Poof

You know how everyone gets all obsessed with a trend and you immediately hate it because you see it so much it's in your nightmares? Six months later the trend is super irrelevant, and now, minus all the noise and fanfare you're free to explore it sans the rest of the entire city and at half the price. Yeah, that's pretty much how things went down with peplum and I. I was seeing it at offices during the day, on mommies in midday, and then at dinner or a club at night. It was kind of gross.

This pleather/collared top was the perfect piece for me to finally peep the whole peplum thing. The edgy pleather material juxtaposed with a doll sweet collar and flared midriff was so dead on to my love for grunged up girly looks. Also, Forever 21 was doing that whole extra fifty percent off in the sale section thing and this piece ended up only being nine dollars. And guess what, I got these cotton floral shorts back from Miley Cyrus's line with Max Azria; that makes me laugh now.

Singin' the Blues..

..and what a sweet tune it is. I must say that although I previously thought denim upon denim to be thoughtless and hugely erroneous, seeing it presented in a fresh and innovative way has me quickly warming up to the trend. I think it was the tragic matching jean jacket/boot cut jeans combination that ran rampant during high school years that constituted my grudge against wearing more than one piece of denim at a time. However, when done the right way, this look is so cool and chic, with lots of room for variety. A great way to wear this trend is to pair washes that are different yet complement one another, like a dark denim with a contrasting soft powder blue; also, layering the denim looks great too, like a vest over a dress. I'm currently yearning for a denim button up to belt over a distressed light wash mini.

(pc: teen vogue and ??)

Freak Show

Remember back in high school how the only people who had unnatural colored hair were goths and drama club freaks? And I'm pretty sure their extreme colored strands were part of what qualified them as outcasts in the first place. Now though, the lunch tables have clearly turned and Manic Panic manes are all the rage.

I've been fantasizing about adding a little soft neon pinkness to my 'do for quite awhile now and I'm excited to be able to add another element of fun and self expression to my personal style.

However, as much as I love fun, fantasy, rainbow reminiscent locks, I must express how irritating it is when a style that was meant to be personal and unique quickly becomes trendy and commercial just because someone in a high position of fashion says it is cool. Regardless of whether we truly like it or not, it's 'in' so of course we like it now, it's fashionable.

Hmm, well at least we don't have to fret about keeping up with the trend, Grandma's been wearing blue and pink wigs for decades and I'm sure she won't mind sharing.