'Boyfriend' clothes may have an unfeminist name but at least they are not made for male approval

No, and it never, ever will be for several very simple reasons. For those sweet souls out there whose minds have remained unsullied by the flotsam and jetsam of the fashion world, I shall explain. When an item of womenswear is prefaced with the noun-turned-adjective "boyfriend", what this really means is "oversized". The "boyfriend" descriptor refers to the idea that the clothes should look as if you borrowed them from your boyfriend – geddit? GEDDIT?! – but is really there because the fashion world has the mentality of an especially immature high schooler. Therefore, it thinks that to insinuate one has a boyfriend makes one look really cool and desired and validated (see: endless fashion blogs and tumblrs about models' boyfriends) and therefore it is super sexy to look like you just rolled out of bed (probably from having sex! Only cool people are allowed to have sex, ya know!), pulled on your boyfriend's clothes and hit the streets.

And I don't mind that, to be honest. Sure, it's annoying for the fashion industry to suggest that the coolest look woman can rock is to look as if she has a boyfriend, but if this is just the fancy wording the fashion world needs in order to endorse women dressing like slobs, well, it all evens out. Because, let's be honest here, wearing oversized or "boyfriend" clothes does make you look like a slob: I know it, you know it and the people flogging you the clothes certainly know it. Sure, the models might look all gamine and cute in their "boyfriend" jeans in magazines ("I'm so thin my jeans are barely clinging to my hipbones!") but do you notice how the jeans in those photos still have a bit of shape to them? Whereas when you put them on you look like you've put on your dad's old jeans to do some decorating? That's because when "boyfriend" clothes are photographed in magazines, stylists do clever things, such as clip them in the back and pin up the hems to make them look a little better.

I was in a popular high-street retailer the other day, one we'll call "Le Shop de Top", and happened to find myself in the near vicinity of the extensive denim section. "Wow, look at those awesome jeans," I mused, admiring a pair of loose-but-cool jeans on disembodied mannequin's legs. I began to wander around the denim section, determined to find a pair of these surely life-changing beauties when I looked up and noticed something intriguing about the jeans on the half-mannequin: on the back, they were tweaked with little bull clips.

Now, if jeans need to be clipped on a mannequin – even half a mannequin – in order to look good, they will sure as hell look a hot mess on any actual human being. Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line is, of course, one of the most famous rules in the world (thank you, The Princess Bride). But only slightly less famous is "Never buy anything if the shop assistants needed to pin it on the mannequin." And, in any matter, Le Shop de Top is now selling something called "girlfriend jeans" which either suggests an unexpected acknowledgement of same-sex relationships from a high-street retailer or, more likely, a realisation that women want something a little more feminine than bullclips from their jeans, and a hasty re-naming was in order.

I've been thinking about this whole boyfriend issue because it so happened that I went shopping last weekend and thus we begin the fascinating story called Hadley Buys a Coat. I'd completely fallen for a particular tweed coat after seeing it featured in the Guardian's Weekend magazine a month or so ago and, having noticed that its retailer was having a 50% off sale, I promptly went off to find the coat I already thought of as "mine". And there it was, in just my size. I tried it on and while I glanced vaguely at how it fitted me, I was really looking at how gorgeous this coat was, so I bought it. When I got home I showed it to a certain person of the opposite sex and he took one look and declared: "What's wrong with you? It's too big." Mortified, I looked in the mirror and conceded that it was a bit big. Distraught, I brought it into the office on Monday to gauge the opinions of my fashion colleagues.

"What's wrong with you? It's perfect!" they all cried. So I looked in the mirror and realised that what I'd inadvertently done was buy a boyfriend coat and, in that regard, it was perfect. It was also too big and, in the world of boyfriend clothes, those two statements are not contradictory.

But perhaps the most interesting lesson to draw from the timeless story that is Hadley Buys a Coat (truly, it will be studied by scholars for centuries) is that boyfriends don't like boyfriend clothes. I think this is what I like most about boyfriend clothes: despite their decidedly unfeminist name, they are not made for male approval. Clearly, not all men are like cliches from Nuts magazine and want women in skintight clothes, but I would wager that most men prefer it when women wear clothes that fit them as opposed to shapeless sacks. I've got nothing against male approval as a side effect but any trend that suggests women should dress primarily for their own pleasure and comfort is a trend to be saluted. So I didn't make a shopping mistake – I made a feminist gesture. Sort of. Sure.

