Time Defying Trends

With well over 8 billion people inhabiting the planet, having your own style is almost as unique as breathing. This is not to say that everyone walks around looking like a lost twin but odds are, somewhere down the line, there is a unique soul that looks suspiciously like you. This is not cancelling out the notion of the individual but with today’s trends changing as fast as they arrived, it’s almost impossible to get a grip on one idea before its gone again. So we snatch whatever we can from the shelves, hoping it will remain stylish long enough for us to wear it in before some designer, over their morning coffee decides that a drastic new collection is a must have for the working woman.
Yet as we watch trends come and go, we find that some departures come as an immense relief, while others leave their mark in the following seasons collection allowing us a sigh of relief as we realise that we own at least three trendy pieces in our wardrobes. However, on the other end of the scale, there are women who have distaste for fashion and go about their day, ignoring the trends, thus by fighting the system, they create their own trend and fall right back into society’s grasp.
Are there really no time defying trends that the working woman can latch onto? How about the essential LBD? A simple, versatile piece that every woman can fall back into as her safety net for any occasion. By remembering to have it simple, elegant and well cut, can allow one to never fall out of favour with any seasonal trend. Or how about a pair of well cut dark washed jeans? Flattering from top to bottom, they allow the wearer to transcend from day to night without a faltering step.
Yet just as they may fill your cupboards and ease the spending, the only trend that really will defy time is the confidence you wrap around your shoulders, which covers you from head to toe like a beautiful winter’s coat. This accessory although invisible to the wearer, is seen and admired by all those lucky enough to catch a glimpse of it. The art of confidence is not as tricky as it seems nor is it gained by having an uncaring air about you.
Confidence is the ability to believe in yourself. The power to accept everything that surrounds you as an individual and place it before you for everyone to see, without clawing it back in to be hidden. This is a rather large and daunting task yet not impossible. 8 out of every 3000 women will grow up to look like supermodels. 2 out of 5 girls will develop an eating disorder and 1001 out of 1000 statistics are made up, so there’s no excuse to lack confidence based on numbers just as there’s no reason to not love every difference you bring to the world through your body.
Without confidence, even a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes, will look drab and worthless. An architecturally designed run-way piece, will be nothing more than well arranged fabric. Confidence is a lifestyle choice that dictates how we’re perceived by the world. Any outfit, trendy or not, expensive or budget can look phenomenal if you love yourself enough to carry it off without a care in the world.
So stay eternally fashionable, love yourself.