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for one video today I'm gonna be talking
about the top spring fashion trends
where you can buy them at an affordable
price point how I would style them and
just throw it in a little bit of
unedited Ashley sass so let's get
started I have my little note section
here I'm so organized so my first friend
which is not very concisely worded cuz
it's kind of a jumble of things is this
whole frill Oh slash off-the-shoulder
slash asymmetrical silhouettes trend
obviously we've seen this kind of
ruffles thing and happening at the end
of winter and it's definitely
translating into spring and a lot of
linens and kind of like textured fabrics
a lot of stores are carrying
increasingly bold like shoulder ruffles
and big ties at the end of the sleeve
that go into big end of the sweet
ruffles I don't know what those are
called
but those can be great if you have more
of like a pear-shaped body where you
want to emphasize your shoulders and
bring balance to some wider hips I have
more of a triangle figure or my
shoulders or wider than my hips so
wearing that trend doesn't really work
for me because it just makes me look
more in balance along the same lines a
lot of the time in combination with the
ruffle and off the shoulder detail we're
seeing these dresses that are
one-shoulder with kind of a ruffle
covering the boobage I'll insert a
picture here so that you can see what's
going on but you can find those at like
Abercrombie H&M Zara of course
Zara is a really really great one if
you're into this ruffle trends because
they are going all out like I was
scrolling through their website earlier
today and pretty much every dress that
they have has some amount of ruffles on
them anyways I know that Zara and
Topshop as well as some higher-end
designers carry a lot of like bold
asymmetrical looks where it's like the
full sleeve it has like a puff sleeve
going on it's something really intense
but I feel like those can be
intimidating forever
every day so I feel like a much more
accessible way to get into the whole
asymmetrical one-shoulder trend is with
a short sleeve or just I guess it's like
a ruffle it's not even like a full
sleeve and these are actually great
because depending on which one you get
you could totally convert it if you buy
an off-the-shoulder dress that's
elasticized you can always just take one
arm out put the other arm up here and
then turn it into on off the shoulder
dress I wish I had one to demonstrate
this with but I'm broke and I haven't
bought one yet and then you could also
if you really want to go for and take
both arms out and make it into a
strapless dress and that would be really
cute too another thing that I've noticed
with dress silhouettes is that we're
leaning a lot more towards the shift
dress as opposed to maybe like five
years ago you saw a lot of those skater
/ Elan dresses that were tight on the
waist and then flared out I'm kind of
sad to see those go actually because I
thought they were really flattering and
they help you have kind of an hourglass
figure versus on a shift dress it's
easier to look more like a blob
definitely if I'm going for a shift
dress
I'll always parent with a pair of heels
so that I still look more feminine and I
don't look to kind of childish I think
an overall trend in dressing ignoring
the crazy festival scene that's going on
right now is that things are getting a
lot more conservative they're less like
body con the hems are getting a little
bit longer because this whole midi skirt
thing that's still happening what I
think is interesting I think before we
were getting a little crazy with the
cutouts so it's kind of cool to see a
more demure since the fashion come back
into style another big trend that's been
happening ever since the Gucci runway in
like false lash winter is this whole
maximalism movement which i think is
really interesting although I'm
definitely not a master of it there are
some crazy florals this season obviously
florals for spring are not revolutionary
as they say in The Devil Wears Prada but
some of these are actually really out
there they're incorporating really
bright colors or just some crazy
patterns and then mixing them with
stripes and polka dots which I actually
love florals and polka dots I think
that's such a cool combination I'm
definitely gonna at least try to coerce
some powdery mixing out of my closet
this season in the spring spirit I wore
one of my only floral pieces this is a
little too understated to be trendy but
you know what
I tried sorry Topshop or again great
places to look for some
their patterns and some cool pattern
mixing dresses I know they're a little
bit more on the expensive end but I
think if you're going to be mixing a
bunch of different patterns that
obsolete takes a really skillful eye so
sometimes it's worth paying more for a
better designer in terms of a more basic
floral though obviously like forever 21
is constantly carrying those so that can
be a great site to check out to under
the same max ilysm thread we have some
crazy bold colors coming into style I'm
gonna call them the crayon box colors
because they remind me of those four
color crayons that you get with the kids
menu at a restaurant bright yellow
cobalt blue bright green and bright red
I have got to say I'm no Anna Wintour
but I'm really not a fan of this as you
may have noticed I normally dress in
pretty understated colors so not only am
i terrified but slightly repulse I do
want to try out a bright yellow at some
point just as I think of the statement
and after watching lala land with Emma
Stone's yellow dress I really want to
