Pastel or Pasty?

In addition to all of the monochrome walking the catwalks at NY Fashion Week, it only makes sense that another common trend are pastels since they are showing their Spring 2014 Collections.

Some people look great in pastel and some, well, it just doesn’t work. If you want some pastels to stay fashionable but know they don’t work well with your skin tone (meaning keep the pastels away from your face), add pastels in the form of an accessory or shoe instead of a piece of clothing you end up never wearing because you don’t feel good in it. Here are some examples from various stores. This trend will also make it’s way down to the fast fashion stores, i.e.cheap and very disposable:

As always,

NY Fashion Week

I don’t usually pay attention to any fashion week anywhere. This year, however, NY Fashion Week keeps popping up on my radar. I’ve seen several collections and one of the things I have noticed is that there is a lot of monochrome (black and white) on the catwalk.

 
I have to be honest, it cracks me up that this is a fashion “trend.” I can’t think of anything more classic than black and white. Having said that, if you are someone that follows trends (and there is nothing wrong with that, to each their own), with your minimalist core items containing several black and white pieces, it should be super easy to throw together some outfits that put you on trend and make you feel amazing! Just add a pop of your favorite color and off you go! Based on the core items I’ve listed before, here are some examples of the outfits you could put together:

 As always (including yesterday):