Being "on trend".. Why??

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#17
sdkitty said:
unless she thought it was a terrible idea....but even at that if she told you what she thought and you still wanted it makes no sense for her to refuse
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Same thing happened to me. The hairdresser said that she didn't want people to see me leave the salon with a hair cut she thought didn't suit me....:amazed:
 
#19
I think everybody is influenced by trends. It is what fashion is about, like Karl Lagerfeld said, the new. Even things we think of as classics, like say, a trench, are this century trends, something a Middle Ages person wouldn’t wear. Plus a trench is never just a trench, even the most subtle cut and proportion details are influenced by trend. People who are more into fashion are more trend aware, the young are more trend aware than the old, some buy into trends earlier, others when they trickle down...

Everything we think of as a classic was once a trend.
 
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"Trendy and fashion is for people who have no sense of style."
Running after trends - unless the trend in question is very healthy or practical which a trend usually isn't - seems to be for people who have no sense of what is their thing.

A sense of personal style usually comes with years and mistakes made. Probably all of us have made more or less successful tries at finding our thing and bags are a part of this. When someone unsure of their style sees a bag (or anything else that's trendy) that everyone wants or has, it'll be easy to convince yourself that you need to have that bag. They may know the bag is really expensive or overpriced, heavy, impractical etc, but they still have to try it.
Some people actually find their thing doing this. Lucky for them! For others, going along with trends usually is just an expensive way to find the style they're searching for.
 
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Thank you all for your replies. I ask because I see a lot of questions here like "will this bag look dated?" etc. Especially now, with Instagram "influencers" and YouTube, I see so many who want to be"on trend", or even on YouTube, it's all about the latest trend. I guess I am curious about it because I don't see the importance of it. Also it must be very expensive to be on top of the latest trends, especially with bags. Some of them cost so much, you should get years of use out of them. Many many years!
Thanks again!
 
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Amazona said:
"Trendy and fashion is for people who have no sense of style."
Running after trends - unless the trend in question is very healthy or practical which a trend usually isn't - seems to be for people who have no sense of what is their thing.

A sense of personal style usually comes with years and mistakes made. Probably all of us have made more or less successful tries at finding our thing and bags are a part of this. When someone unsure of their style sees a bag (or anything else that's trendy) that everyone wants or has, it'll be easy to convince yourself that you need to have that bag. They may know the bag is really expensive or overpriced, heavy, impractical etc, but they still have to try it.
Some people actually find their thing doing this. Lucky for them! For others, going along with trends usually is just an expensive way to find the style they're searching for.
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Great post!
 
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NateSelwyn25 said:
This is the era of "you do you" if it makes you happy. Wear black combat boots in summer or yellow ballerina flats in winter. Put on a lime green jumpsuit and a bright fuschia purse(Okay don't do that last around too much, I'll cry from the color clash). Do what you love, wear what you love, screw the rest of it.
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Agree 100%
 
#28
I have my core groups of types of clothes and accessories I wear, but periodically refresh them. They'll get old, worn, and I'll look to what's out there to update my styling, but I don't feel the need to change my wardrobe because of the trends. Most people I know don't follow designers, so it's not like they'll realize something is a few years old.
 
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leechiyong said:
I have my core groups of types of clothes and accessories I wear, but periodically refresh them. They'll get old, worn, and I'll look to what's out there to update my styling, but I don't feel the need to change my wardrobe because of the trends. Most people I know don't follow designers, so it's not like they'll realize something is a few years old.
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I don't usually get a lot of wear an tear on my clothes or bags. Exception is tee shirts with the tiny holes near the bottom
 
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