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FASHIONISTA’S WORST EXPERIENCE What is Fashion Trend? Trend is the lead in which something new evolving, mostly leaning, penchant and line of growth. Hence, fashion trend is the latest evolvement of the fashion industry. What is Fashion Trend Really About?

BY KATYA It’s a fashionista’s worst experience, even worse than looking oversize buddy, more degrading than wearing the same dress in another party -- it’s the fear of symbolizing looking yesteryear fashion trend model. Sometimes, fashion trends are considered as fads, are disreputably erratic. The fashion industry players are always on the quest to bring up something “NEW” & “HOT”.

Your closet can give the answer. If you don’t want to look at it, well. well. this resembles that you are matching your steps with the latest fashion trends. What it’s relation to fashion? People stick rigidly to the rules - okay, maybe not ‘YOU’. You may be one of those who walk their own way and dress as they like. When it comes to the fashion industry, it’s a continuously changing world. Even though some trends are considered as ludicrous and outdated, many other comebacks with innovative ideas. Pace and Re-emergence of Latest Fashion Trends Now its new millennium, but most of fashion things like the pegged pant legs, jelly bracelets, and finally the denim jeans, seem to be returning

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in trends again. It comes out that the latest fashion trends are simply have nothing new at all. Almost everything re-emerged in fashion trend. You can virtually find torn jeans in every clothing retail store. Who decides What’s ‘Hot’ and ‘Not’ in Fashion Trends There is no existence of specific group who declares what is hot fashion trend or not. In fact, the fashion designers and consumers who buys-out the fashion merchandise make their judgment and throw several opinions out there and observe what is grabbed. Basically, ‘WE’, the consumer decide which merchandise is hot by making our minds what to purchase and wear. The Fashion Trend Cycle First part of the cycle, where the trend is highly hunted immediately after seeing that great fashionable hat, dress or shoe on the runway, red carpet or music video. Next, comes the emulation phase, where everyone wants a piece of the trend. Only big shots, celebrities and fashion industry players have


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