Winter Fashion 2014

You are going to a lot of options in the winter fashion 2014 as you have to believe that there is going to be more wardrobes during the cooler months. You will have many winter outfit ideas in the winter fashion 2014.  The winter is the only season in which you want to have warm dresses and other accessories to wear. The winter fashion 2014, you will have a lot of new and innovative fashion trends along with warm will look fabulous. Most of the designs for the particular season will masterfully created and each will have their own unique characteristics. You will never deny the attraction of the trendy and popular fashions which will totally going to be unique for everyone.  Bundle up in style with the new and innovative accessories, coolest coats, boots, warm dresses and much more.

Winter fashion 2014 that will play up your winter outfit and the trends which is going to be more famous of the coming season includes the best winter coat, the cool scarves, the leather shorts, the shoes etc. The collection of this all will definitely emphasize on your personality and will mark a unique identity. The collection will also reflected the popular styles of women wallets of the season and will design in such a way that each of the wallets can meet the need of any women.  One of the trend in the winter fashion for men coat which will be the hottest trend. Recently many of the designers has illustrated new ways in designing the winter fashion that is going to be the best description to the collection of the winter 2014.  As if look on the year 2013 we are so familiar with many designs of dresses with bright colour especially in the fashion shows, the New York fashion week was full of bright colours in the last winter however there is going to be more controversial trend of women’s clothing.

Winter fashion 2014 is also going to be created for men in general and various styles. The designs will definitely have styles with masterful tailoring. These trends will be prior people need in the cold season that these trends can keep you warm and also the winter fashion 2014 pay your attention to some special models that they will wear the best designers collection.  No one can also deny of the attraction of the trendy and popular women coat. This will be the best outerwear trend of the fall and winter season. The women footwear will be also masterfully design and will be created with its own characteristics and will have realistic style. There will also innovative jewellery collections which have a lot of attributes of their own. You will feel happy with the sinter collection and will satisfy from the winter fashion 2014. 

Womens Fashion 2014

No matter in which part of the world you’re living you all might have observed the current financial woes, economical crises. The same case goes in Europe where civil war along with different twist and turns with escalating battles that are casting a tail worldwide. Hence, the coming fashion trend took a step backward from the socio economic background this season and attentive on more continuous theme stuff: Nature.

Nature has been defined by many people in different terms, from Mother Nature to human nature, and obviously the natural. I’ve used natural because when you will go from NYC and through to Paris you will see it posses beautiful who can be said natural. Hence, the woman form as a natural being is eminent in the crews and highlighted not flooded by bossy garments or female destroying fashion declarations.

For the upcoming season of fashion you’ll see the figure skimming silhouettes, transparencies and bright colors with few omissions, which has been brought back for the upcoming season as far as the female fashion trends for the season is concerned.

In this season’s collection you will notice that the color palette arrays from pastels, with the color of sky blue which has turned out to be the most stunning trend for the season with coral red come fuchsia. Besides the white a summer staple is back in the collections and black keeps leading the dimmer end of the gauge. Silhouettes are beautiful, edged with flounces and ruffles. The good thing is that the trousers are more softer, billowing palazzo pants are also back in the side which ads more charm to the collection.

If you talk about the prints natural floral have dominated the catwalk,. Many designers have printed contemporary paintings on their fashions, Although the current fashion week wasn’t much different then the previous seasons collections in terms of trends and silhouettes, but still the fashion looks fresh and renewed.

The only interesting thing seen in the collection was the new color blue for the upcoming season. it also varies from pastel baby blue to electric deeper shade. Blue looks cool especially when it comes to the collection for the upcoming summer. And most probably this color was given to make the summer collection more attractive.

Then there is another color which has remained in the collection and that is “black” but black might not be used in the summer collection it will rock the market for the spring season. Varies from light black to full dark one and will be combined with different other colors to make it more beautiful as one of the combination might be white which has been used in the past as the best combination with black. The spring summer collection would mostly come in different printed designs because it looks more attractive in this season then any other.

Fashion Trends Fall 2014

Each season comes with new fashion trends whether people follow them, ignore them or revolt against them, but no one can refute them. Fashion trends fall 2014 are not very different from the ongoing fashion trends. New fashion trends along with old trends are expected to evolve and emerge in fall 2014.

Key premise for the fashion trends, according to Fashioning.com, are punk fashion, plaid and pajama wearing. Punk fashion is expected to develop with “styles that preserve a subversive undercurrent” as predicted by the forecasting agency Trendstop. Many subcultures and substyles have been integrated over the years. Revolt and hullabaloo are the core sagacity of punk. Plaid and its scruffy and modish appearances once again will have a dominant and leading spot. Boudoir will continue sprouting which is originated from the epitome of pajama dressing.

