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Friday, July 25, 2025

What’s Trending

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Rochelle Rahim
2090 days ago
20191106

Fash­ion month around the world re­cent­ly came to an end, and every­one is on the look­out for what’s trend­ing. Just like the sea­sons change, so do trends, and that’s the fun part. Sure, chang­ing your wardrobe ever so of­ten is quite un­nec­es­sary, but every sea­son a few key styles emerge. We all want to add to those style to make them dar­ing, if not, just a bit more ex­cit­ing.

So what are the cur­rent trends?

•Tiny bags

When this trend first emerged on the Jacque­mus run­way in 2018 as part of his name­sake line, he called this three-inch bag “Le Sac Chiq­ui­to”. It didn’t stop there for in 2019, he re­turned with the two-inch Mi­ni Le Chiq­ui­to, and al­though ridicu­lous with a hefty price tag, one must ad­mit that it is adorable. Since its de­but, it has been well-loved and em­u­lat­ed by ma­jor brands such as Givenchy, Alexan­der Mc­Queen and Chloe.

What can you fit in these ‘tee­ny, tiny’ bags? Hon­est­ly, not much ex­cept for (maybe) some cash or a card. Keys won’t fit, lip­stick might fit, your phone most like­ly won’t fit. Im­prac­ti­cal? Yes! Cute? Al­so yes!

•Mil­len­ni­al Pur­ple

Last year, mil­len­ni­al pink took over, this year, get ready for ‘Mil­len­ni­al Pur­ple.’ Pig­gy­back­ing off the in­tense Pan­tone 2018 colour of the year, Ul­tra­vi­o­let, this light lilac has tak­en over run­ways and is steadi­ly show­ing up not just in fash­ion but in home dé­cor and fur­ni­ture. The colour, said to be in­spired by the ‘Sulky Teenag­er’, has been de­scribed as “moody, yet sweet” and “both hap­py and sad at the same time.” It ap­par­ent­ly adds just the right amount of dra­ma and mys­tery to any out­fit or room since it has an air of so­phis­ti­ca­tion and sub­tle­ty.

This soft colour adds the right amount of fem­i­nin­i­ty to any out­fit whether it’s an ac­cent or the en­tire thing. If you don’t in­tend to do this trend from head to toe, like on the run­ways of Tom Ford or Ro­darte, in­cor­po­rat­ing it in­to ac­ces­sories such as jew­ellery or shoes are your best bet.

•The Re­nais­sance

You know what they say - “Fash­ion is a cy­cle”. It is in­deed, for the pe­ri­od be­tween the 14th and 17th cen­tu­ry is still in­spir­ing pieces in the 21st cen­tu­ry. We’re talk­ing square neck­lines, puffy sleeves, corsets, elab­o­rate col­lars and jew­ellery with goth­ic mo­tifs or bright with large out­ra­geous gem­stones. How­ev­er, the cloth­ing has been up­dat­ed with mod­ern prints and close­ly fit­ting sil­hou­ettes all the way through, rather than dra­mat­ic skirt­ing.

This style might be a lit­tle more dif­fi­cult to adapt to your wardrobe, but if you want to add tex­ture and flashy pieces with loads of colour then this is the way to go. If col­lars are too much, then slight­ly puffed sleeves can add the flair of dra­mat­ic you’re look­ing for with­out be­ing over the top. Re­nais­sance era jew­ellery al­so eas­i­ly adds the right amount of flashi­ness to an oth­er­wise dressed down out­fit.

•Sculpt­ed Neck­lines

Some­times you just have to add the dra­ma with a sculpt­ed neck­line. From cutouts to asym­met­ri­cal, hal­ter necks and more, this trend was seen on the run­ways of Car­oli­na Her­rera and Zim­mer­man for 2019.

Out of the set of trends, this one is eas­i­ly the most wear­able since there’s a styl­ish neck­line to suit every taste. It can be in­cor­po­rat­ed in­to al­most any wardrobe to add a lit­tle some­thing ex­tra with­out go­ing over the top.

What 2019 trends did you have your eyes on?


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