Trend: Goodbye Minimalism

Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. -Wikipedia

"Less is more when it comes to the minimalist fashion trend for fall 2008." -from a fashion article.

Minimalism was considered as a growing fashion trend until the the winter of 2008. Simple, clean, and classic were some key factors to minimalist fashionistas in the runway and in the streets. However, minimalism is no longer a "boom" in the fashion industry for the 2010 spring/summer season.


Maximalism in fashion describes a trend in which a lot of decorations, jewelry, patterns, and accessories are used to perform a fancy, but chic outfit.

Maximalism is a new trend in 2010 and it is favored by Hollywood stars, designers, and people everywhere. Maximalism emphasizes on certain aspects of fashion and it can summarized into six rules.

1) Impact Accessories: Accessories can be a better fashion item than clothes or bags because it gives a big "impact" despite is small size. To give a better impact, you can wear accessories with long chains, feathers, laces or gold designs.

(Pictures taken by me!)

2) Diamond Coated: Diamond is also a never-ending trend item for fashionistas. It can turn out to be fancy with dresses, classic with suits, and simple with casual outfits. Diamond is definitely an "IT" item for jewelry, but clothes, bags, and shoes can also have diamonds or cubic to show a fancy look.

(Picture taken by me!)

3) Pattern Deluxe: Patterns, patterns, patterns. The "boom" of the 70's have once again arrived in the fashion runway. Argyles, stripes, birds, nature, and dots enhance your outfit with a showy look. No fashion item is an exception when it comes to patterns as it matches well with shoes, tops, dresses, pants, skirts, and jewelry.


4) Blooming Season: As spring is coming, the fashion industry is also getting ready for the blooming flowers. Roses, ribbons, laces represent the blooming flowers in the season of spring and designers are busy with putting them on clothes and other items.


5) Layer Layer: As maximalism emphasizes a lot of fashion items on an outfit, layer looks are IN. Layer over layer: skirts over leggings, shirts over shirts, cardigans over shirts and necklaces over necklaces.

(Ashley Tisdale)

6) Head Dresser: Decorating head dressing items can be one of the steps in becoming a fashionista. What are some head dresser items? Combs, hairpins, toques, hair clasps, head bands! Head bands were used for organizing a messy hair, but it is a TOP fashion item these days!



You can be a fashionista by following the new trend: maximalism!