Day to Night Vintage Elegance

This trend is for the young fashionable women that's on the go but loves to put cute vintage styles together with a modern touch. These garments are made of natural fabrics and are lightweight. The vintage colored cream and gold are always a must, and to add a plus... we might top it off with a pop of color! She's laid-back but seems to have a passion for fashion that can be easily achieved by neutral colors!

1800's Fashion

Fash Illustration

After you get your inspiration, you tend to draw out an illustration to get an idea of what type of clothing your going for. I would say this step could go under making a storyboard or even the next phase into implementing your plan. These are a couple fashion illustrations that inspired me.

PolyVore.com

Gray and Black by jamiexelise featuring Chinese Laundry shoes

PolyVore.com

Red and Black Frill by jamiexelise featuring Fendi bags

Fur Fabulous

Fur worn in different ways!
From glam to casual!

Jackets from ENVY in Laguna Beach Priced at $158.

ApparelNews

The public is your biggest marketing campaign! Once the public and the people are wearing and accept the style your putting out there then you have a trend! Apparelnews.net has everything you need to look at what are new and upcoming trends. They have sections on: Fashion Week, Fashion Shows, Colors, Themes, Trends, Calendars, Events & People, and much more. All of these categories have a huge impact on what will be happening in the fashion world in the upcoming months.
Fashion shows are obviously a huge part of seeing what the new trends are. Most fashion shows are prepared months in advance and are previewed months before the season even comes up. These shows help other designers that market to the mass, and by seeing these fashion shows in advance the designers can go back and have inspiration to make clothes that are appealing to the mass.
Garments that have an appealing color to them are more likely to sell then a plain garment that might have amazing detail to it. Color is very important in the fashion world! ApparelNews says that in Spring 2010 blues and purples will be the new trend along with beading, different color sequins, and lots of frills and ruffles.
Textiles can go hand in hand with color! You could have the most beautiful color palette but if your designing a silk to the floor dress your going to want to make it out of silk not wool. It’s not going to be the feminine flow of what you had wanted originally and what you get out of silk. Along with what the fabric is there are also ornamentations of the fabrics like beading, sequins, and other decorative pieces. You want the decorative pieces plus your fabric texture and color to also match! Once designers know the textures, colors, and trends of the season coming up they have inspiration off the runway to go make the collection that appeals to the mass. Then they’ll know what most of the people in that target market will be buying in the season they designed for!

Alexander McQueen's pre-fall 2009 is taking my breath away! It's starting to feel like fall! He's picked quite a few colors but I want to focus on the dark reds and dark greens. These pics are gorgeous and all have a different kind of style while all having these colors in common with each other. Though I'm focusing on the dark greens and reds he transitions into blues, bright reds, and more neutral colors at the end of his collection.

Alexander McQueen Quote

"If you ask any lady they want to be taller, they want to be slimmer, you know, and they want a waist. I'm not here to make people look like a sack of potatoes." - Alexander McQueen

Influences!

Influences come from everywhere! Celebrities have a real influence in todays society. I broke these celebs down in two different categories TV & Bands/Singers.

Construction to Chic

Designers find inspiration from anything and everything! Color, texture, and silhouettes can speak so loudly to a designer they can end up constructing their whole collection from looking at architecture, art, past fashions, music, and a lot more. This building in particular showed me it has a modern shape, nuetral colors, and almost a masculine feel. Describing what I see in this picture, I can now look at modern/masculine apparel. As you can see I found a beautiful new collection piece from Alexander McQueen's Pre-Fall 2009 Collection found at style.com which describes exactly the feel I was looking for. The next time you look at something inspirational, you never know... you could end up wearing it next season!

Architecture Source Here

Barbie Back?

This so called "Barbie" or "Mermaid" gown has been around since the 1950's. With is tight fit starting at the chest and hugging all the way down until it suddenly flares out at the knee. This dress emphesizes any curves you might have and looks gorgeous on any body type. With beautiful pleating details this dress is timeless! Though settle changes have been done with color, texture, and fabrics throughout the years it keeps its elegance and flare. The modern day version of this luxurious gown is from Alexander Mcqueen's Pre-Fall 2009 Collection which was located at style.com. With its vibrant color and delicately placed tucks and pleats this dress will never go out of style. The 1950's original version of this dress was found at lovelovemedo.com which explains in detail why these barbie gowns are fabulous as wedding dresses. So get ready for a lavish filled fall 2009!