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Definitions

Fad: An interest followed with exaggerated enthusiasm.

Trend: A general direction in which something tends to move.

Classic Fashion: Something that doesn't go out of fashion, it’s a classic and stays indefinitely, evolving with current and past trends.

Current Fad– Jeggings.

Came out in 2009, didn't last much more than a year. They look like jeans, but are stretchy and fit like leggings. Often made in a fabric that resembles denim. Originally came from Japan Street fashion and became popular from Top Shop.

The Jeggings bubbled up as they didn't originate from anyone or anything, they went in and went straight back out! They were a social statement.

The most fashion influence is:

1. TV 2. Magazines 3. Fashion Innovators 4. Clubs 5. Movies stars 6.  Movies 7. Music videos 8. Internet 9. Streets 10. Advertising 11. Friends and families 12. Billboards .

Current Trend– Military

Has come out in the last 2 years or so and is being seen a lot on the catwalks. Combat boots and kaki green is very popular at the moment. Military was inspired by military uniforms of the Georgian and Victorian eras.

Military style bubbled up as it came from the 18th Century and will continue to become more popular and stylised.

The most fashion influence is:

1. Movies 2. Streets 3.TV 4. Magazines 5. Fashion Innovators 6.Movie Stars 7. Internet 8. Advertising 9.Music videos 10. Billboards 11. Clubs 12. Friends and families

Current classic Fashion: Little black dress

Originally from Coco Chanel in 1926, now slightly shorter and embellishments are added to maintain current fashion and to keep the style fresh. Sleaves are also added or altered to give the cute little dress a twist.

This was a trickle down effect, originally coming from Chanel but the idea of a ‘black’ dress being inspired after her lover Boy Capel died in 1919, and the first black dresses she designed thereafter “were inspired by the simple black mourning attire worn by peasant women in the French villages she knew as a child,” 

The most fashion influence is:

1. TV 2. Magazines 3. Fashion Innovators 4. Billboards 5. Movies stars 6.  Movies 7.   Advertising 8. Internet 9. Streets 10. Music Videos 11. Friends and families 12. Clubs.

I think  femininity and more fitted well presented styles will be the in the up coming style trends. A subtle palette of peach,creams,beige.