Stripes and Dots

Normally sensible about these kinds of things, Ann Taylor LOFT is telling us that stripes and dots are “two playful patterns that look pretty on their own – and surprisingly stylish together” and that “opposites attract”. More notable, however, is that none of their models on the flyer I received in the mail are wearing stripes *and* dots – only one or the other. For me, stripes and dots are too reminiscient of scrapbooking (great if you are a scrapbooker!) or the nursery, ALTHOUGH I am perfectly willing to be proven wrong if someone can find a nice combo of the two.

Another combo gnawing at my brain these days is the Fall-Winter ‘09 trend of shorts and tights. I resisted with all my might because I thought it too trendy, but now all the shorts are on the sale racks and I happened to try on a pair of Alpine-ish wool ones with tights a few weeks back. I actually really liked them and loved how I could have shown off my legs all winter long and remained modest at the same time. Oh well – could’ve, would’ve, should’ve. Too late to ride the trend now.

A rule when it comes to trends: you need to buy trends new (hopefully with coupons!). By the time they are on sale, they are usually ridiculously silly-looking.