5 Evergreen Style Trends for your Wardrobe

Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you live.” — Gianni Versace

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If a fashion legend like Versace believed that expressing yourself was more fashionable than following trends how can we afford to differ on this? If following your own instincts and dressing up the way you would like to is what ‘original fashion’ is all about, then let’s take a look at how we can make a fashion statement that is an expression of our individualism.

Each one of you reading this article would surely have your own preferences when it comes to choosing what goes into your wardrobe from designer labels to fast fashion stuff which you may pick up on the go, from thoughtfully curated accessories to random fascinations with certain kind of jewellery or shoes, from favourite brands to one of those ‘let me try this’ stuff. While you keep experimenting with new trends, many of those pretty things simply go out of fashion and then the vicious cycle of ‘retail therapy’ sets in. We just never seem to have enough of all that’s trending now. So let’s go and splurge once again is the only remedy it looks like.

But hold on! We have curated few wardrobe ideas for you that are never going to be out of fashion. Be rest assured and if you are wondering how can we be so super-duper confident about it, then we just stole a quote of Lauren Hutton to give you that assurance.

Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.”

Now just in case you were thinking of Googling who on Earth is Lauren Hutton, well she is a famous American model-cum-actress who came to limelight when she signed a contract with Revlon in 1973 that was touted to be the biggest contract in the modeling industry during those times.

So let’s now get on with few simple styles that will keep you pretty rocking come spring come autumn for why should you care what the designers churn every season?

Don’t SHRUG It Off

Shrugs aren’t just meant to give you an extra layer of warmth for the winter for they are a great way to add some extra color and style to your outfit in any season. Shrugs come handy in giving some vibrancy to an otherwise regular dress that you may have got bored of or you can put them on for the sake of adding some pattern to your overall outfit.

If someone said, shrugs look so out of fashion in summers, we beg to differ. You can always style a shrug to your advantage if you’ve got even an average level of creative instincts.

All LACED Up

How can laces ever go out of fashion as far as women’s clothing is concerned? After all laces have been used for over 400 years in all kinds of costumes meant to see a woman through her life from birth to death not to mention its royal connection that runs long and deep through history. Laces give a touch of unmatched feminine elegance and we are not surprised that lace features on catwalks from New York to Paris season after season.

So get a lacy shrug or a paneled lace skirt that can keep you looking elegant and rich for the ‘Lace vibe’ is here to stay.

Join the ‘POLKA’ Dots

Add some playful element to your wardrobe with the timeless polka-dots. While polka-dots can get you nostalgic for reasons we all know, we would like to let you know that this retro motif is evolving with every season leaving its infantile and syrupy roots in favor of more refined fabrics and fluid silhouettes.

You can wear your favorite polkas on a clean silhouette like this Label Ritu Kumar tunic or a long white AND tunic with the doodled polkas.

But if you want to make an unapologetically bold statement, just go big with the polkas.

Mix it up with CHECKS & STRIPES

We see checks and stripes in vogue all the time. Our style icons don’t just seem to get enough of these age old patterns and so how can we be far behind? These patterns add a lot of texture and visual richness to any outfit and can really make you stand out if worn properly.

You can go for pinstripes like this Marie Claire shift dress or the wide repp stipes like this AND cotton pants because the range is wide when it comes to stripes. Stripes are really flexible and can be easily worn with a solid.

Checks have a vintage feel of the English era that can make for a great short dress or a shirt or simply a winter jacket like this one from Marie Claire

If you are the really bold kind who likes to break fashion rules all the time, you can even pair stripes or checks with any other pattern like this AND top or the midi dress from AND Clothing.

EMBROIDER a Makeover

You can take a safe bet on embroidered stuff because they can never go out of fashion whether it in India or globally. And why so? That’s because designers from across the globe have a special penchant for this ancient form of handicraft that seems to be making a comeback with every season.

From contemporary embroidered tops and dresses to the more ornately embroidered kurtis, embroidery as a fashion element seems to remain evergreen in most of the designers’ lookbooks. Whether it is Anita Dongre’s Global Desi collection or Ritu Kumar’s pret line of Label Ritu Kumar, these designers are giving Indian embroidery a completely new avatar that’s here to stay.

Now that you have the list of these evergreen wardrobe ideas, next time you venture on a retail therapy just don’t forget to add them to your list. Even better would be to just go online and check for these styles on Luxehues.com that has all of these must-haves at one place and at great value. So shop to your heart’s content and they’ll keep you and your wardrobe in trend until you get tired of them!