Fash faux pas turn stylish

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There are certain trends this season which would be considered fashion faux pas until now. But they have suddenly turned stylish.
For example, double denim was a complete no-no until now. Not anymore. You can go out there wearing jeans and a T-shirt topped with a denim jacket and you would still be considered ‘with it’.

The denim jacket could be in any format like a biker jacket, suit style, a baggy number or even a vest. Basically denim on denim is not tacky anymore. Not after Rihanna made it ultra-glam and Anna Wintour endorsed the trend.
Clashing colours are huge on the catwalk. Everyone is talking about colour blocking. Orange top with aubergine skirt, emerald green trousers and canary yellow blouse. It is almost uncool to wear head to toe matched and coordinated clothing and accessories. Red clutch bag with a brown dress, a green shoe with turquoise tunic. It is as if you have made a major effort to mismatch your ensemble. That works. In other words, you are so individualistic that you don’t really care to make safe choices.
All over sequins which was found only in a circus in erstwhile times is completely acceptable as an evening alternative. It has become so mainstream that it is a perfect choice for a quiet dinner with the girls at the restaurant down the road. We all know that bling is in but full-all-over-from top-to-toe sequins? Yes, my dear. You got it right.
And it is finally okay to take out any item of clothing from granny’s cupboard and wear it as vintage. Whether it is a sari, a dated handbag, a falling-apart-lace shawl. Anything. Embroidered net dresses, ponchos, zari cholis. Get it all out of the attic. Wear it stylishly with up-to-date Jimmy Choos and make it the conversation piece for the evening. It is more about the attitude rather than the piece of garment really.
I recently met a Spanish girl in a vintage dress and she spoke all evening about how she could not eat or sit as that would cause her vintage dress to split in the seams as it dated back to the 1940’s. Everyone marvelled at her gem and could not get over the five figure sum she had paid to acquire this priceless piece.

The writer owns a fashion brand based in Europe. She can be reached on info@amishi.eu [2]