Is the floral dress and white trainers look out?

Agreed.
Once a look comes around for the second (or even 3rd) time during your life it starts to feel like ground hog day!

I've seen Skinnys in, skinnys out, skinnys in, currently out, presumably back in 3, 2, 1 ...

I've followed along but you do start to struggle to care.

I've kept the last pair of skinnys i bought and they are at the back of the drawer - i spot them every now and again when having a rummage, but honestly i wouldn't fancy going back into them.

I did the whole early naughties teeny tiny zip, low rise (boot cut iirc?) jeans and crop top. Little short hoody. I rocked it then - no way i'm donning that look again! My kids would think i'd lost the plot 😂

You need to remember that fashions are invented purely in order to make you feel you need to ditch whatever you’ve got, go out and spend ££££ buying new stuff.

Urgh. Definitely dead, bury with skinny jeans.

You bought a pair of white New Balance trainers, which were all the rage a year or two ago.

Yet it's everyone else who's gullible to marketing and influencers.

On these ‘what’s in, what’s out’ threads, could we maybe just have one generic ‘wear whatever you like, who gives a fuck about fashion’ post and leave it at that - so those of us who DO care about fashion don’t have to wade through hundreds of them …

SparkyBlue I am 5ft 0 in stockinged feet. Like you I love dresses .Winter I bought a £5.00 dress from eBay brand new F and F. Wear it with my black suede boots .Lots of compliments (and am 16/18 dress size) In summer I like white trainers and blue /white dresses .Not changing !

Some of these posts are quite offensive. There is an implications that women who like to keep up with most current trends are mindless, stupid saps with zero critical thinking skills. For a start, there are degrees in Fashion Design which, I assume, educate students to degree level in literal fashion. Secondly, many women enjoy using fashion to channel many aspects of their massively diverse and multi faced personalities, and are keen to do it in new and fresh ways. Many women enjoy playing around with shapes, colours and moods and don't want to rehash styles which they have already played around with in the past. Thirdly, most women use current trends to enhance or freshen their existing wardrobe, and do so in a way which is mindful to their body shape and overall style.

This thread is making out that women who enjoy staying up to date on current trends are stupid, easily manipulated and duped by advertising, are brainwashed and cannot think for themselves. I hate the term 'misogyny' being thrown around but gosh, some people have very low expectations for how women make decisions about what they wear.

I swear I miss the trends every time, so that I inevitably catch up when it's "out" 😊

I think we all have our own style and that boils down to either wanting or liking to be up to the minute and on trend, or happy in our own look of mix and matching pieces that look right on us.

I often take a walk through Primark or similar shops to see what the young things are wearing now and what's on display. I find it's where a lot of young teens go and if it's not cool, it generally won't be there!

One thing though, I absolutely refuse to wear crew socks unless they are hidden under jeans/trousers. Nope absolutely no. We can refuse to look ridiculous you know!

But then again I'm old and am invisible anyway......

The thing that’s so silly about these threads is that everyone uses a different barometer for what is ‘in’ and ‘fresh’. Some people look at, ‘What the young people are wearing’, some go with, ‘Well if they’re selling it in Whistles’ and some only want to know if it’s been shown on the catwalk in Paris. There is no single definitive measure of ‘fashion’ anymore and hasn’t been for decades.

Sambas? Sunak wore them, so some people would now view them as naff

Leggings and white socks? Many would view it as boring/silly/lazy/whatever

Young people? I’m in Manchester at the moment and most of the young girls are wearing huge, shiny boots with bare legs and either tiny black tennis skirts or sequin hot pants so small they’re effectively knickers. I can’t see that working for me at work or in Sainsbury’s.

The truth, as I see it, is that many ordinary people shape their wardrobes around what’s available to them in Next, M&S, the supermarket, choosing what works for their lifestyle. Or they’ll have a favourite couple of shops and choose from there. Most people now don’t change their entire look 4 times a year, for fashion.

