stalker....
I don't know about you ladies but I am in a fashion rut! The weather is dreary and my closet is less than bulging at the seams as I tend to clean out my closet on a regular basis. (Thanks to my day's as a buyer at a clothing buy-sell-trade store.) And have been feeling my regular old 'duds just aren't cutting it these days.
On the verge of a new season, my mind goes straight to cotton summer dresses, vintage silk screened tee's, and an assortment of new denim pieces when I think about what to wear each morning. Unfortunately the pieces of clothing in that I own are sub-par to what my mind creates. Whenever I get to feeling like I'm wearing the same 'ole thing I'm always on the look out to see how other San Francisco fashionistas are fairing.
With this, every off day, or adventure out of my little studio in the TL turns into a stakeout. Wating...watching....every girl who passes in my range of sight. I look at every detail. The dress, the print, the shoes, the bag, the accessories, the makeup, the hair and scrutinize it all behind my dark vintage Christian Laboutin lenses. Sometimes I stare so long that my boyfriend, who often comes along for his own trendspotting purposes, tells me to just go up and ask out the girls that I've been looking at. I blush for a minute and then continue quietly with my investigation.
Sometimes I see the same old thing, or trends that have been building up for a while. Like high-waisted wide legs, now I see them in a variety of fabrics and styles. Big sunglasses are still in, as are opaque tights and american apparel everything. Then other times Ill see something completely new! I love the Aspen cardigan trend I've been seeing on colder days, big lumpy sweaters with trees strewn across the bottom look so fresh and new! So do rockered out chiffon and pretty cotton prints. Beat up boots and holey tights with a cute button up dress is among my favorite trends so far this spring. But it will take a while for all the new trends to surface from among this hodgepodge of cold and warm weather. So until they're clear I will stalk my favorite spots to stop and watch: Delores park, sitting outside at Ti-Couz in the mission (right near the Sunhee Moon store!), downtown near the financial district where art school and business meet, and of course, all the hip girls shop at Trader Joes. There's a managerie of other places where you can catch a glimse of some up and coming trends too.
When my detective work is over I go back home and re-evaluate what I have already. And ten times out of ten my studies for the day will lead me to the answer I've been looking for, a new way to wear my clothes. Suddenly, my old 'duds aren't so old anymore....
- Britni
On the verge of a new season, my mind goes straight to cotton summer dresses, vintage silk screened tee's, and an assortment of new denim pieces when I think about what to wear each morning. Unfortunately the pieces of clothing in that I own are sub-par to what my mind creates. Whenever I get to feeling like I'm wearing the same 'ole thing I'm always on the look out to see how other San Francisco fashionistas are fairing.
With this, every off day, or adventure out of my little studio in the TL turns into a stakeout. Wating...watching....every girl who passes in my range of sight. I look at every detail. The dress, the print, the shoes, the bag, the accessories, the makeup, the hair and scrutinize it all behind my dark vintage Christian Laboutin lenses. Sometimes I stare so long that my boyfriend, who often comes along for his own trendspotting purposes, tells me to just go up and ask out the girls that I've been looking at. I blush for a minute and then continue quietly with my investigation.
Sometimes I see the same old thing, or trends that have been building up for a while. Like high-waisted wide legs, now I see them in a variety of fabrics and styles. Big sunglasses are still in, as are opaque tights and american apparel everything. Then other times Ill see something completely new! I love the Aspen cardigan trend I've been seeing on colder days, big lumpy sweaters with trees strewn across the bottom look so fresh and new! So do rockered out chiffon and pretty cotton prints. Beat up boots and holey tights with a cute button up dress is among my favorite trends so far this spring. But it will take a while for all the new trends to surface from among this hodgepodge of cold and warm weather. So until they're clear I will stalk my favorite spots to stop and watch: Delores park, sitting outside at Ti-Couz in the mission (right near the Sunhee Moon store!), downtown near the financial district where art school and business meet, and of course, all the hip girls shop at Trader Joes. There's a managerie of other places where you can catch a glimse of some up and coming trends too.
When my detective work is over I go back home and re-evaluate what I have already. And ten times out of ten my studies for the day will lead me to the answer I've been looking for, a new way to wear my clothes. Suddenly, my old 'duds aren't so old anymore....
- Britni
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