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2012

What Must Go in 2012

It’s the beginning of a new year, and change is in the air. Bygones will be bygones, and the fashion faux paus of the past will be forgotten—unless of course you bring them into the new year. We don’t want you to be caught in some of the worst fashion moments of yester-years, so we…

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Cross-Dressing: Is There A Double Standard?

As women, we’ve long been a victim of double standards in the workplace, relationships and society in general. But double standards in fashion and beauty inadvertently work in our favor. Let’s face it: men and women are on a completely different hierarchy when it comes to what’s acceptable for each gender to wear. As women,…

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5 Trends That Need To Go Away

There is absolutely nothing wrong with following and adapting trends to work for you and your sense of style. But, there are some trends that really shouldn’t see the life of day, and for the life of me, I can’t understand why these very trends are all over the place. What are these abominable trends…

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Why Are African-Inspired Patterns Suddenly Trendy?

African-inspired patterns took the Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear runways by storm. Collections by designers like Dries Van Noten, Marc by Marc Jacobs and Diane von Furstenberg were full of vibrant color and zingy prints in off-the-moment silhouettes. Months later, it’s now commonplace for magazine spreads and blogs to feature the eclectic patterns across their glossy pages…

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Spring & Summer Trend Report

In fashion, the transition of styles from the Spring to the Summer season is a very subtle one. So much so, that if you aren’t paying attention you can miss a major fashion mark and risk under or overstyling an emerging or fading trend. So after careful observation, the fashionistas here at Clutch have spotted…