How do you stay on top of trends and learn about fashion ?

[ultramarine]

I generally just browse Style.com .. now that I am a mod for the Designers+Collections forum, I have no excuse whatsoever if I dont know who designed a piece

Its taken a while though .. and in tFS not everyone knows everything .. generally everyone has their forte .. either models or designers or accesories or photogs or something like that ...

I do read the blogs and to tell which trends are ahead of the curve .... you just have to pay close attention ... the first people to wear it are a clear indicator but sometimes you can tell its gonna be big just by seeing it at the street

 

[softgrey]

do you guys have any blogs or sites on a direct feed?
what's that called...RSS....or something like that?
or do you just check them when you think of it?

 

[Judleberry]

I generally just browse Style.com .. now that I am a mod for the Designers+Collections forum, I have no excuse whatsoever if I dont know who designed a piece

Its taken a while though .. and in tFS not everyone knows everything .. generally everyone has their forte .. either models or designers or accesories or photogs or something like that ...

I think this is a good point - I used to never know who designed something by looking at it. For me it started with shoes, now I know the sort of quirks and characteristics (the Nicholas Kirkwood platform, McQ - generally nuts, CLs, the Erdem patterns etc) certain designers have in their shoes and can usually tell by looking who has designed them. With clothes these days I can spot items that keep a trait of what they are known for in a lot of their designs, like Proenza/Chanel/Vivienne Westwood for example, but can nowhere near do it with everything yet. Maybe about 10%, if even that!

Also I found a lovely UK blog called What Emma Did. I think she writes nicely and it doesn't seem as though she is plugging things because she has been told to (which is a real pet hate of mine, along with celeb endorsements that they would never wear in a million years!).

 

[snowqueen]

I am a massive blog fan..I like to see more street style and orginal ideas rather then manuafactored looks that everyone will be wearing, also I people watch ALOT this helps me imensely in deciding styles and ideas etc.

I also still visit tfs regularily even if I am a bit quiet now days... as well as style.com for catwalk images I visit these daily with out fail..

I also read magazines (but seems as im pritty skint most of the time magazines I regularily get are getting less and less)

 

[wild roses]

Good thread!

Add to me the list of folks who couldn't do a design ID. I do browse the designer threads, but I'm mostly in the vintage designers section rather than what is on the current runway threads. (I visit TLo's blog for breakdowns of runway fashion.)

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

Honestly, I feel more creative and in tune w/ what's 'next' when I don't subscribe or check blogs/websites religiously. I rarely post on tfs these days because I'm so busy but my eye is better than ever as a result. It truly amazes me.

 

[CaitlinC]

I go on Style.com and LookBook. That way I get the runway side and the real world side of things.