Spring-summer 2011: fashion trends

Let's begin, perhaps, with relevant fabrics. Certainly, natural materials – the most optimal variant. But in every season, there are favourites publics.

Knitwear. Until recently for me the word "knitwear" was not inspiring (probably, remembering things from the Soviet knitwear). Modern designers improved this fabric so that knitwear became very popular and sexual. Dresses from this material are especially relevant. Short and long, on a figure and free.


A.F. Vandervost, Hermes


Jil Sander, Michael Kors, Reed Krakoff

Lace. Weightless, distinguished – all this lace. In this season do dresses and tops of it, decorate with it clothes, footwear and bags. Sexually, it is womanly, and somewhere it is even touching …


Alberta Ferretti, Blugirl, Elise Overland


Francesco Scognamiglio, Dolce&Gabbana, Brioni

Jeans. Jeans will never lose the relevance. One famous designer was right, saying that in clothes of each person there have to be pair of qualitative jeans. In this season denim is relevant more than ever. It not only jeans, but also kerchiefs, dresses, jeans jackets, etc. Here so, once the clothes of workers became indispensable attribute of clothes of any dandy respecting himself.


Vanesa Bruno, Twenty8Twelve, Just Cvalli


Iceberg, G-Star Raw, Elie Tahari

Fashionable ideas
Nearly an every season it is overflowed with the ideas. And it not only things which belong to the category must-have. It is a cut, design finds … So, the cut which does not get out of fashion many years, but every time represent it differently.

• Multiple layers. In this season the multiple layers are expressed as a combination of dense and light fabrics. So, for example, we put on a shirt without sleeves, and from above a top from light fabric. Same concerns also dresses. For inspiration we offer you a small selection from podiums.


Cynthia Rowley, Dries van Noten, Isacc Mizrahi


Jasper Conran, Nicole Farhi, Rue de Mail

• Asymmetry. The clothes of an asymmetric cut always look originally, and help to correct some shortcomings of a figure. Asymmetric cuts, asymmetric line, etc.


Elie Saab, Frankie Morello, Issa


Jaeger London, Krizia, Lanvin

• Male style. At the beginning of the 20th century, the men's suit became the favourite of the famous women, and since then he continues to emphasize femininity as it will not seem strange. And are relevant both classical options of a men's suit, and subject. For example, a la the Dandy or Hemingway. Try …


3.1 Phillip Lim, Davidelfin, DSquared2, Paul Smith, Jonathan Simkhai

• Country style. Natural fabrics, embroidery, lace … The touching, light, not overloaded with details, somewhere even romantic dresses. Why not to become closer to the nature, to stay the lady peasant.


Alberta Ferretti, D&G


Alexander Berardi, Salvatore Ferragamo, Dolce& Gabbana

• Vintage. The vintage style is very popular. And in this season designers chose 60th and 70th. Bright coloring, long dresses, style of hippie, American style of that time.


Christopher Kane, Emanuel Ungaro, Jenny Packham


Moschino Cheap&Chic, Paul&Joe, YSL


If to you not on temper stylistic decisions, then here to you a portion of interesting solutions of this season.

1. Unusual back. The sewed tapes, a deep cut, an embroidery, an interlacing of shoulder straps. Such detail will make a simple top or a dress unusual.


3.1. Phillip Lim, Burberry Prorsum, Dolce&Gabbana

2. Scarfs. In this season scarfs carry not only on a neck, but from them sew dresses and tops as it was made by DKNY fashion house.



Spring and Summer – the most suitable time to change and change. So why not to begin? Designers imagined many options, to choose is from what. Dilute the clothes with something new and unusual.