*confidently not consistently

I can tell some things are ‘outdated’ (eg the classic millennial type outfits discussed) but there’s no way I could date a look as being two or three years out of date, I find it fascinating that people can consistently say a particular brand/colour/style of trainer was in last year but now out.

I started dressing for my shape and skin tone years ago and I've never looked back. I wear trousers I've owned for 10 years and buy lots of vintage bits. No fast fashion, and more good quality clothes.

We often visit national trust houses and gardens with our toddler and loads of ladies wear the trainers, floral dresses and denim jacket combos. I think they look lovely and comfortable.

All the young people near us wear sportswear or late 90s fashion. I've already done the cargo pants, strappy vest tops and airmax look, i would feel like i was cosplaying as my teenage self in that get up.

Outdated clothes? Seriously?
Or maybe some women are just confident enough to wear what they like and what suits them and don't need someone else to tell them what to wear.

Some people like fashion, what’s wrong with that? You don’t need to call them sad or gullible. People like different things, it’s not that hard to understand. Surely those who don’t care about fashion won’t be offended that the clothes they wear are not in fashion, that would defeat the object of not caring!

so are we supposed to throw away white trainers? They are a year old.

I've some white new balance trainers and 2 pairs of white 'trainers' - they're plain leather lace ups with a chunky sole but don't look like a sporty trainers.

I will keep on wearing them all summer.

I'm not taking notice of some random person on social media telling me they are 'out'.

Women need to stop being so gullible to marketing and so called 'influencers'.

Cheer up OP.

I'm a complete style hermit, but not so anymore. My garish leopard print wardrobe is suddenly tres chic, and EVERYWHERE. It only took the rest of the world a few years to catch up.

I'm clearly hugely stylish, who knew.

I’m almost 60 and my staple wardrobe is midi dresses and matching trainers - never white

Ive got about 30 pairs of gazelles in different colours - could not give a rats arse if it’s fashionable, I'm too old to care.

I am glad to hear ballet flats are making a comeback. I have a very tiny frame and my ankles /legs look ridiculous in clunky sandals, so have been out of vogue for a few years. Ditto flappy jeans, which just swamp me.

Argh no, I finally treated myself to some Vejas for my 50th and now I'm going to look out :( Mind you they are so pretty and pristine they should probably just stay in the box anyway where I can just admire them.

Which of the Liberty Sambas did you get? I'm definitely getting a pair, but can't decide on which pattern.

@AelinAG I've just bought these too!

I agree.

If it's in the shops this season, surely it's fashionable?
Unless you want to look outrageous and wear something perhaps that teenagers wear and will be out of 'fashion' in 2 months?

I buy my clothes from Boden (plain stuff), Nobody's Child, Mint Velvet, The White Company, J Lewis /Any Day, Whistles....

Considering they all have dresses(some that are floral ) how can they be out of fashion this season?

Oh no, I’m going to London today and it appears I don’t have the appropriate footwear 😳 will they actually let me in? Do they have emergency pairs of Reebok C85’s(?) or clogs (clogs!!) that I can borrow in order to not cause anyone to roll their eyes at my outfit?

Isn’t it a woman thing? Following trends wastes more of our time, money and the earth’s resources. The textile industry is now worse environmentally than the global aviation industry.

Mens fashion moves much more slowly. They can buy trousers and be quite confident that they will be on trend until they wear out or they otherwise make a decision to be rid of them. They can just get on with building their career, downtime, whatever.

I don't know, I tend to think that the women making an effort to follow fashion often look more like they're wearing a uniform.

Like, last year, leopard print was everywhere and it was like, "Oh, all these women read in Vogue that leopard print is in this year, and went out and bought leopard print stuff."

To me, that's a uniform, because the fashion industry is telling you what to wear and you're wearing it.

And don't even get me started on trends like wearing socks with high heeled sandals. Mind you, that's a trend that won't have time to date because most women who try it will wear it three times, whilst knowing deep down that they look ridiculous, and then stop and dig out the leopard print instead.

Well and truly out (for now). So if you like to keep your look fresh maybe give this look a miss for now. If you don’t give AF then crack on, lol, if it suits you.