Somebody stop me! When it comes to hunting down trends it’s the little quiet ones bubbling up underneath the surface that really pique my interest, and once I start looking, I find it hard to move onto the next task.
The big trends are plain to see right now (puffer coats, all-beige and knitted vests are strong) and they’ll undoubtedly rumble on well into 2021. Maybe they’ll even go further, because that’s how slowly these things develop nowadays—gone are the days when season upon season required an all-change klaxon and for closets to be pillaged and restocked less you risk looking outdated. It’s undeniably good and important that our wardrobes are not a revolving door of newness and more a beautifully-tended garden that only gets better over time. But that doesn’t mean we’re entirely impervious to fresh ideas. We are only human.
So, with many of our minds set to already reboot (2020 can take a hike, right?) it’s perhaps no surprise that the collective fashion set are also dipping into the new year with styling ideas and combinations we’ve not seen before. I’ve also pinpointed a few recurring themes, some of which really lend themselves to buying second-hand or vintage. Reset your mind against “must haves” and just absorb some inspiration; take an opportunity to be ahead of the looks that I think will take off in a few months’ time. Keep scrolling for my edit of 2021’s microtrends…