The Key to Chic identified four fashion trends which will inspire population at a large scale. Rocker trend, a fusion of 1970’s punk and 1990’s grunge will have sleek leather and destroyed denim as key materials. The expected colors are gray, metallic, blues, navy, black and deep red. Atmospheric, moody landscape, abstract animal’s styles and many other patterns are going to be in the market. Last but not the least, accompaniments for this trend is studs, buckles, sleek materials, pony hair, exposed zippers, chains, motto boots and many more.

Pro Sport trend reflects vigorous way of life’s movement and motocross muse. Vital colors are gold, red, royal, navy and olive and the key materials are leather, neoprene, nylon and mixed media. Bright accents, high gloss patent, elastic, perforated leather, lug soles, quilted ankle boots are some of the trimmings.

Boudoir fashion trend is an allusion of old Hollywood starlets and Victorian gentlemen. It is more spongy and feminine. Colored leather, satin, brushed silk and jacquard are some of the materials for Boudoir. Moreover the key items are oversized coat, pencil skirt, embellished sheath dress, feathers and accessories are fur scarves, loafers, smoking slippers, strappy sandals, cat eye glasses, embellished belts, ankle socks etc.

Folkloric is a mix of bohemian and folk which shows the boho glamour of the 60’s and 70’s. This fashion trend can be only simple lines or embroidered one. The materials for trimmings are pony hair, fringe, wooden heels, studs and feathers.

Gothic Fairy is going to be another fashion trend for fall 2014. The story of a gothic princess who wears lace and velvet is depicted by this trend along with highlighting the delicate womanly with a dark side. For makeup, dark lips and pale skin will be seen. Moreover religious representation in prints, needlework, jewelry, crosses, brocade, deep flower-patterned, and dark colors are essential elements of this trend.

Close to earth trend which is based on earthy colors will be one more interesting trend in fall 2014. This trend is going to give a masculine look referring to the story of a working girl of 50s who has a tomboy inside her.

The weirdest of all the trends for the fall 2014 is Futurist with futuristic fabrics, seqins and galaxy prints. It is unobtrusive in featuring but is highly embellished in silhouettes telling the story of a serious girl of sci-fi movie.

Kristen Stewart Fashion Style

Kristen Stewart is a young celebrity who has met instant success in her professional career with a breakthrough with one of the biggest blockbuster movie of the contemporary times; ‘the twilight series’. The fairytale role kicked off her luck to the heights of fame thus, paving the way for an absolutely iconic personality; whom the masses love to the extreme. Every single moment of her life with the vampire stud’ Robert Pattinson, is of interest and great concern for the people; who have loved the fantasy and reality couple to the height of obsession. Kristen Stewart; having so much fame dancing on her doorstep, is definitely  a celebrity whose style does not go unnoticed in her public appearances whether formal or personal.

Kristen Stewart is one of the leading ladies of the world of entertainment and fashion and her dressing style and attitude of carriage is highly inspiring especially for the young girls. Her method of dressing up is no doubt glamorous yet has a tinge of casualness; which s one of the foremost distinctive looks of her identity. This casual look is in fact now a popular trend in vogue amongst celebrities; who have blended its use very judicially with their sensationally glamorous outlook. Quite frequently Kirsten Stewart is seen going for short mini length dresses with ether casual tops, sneakers and a cap worn backwards; which are her forte of comfort. Her private and personal appearances have also displayed a vast variety of casual sweat shirts, uppers and tight skinny jeans; to flaunt her figure while remaining casually comfortable. Though the get up is simple; her fame and personality show glimpses of glamour in the most effortless manner. 

Another very prominent feature of her style is usually to go for exposing outfits at the red carpet events. The latest semi-nude fancy dresses have truly been displayed in a flattering manner by Kristen Stewart with the semi transparent dresses winning her good attention in gatherings. Slightly accessorizing with a sweat band on the wrist, wearing a jet black large shades are pretty much enough for the young dame to be iconic enough to inspire others.

