People would be smart to stop looking at celebrities as their fashion influencers and start logging on to blogs like The Sartorialist, Garance Doré , fashiontoast, Jak and Jil,  and many others. This is what is happening now. People on the street snapped wearing original outfits - expensive items mixed with vintage mixed with Target items. Of course, this is not a new trend; remember the surge of hi-lo fashion once Sex and the City hit airwaves? But today it just seems more practical. Today more then ever, people are encouraged to be original as consumers are feeling the effects of the economy and may only be able to shop their closet, and to keep from being utterly bored with what’s in it, they need to get creative. John Galliano famously quoted, this spring at the couture shows, “We are in a credit crunch, not a creative crunch.” And many designers, stylists, and fashion editors agree that when you dress up, you feel up! The “trend” to follow right now is the personality trend. Add yourself to your clothes.

 

 

 

 

The celebrities and models that people are looking up to say a lot about what’s happening in our world as well. If someone quotes the Olsen twins, Kate Moss, Katie Holmes, even Michelle Obama as their style icon, what they are actually saying is “I want to look original and have a few great pieces” or “I don’t want to look like I tried too hard” or most importantly “I don’t want to spend a lot of money.” Everywhere you look, people are dressing up, but then deciding to leave their hair a little untidy and their face natural. They are taking their fancy Balmain jacket with exaggerated shoulders and pairing it up with baggy jeans and the sky high statement heels they wore the night before. The eye make-up may be the smudged liner from the night before too, and then a swipe of chapstick. It’s a no-fuss, I'm-worrying-about-bigger-things attitude.

 

 

 

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