try it out the green makes me kind of
angry because I think that's a no boy
color cobalt blue is kind of giving me
war flashbacks to the end of eighth
grade like around five years ago when
everybody was wearing colored jeans or
like their cobalt blue skater skirt from
Delia's or something so I am not a fan
but maybe I'm just traumatized in terms
of specific fabrication we have a lot of
micro pleats happening right now which
is like that shiny material that's
really really finely pleated I actually
really like this one I think that it
gives a lot of cool movement although
this fabric can be kind of uncomfortable
if you don't have a lining underneath it
this trend I've seen a lot of at Topshop
but it's been trickling down and now you
can actually get really really
affordable pieces at H&M as well I think
these are also really cool because the
micro pleats give you a lot of
flexibility with sizing so even if the
dress isn't like the perfect fit the
police will kind of conform to your body
or give you a little more stretch if you
have the food baby going on so I'm
definitely a fan of this one another
side we have is gingham I think you guys
have probably seen this before and oh I
actually have a gingham item though here
we go in case you didn't know what king
of looks like I have this shirt which is
kind of an ugly one from like five years
ago but you know here's some visual
interest
gingham is super cute I like it um it
reminds me of a picnic ticket
a little bit but I think it's adorable
especially in black and white I'm a
little wary of it in light pink because
I think that looks a little bit childish
but totally some people can pull it off
I've really been meaning to get a
gingham romper they have some cool ones
at American Eagle that are on sale right
now which I might actually go buy after
I make this video there's one by Kendall
and Kylie that's cute and I'm sure there
are a lot of more upscale ones too but I
just love it I think it reminds me a lot
of the fifties or like I'm in a Taylor
Swift music video from like her red
album the next trend we have is some
80's glam with just translating mostly
again in these puffy shoulders which I
kind of talked about before but they
also have some really interesting
metallic skirts and dresses I know
there's a really cute pink metallic
skirt from Zara that I've been meaning
to buy and I think it would be really
cute paired with like a loose gray
sweater to tone it down a little bit or
you can obviously dress it out for night
time but I don't really go to nighttime
events so I am kind of bummed out though
actually that the fashion industry chose
the 80s because I know there's been a
big like 70s movement a couple years ago
and that it was the 60s and I was really
really hoping that it would go to the
50s next I'm just in the order of
decades because I think the 50s are just
like so sweet and I would love to have
an excuse to like dress up like a pin-up
girl or something every day and it would
be normal but nope they just swerved
over the 80s so like I still have to
wait in a couple years or something and
maybe the fiftieth will finally come
back last but not least I'm gonna be
talking about shoes which I'm a total
shoe addict it's bad and I actually have
examples for this one too so my first
shoe trend is kind of a more general one
but it's this movement away from
high-heeled stilettos and too low and
big block heels and I love this because
it's so practical you can wear them on
an actual everyday basis and we're
always really frustrating for me a
couple years ago looking at fashion
bloggers and they're like five-inch
stilettos and wanting to look like them
but I know that I can never wear that on
a regular basis but now it's like you
can totally rock like a one-inch mule to
school and it's really accessible so I
have a couple examples here are some of
you guys might have seen these before
they are some buckle flats from a sauce
these are like $40 I'll link them down
below
they're still on sale but they just have
a really low heel
they're super dainty and cute these are
actually really easy to walk in although
they do poke the back of my heel a
little bit and give me blisters
sometimes so be careful of that I also
have these which are more of a classic
they're just by Steve Madden so I
wouldn't say that these are per se
trendy
I feel like this style has actually been
around a couple years now but now we're
seeing it more with this low block heel
rather than that super-high stiletto and
these are like my most worn shoes right
now I will pause these on with any
outfit and it makes it look so to you it
does mean like the perfect boost of
height so I can still wear it with
something like boyfriend jeans where I
wouldn't just want to wear sneakers
otherwise I'd look really short so it
looks like I'm put together and trying
but they're still really easy to walk in
and then here is a real throwback do you
guys remember these shoes from all of my
videos like a year ago I know that the
lace-up is a little bit less trendy
right now but it still has this block
heel going on so I'm still definitely
gonna be wearing these this season
another thing that's happening right now
with shoes is some crazy embellishments
on the toe box and I really like that I
want to get myself a pair so that I can
pair it with like a really plain outfit
and then have some sparkly gems on my
shoes and I think that's a really cute
combination that concludes my spring
trends video I hope that you guys
enjoyed it I really had a lot of fun
making it and I'm really excited to put
out some more quality content for you
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