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Fashion: Spring-summer 2022 fashion trends and how to wear them.
MAXIMIZE YOUR LOOK
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We’ve come a long way from Coco Chanel’s guidance on accessories, “take off the last thing you put on,” which falls into the generally good advice category of “less is more.”
But for the next season in fashion, as the pandemic continues to wane, designers are letting us know it’s OK to subscribe to the idea that
You want to make an ensemble out of all your boldest garments, along with those wild shoes you haven’t been able to wear outside since you bought them online? Do it. Spring-summer 2022 is the time to show off.
ABOVE: Almost every runway show in fall featured sleeve lengths with enough fabric to cover models’ hands, including Valentino. The Italian design house achieves the hidden-hand look beautifully with a mix of textiles to elevate a cuffed white button-down into a new classic.
RIGHT: French design house Lanvin was among those who showed plus-size looks in their ready-to-wear collections during fall fashion week events. Women with curves look great in body-contouring garments, and the ruched draping in this piece is universally flattering. Dramatic, saturated colors are also highly on trend for spring-summer 2022.
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ABOVE: Strong shoulders should be achieved by expert tailoring, not padding. Saint Laurent’s ready-to-wear collection shows how it’s done without going full-on pagoda shoulders, made popular earlier this year by a certain Disney villainess designer. Those with small chests get a more flattering silhouette, and plus-size arms look smaller with that extra pop of shape at the top.
Prabal Gurung was among a handful of designers who a handful of designers who showed plus-size looks in their showed plus-size looks in their ready-to-wear collections. For ready-to-wear collections. For fashion on bodies with more fashion on bodies with more curves, it’s important to consider curves, it’s important to consider pattern. Break up the print in pattern. Break up the print in places where it can read too loudly places where it can read too loudly on a large body: the back and sides. on a large body: the back and sides. For this look, the gingham pattern For this look, the gingham pattern is hidden in those places by the is hidden in those places by the beautiful outerwear adding another beautiful outerwear adding another dimension to the tight-fi tting dress. dimension to the tight-fi tting dress.
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VIANNEY LE CAER INVISION VIA AP The bold palette for spring-summer 2022 was literally the foundation for Dior’s ready-to-wear show during Paris Fashion Week. With plenty of contrast, the French design house managed to incorporate all of the bright yellows, blue-greens and pinks that are on trend for next season. How to wear nearly fl uorescent hues? Try pairing a bright skirt with a sedate, nude-color top. Flesh tones look great next to almost all shades of pink, too.
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Hermes Hermes elevates the elevates the bralettebraletteand-joggers and-joggers silhouette with silhouette with a tiered waist a tiered waist and attractive and attractive draping. The draping. The skirt features skirt features a gathered a gathered
“paperbag” “paperbag” design for the design for the waist, popular waist, popular among several among several design houses design houses for this for this coming coming spring. spring.
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A lot of bling could be found at fall fashion weeks, including in several pieces from Balmain.
This look from Stella McCartney’s Paris Fashion Week show is a great example of how to make all the spring-summer fashion trends work together. Cutouts are in almost every collection, but showing that much skin can be tricky for real-world fashionistas with nonmodel bodies. But paired with a high-volume blazer, the cutouts are classed up and can be hidden when needed. The wide-leg trousers pair perfectly with the high-contrast top by breaking up the fabric with creative textile changes achieved with quilting. The pop of eggshell from the strapped belt brings drama while breaking up the suit’s monochromatic design.
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