The other day, someone asked me whether I knew fashion trends.
"Yes."
The person further asked "how do you know what's trendy and what's not?"
"Simple. Watch TV. Read fashion magazines. Observe people on the streets."
Truly, it is no rocket science. I don't take too much efforts in predicting trends. All I can say is, seeing how fashion goes, we have gone through the most extremes of the 80's dramatic fashion. We are likely to move towards the 90's retro minimalist sometime soon (I hope). Once the trend of having many layers and complexities are done (more like, us being tired of them), we will move into simplicity. And as people get tired of simplicity, they will move into complexity. And styles...as people get tired of tailored made, well cut clothes, they will move into loose fit pieces. And of course, they will go back to fitted pieces after that trend has been tired out. Everything in fashion moves in cycle.
I thought about it a little more, and remembered some more experience, and told the person:
"I do not know whether it is instinct or talent, but many times I'd pick up a pieces of clothing that I happen to like very much, and months later it becomes the "it" piece of the season."
So my point is, yes, fashion trends are important in that following them would enable someone to look updated. But just choose the new styles that suit you, don't just randomly pick out styles just because they are in.
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