The fashion powers-that-be have released fashion trends for Spring, 2016. While I like to keep my wardrobe up to date, here are 10 trends I’m skipping this spring.
10. Leg-o-mutton sleeves. All that extra material can be used to make dresses for children in Haiti.
9. Tiaras. Unless attending little girls’ birthday and/or tea parties. Or a Downton Abbey theme party. Or at home while writing.
8. Sequins. Because we still find the occasional sequin from costumes our daughter made in 2006 for a high school play. Those things never die.
7. Metallic glitter eye shadow. Except perhaps on my 60th birthday in July. After all there’s an exception for everything.
6. Slip dresses. There’s a reason slips were originally designed to be worn under other clothing. They don’t look good as dresses.
5. Fishnet and macrame skirts. Life is too short to sit on knotted string or to worry about what’s peeking out and saying boo.
4. See through lace. Refer to #5 minus the knots.
3. Tie dye. Been there and done that when I was young enough to carry it off.
2. Big glasses. The pictures never show how they slide down the nose and need to be pushed up. All day long. Day after day. Until people tire of it and fashions change.
1. Off the shoulder gowns. I couldn’t rock the look in the early 60’s (see photo), so why in the world try to rock it in 2016?
What fashion trends will you skip this spring? Leave a comment.
