Nudes

Although military styles and country chic styles will be big as the weather gets colder with their heavy materials and lot of layers, it’s the new trends that we can wear now that we are most interested in. Nudes were a popular summer trend and they are here to stay for autumn, the girly patterns and materials will instead be given a tougher edge with chunky, heavy boots and new season jackets. Denim, leather and fur (of the faux kind) are big players and give a new season look to the spring summer styles, which is great if you don’t want to spend extra money and they are great transitional pieces.

Jackets

The same goes for spring/summer’s floral trend for autumn/winter gone are the lighter pastel colours and instead deep, richer shades with bolder patterns, and great autumnal colours. You can go for floral tops with jeans and boots or a pretty floral dress with thick tights and tough boots for a mixture of girly and tough. Autumn/winter is a season of mixing your styles and making the most of your summer ones.

Floral tops

For your home, flower arrangements are an extension of your decor, if its fashion orientated then picking flowers and styles to suit is important. If you like ultra modern styles in your home and fashion then there are many sleek and stylish concepts to choose from. If you like more of a vintage and retro look in your home and fashion then obviously more traditional flower arrangements would go well with your style. For this your florist in Glasgow will be able to help you find flowers that complement your tastes.

Slogan and print t-shirts have had a bit of a revival this year, from vintage styles to bright and bold arty styles, they are great to mix and match or wear under a plain unbuttoned shirt. You can go for an everyday casual or for a more smarter evening look also just by simply changing your shoes, it couldn’t be an easier style to pull of that only really requires minimal effort, which is great for guys. Some clothing brands have really picked up on this trend such as Ringspun, Amplified, Gio Goi and Local Celebrity, to name just a few.

Ringspun & Local Celebrity

There are also loads of funky jean styles around now, not just your plain and boring straight cut, there are really baggy styles, drop crotch styles, skinny styles and some with lots of funky detailing such as big pockets and buckles. So you can easily follow a funky style or just create your own!

Amplified & Gio Goi

The hit American MTV show The Hills has now come to an end however its impact on young people around the world could probably not be envisioned when it first started over six seasons ago. The premise of the show followed the life and loves of young girls in the Hollywood Hills, we met, somewhat unknowns who have now become house hold names and no more so that the series main character Lauren Conrad, following them doing what they do best largely shopping, drinking and arguing.

What is a reality show has had a huge influence of fashions, designers, eating out and restaurants in and around LA where it’s set, and although it’s a reality show because this is Hollywood its become fiction than reality with clever set ups and great advertisement for many. The locations featured have become as famous as some of the show’s characters such as Les Deax nightclub, on Las Palmas Avenue in the heart of Hollywood, the original residence of Lauren and her roommate Heidi Hillside Villas, which is actually an apartment block called Villas at Park La Brea and favorite haunt of Heidi and Spencer, Don Antonio’s in West Hollywood (11755 Pico Boulevard). Other restaurant and bar hot spots that picked up business because of it also include Katsuya, Ketchup and Social Hollywood.

If you enjoyed the show and want to follow in the footsteps of your favourite characters then you can now enjoy mini tours that follow where The Hill cast went, and you never know you may just bump into them there!

Hollywood sign

Picture courtesy of Derek Purdy

Naturally, the presence of Alexander McQueen is much missed but you can see his influence everywhere in the angular, elaborate stylings of some of the collections. Style cues from the 80s are, of course, still in evidence this year but already we discern a cooling in the enthusiasm for those trends. Slip-on loafers, worn sans socks were riotous last year, but already designers are moving on to mine more timeless looks – like a range of stunning 20s art-deco inspired dresses from Krystof Strozyna.

How much will this filter down onto the high street?

Well names such as Miss Sixty made hay with t-shirts drawing heavily on the 80s revivalist air of last year’s show and we think that the high street will persist with this trend for most of this year. The revival on the high street is as much led by nostalgia and music as it is by style, and history shows that those trends stick around longer than pure fashion statements.

All in all, it’s been a great show and we look forward to bringing you a proper round up later this week.

One aspect of her style that has got a lot of coverage is her hair. Obviously as an African-American, her natural style is for for curls and ringlets and indeed if you look at pictures of the young Beyonce that’s just what you see. Today, as often as not, her hair is pristine straight. And blonde. Of course, she has a veritable armoury of stylists who could make her hair into a walnut whip if she so wanted.

For mere mortal who are blessed/cursed with curly lock, the answer likes with hair straighteners. Now it’s not so long since they were the preserve of professional stylists, but now the high street is flooded with them – especially ghd straighteners. ghd straighteners are a cut above the rest of the high street brands, primarily because they use acrylic rather than metal elements.

These heat more evenly and quickly than metal elements and give a much better finish to your hair. Ghd hair straighteners can cost anything up to £100. If you see any that are much cheaper then they are likely to be Chinese knock-offs and you should stay clear. Just clip your hair up and straighten it layer by layer to get the best effect, and in no time you’ll look just like Beyonce. From a distance :p