Her facial features definitely tend to play a pivotal role in her stunning look and she tends to fully take advantage and plays up her assets with a lot of emphasis on eye makeup. The smoky eye makeup trend is one of the frequently chosen methods of Kristen Stewart to look dazzlingly flirty and sexy. Her use of dark, bright and rich lipsticks is another frequently seen look at the premiers of her movies, and red carpet awards. Kirsten Stewart’s naturally cascading long locks and a well maintained slim health tend to be the icing sugar on top of the entire gorgeous getup. So to be like Kirsten all you need apart from such a massive fame and great wealth is casualness used with intelligence and glamour and a good taste for makeup which definitely add to a beauty worth admiration.

Influences of Celebrity Styles

For anything to be known and acknowledged, a channel for its commercialization and publicity is compulsory. This is exactly the purpose that the celebrity styles serve in a fashion conscious society; whereby the awareness of any trend is brought to the public notice through the flattering and glamorous personalities of the celebrities. They are in fact the ambassadors of trends, glamour and fashion and tend to exercise great influence on the thoughts, attitude and lifestyle of people. Fashion stylists tend to take advantage of the situation and bring to market their own stocks of trends and designs for a well earned business through the publicity of celebrity getups.

Influences of celebrity styles are many and it is in fact interesting to see how many fields and vistas of life are intimidated by them; leading to a cultural change. These changes become the determiners of a society’s running with regard to dressing code, hairstyling, atmosphere etc.  From the political perspective, celebrities are a role model for millions who can change their taste, attitude and behavior out of inspiration and love and that can be a good ticket towards winning elections. For example, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a renowned action hero whose fame has earned him great success in his political career; whereby certain masses tend to blindly follow and endorse his manifesto.

This political influence can be used in a constructive manner or even be misused to assist in increasing the votes of a party on the pretext of favoring the favorite party of their star. Another influence which is to be mentioned is of the body image; which is at times disastrous and needless. Celebrities tend to have their own style of carriage and many tend to adopt them and walk and talk like them. However, it doesn’t end here, from the negative perspective, celebrities also resort to plastic surgeries, extremely painful trends as tattooing and body piercing on sensitive areas and the celebrity lovers tend to get certain unnecessary surgeries in a bid to be like their favorite star. Love for celebrities can be constructive and destructive and requires cautious and wise defining fan following. People should not identify themselves with them to the extreme so as to be harmful for oneself.

Influences are not only confined to the world of glamour only, celebrities can also be inspirational through their humanitarian attitudes and missions of charities, animal and environmental protection; which tend to draw not only a great fan following  but also great respect from all corners of the world. These traits can in fact be so inspirational that many tend to act the same way; thus, the celebrity lifestyle indirectly contribute  towards  the welfare of societies and tend to play an incessant positive and negative role on daily basis.

Celebrity Styles

Be it any social field of life; Celebrities styles have the power to inculcate any sort of taste and form of style in a society which is to a large extent obsessed with fashion and the desire for a modern culture. Celebrities being the ambassadors of glamour and trends are basically the tools and weapons of the fashion experts and stylists; whom they use to allure the masses in a unanimous social practice not only to add to their profits but also to pave way for certain traits which in fact mark the distinctive fashion traits of the era. This not only gives a more rich enrollment to the fashion heritage for the generations to come but also makes the present stage a more lively and desirable place.

Celebrity styles have been a major platform of influence and attraction amongst the masses that tend to admire certain celebrities for a specific part of their personality which is inspirational for them. Their lifestyles, habits, acting, iconic personality, getups and their personal life roles towards a better society are some of the main reasons which are responsible for the reason that people tend to impersonate them. Ranging from the young toddlers to the adults; everyone is in one way or the other has the celebrities as their role model and bear images and glimpses of the celebrity styles.

The prime concern of celebrity styles is basically from the perspective of fashion; which has become a social necessity for the masses who now demand fresh and new trends to facilitate them in a better and more glamorous manner. The increased social activity and personal life celebrations nowadays are jubilated with great zeal and zest and that too in the most stunning and ultra modern ways of makeovers and getups; which have the Celebrities styles as a backing for absolute guarantee of trendiness.

Celebrity styles are the most sought and discussed topics in magazines, television and on the net because of the ever increasing need to be better and more distinctive in a fashion conscious manner having good standard and great appeal. Though Celebrity styles can be pretty hefty for an individual with not much financial savings to spend around prodigally, at least they provide you with the knowledge of how you should carry yourself in a manner which people will admire and emulate with confidence. You can always tamper with the latest celebrity styles and simmer up new trends which can be your own signature styles; having only the mixture of the best styles carried by celebrities. It’s all about be creative, confident and vigilant about what Celebrities styles have to offer and then by no means can you ever remain out fashioned.