My Personal Style Trend Forecast for This Year
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by Elena Chen
After moving to Paris I have been on a Vinted scouting flurry, completely blinded by my obsession with the possibility of finding just another treasure online. The experience is so akin to treasure hunting that I was immediately thrown back to all those childhood memories of easter egg hunting, scavenger hunts, halloween (I don’t know why but it just might be the collecting of varied candies part of it that did it more for me) and window shopping. I have always been a forager of forgotten bygones and adore the process of finding a diamond in the rough. It is my addiction, one of the things that drive me, and I love it. There is such a thrill to it, how many gems can I find at this price, pushing the bar lower. Vintage finds somehow find a way of surprising me time and time again no matter how long I feel I’ve been in the game. This time around, it’s been Vinted, an app started in Lithuania that is widely used in France and its neighboring Mediterranean countries. I have been more keyed into trends from winter season and 2023 than ever because of how much time I’ve been rifling through Vinted posts. Whilst I do not want to be a proponent of overconsumption nor retail therapy, I am very pro filling your wardrobe and home with things that spark joy and doing so in a sustainable way. Here are some of the looks I’d be delighted to implement in 2024 and I hope it inspires you all in some way to look forward to a plentiful year of responsibly sourced style purchases.
I was watching Ash Callaghan’s YouTube video on 2024 fashion trend predictions and I had shelved away the idea of bold silhouettes until hearing it again in the video. Boxy outlines and generally fluid shapes that we’ve been seeing in our oversized looks of winter have been such a sight for sore eyes after spending two winters in Los Angeles without ever having to put on a “real” coat. How I enjoy the change of seasons.
COS * OVERSIZED DOUBLE-BREASTED WOOL COAT * $375
HAE BY HAEKIM * OVERSIZED SAILOR COLLAR JACKET * $252
But to be honest I’d personally be more than excited to see the dad, office, secretary look make its way back round again with exaggerated shoulder pads and 80s office carpet prints.
MANGO * HOUNDSTOOTH BLAZER * $129.99
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credit: Agmes Jewelry
I’m also keen for jewelry and accessories to spice things up again. As much as I am very much on board with the coquette tendence we’ve been seeing this year, I think I’d rather see my accessories branch out of softness and into a territory less familiar.
ETSY * SET OF 2 STATEMENT DOME RINGS * $166.86
ROOM SHOP * GIANT SILK SCRUNCHIE * $27
NOTTE JEWELRY * JELLY BUBBLE RINGS * $49 EACH
As we’re confronted with sweltering heats this next summer, can we bring back clothes where its functionality is on the same axis as aesthetics?
GIMAGUAS * NAVY AVENUE SHIRT * $155
KIM SHUI * MESH CUT OUT RUFFLE MAXI DRESS * $298
I am craving footwear we can walk in for hours on end.
VANS * MARY JANE STYLE 93 DX * $65
TWVP * MOON WARMER MIDDLE BOOTS * $327
credit: Collina Strada
Let’s bring back some of the adventure, the experimentation and the hope that spring always brings.
DRIES VAN NOTEN * BURGUNDY AND KHAKI STRIPED TANK * $235
AMOMENTO * BEIGE 3 WAY POUCH * $130
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MARC JACOBS
