Fashion Week in New York, Milan and Paris brought us
so many fresh dress designs and styles, we can
hardly take it all in. We can't help but be
mesmerized by the scrumptious textures, sheen,
sparkles and sequins, not to mention the breath-taking colors. This year we noticed a whole
palette of tertiary color mixtures we had never seen
before; it was as if the designers were working with
tubes of oil paints rather than the trusty Crayola
64 box. Some with names like Posuolli Earth and
Pthalo Blue. Huh? But we loved them anyway, even if
we can' t pronounce them!
Now
that all the runway reports are in, thanks to our
own Redcat, we can't wait to see what is in store
for us when we head off to shop for our prom dress
for the 2012 season. From the looks of it, my guess
is we're going to be heading back to a more
sophisticated look, dresses that take us back to the
glamorous days of early Hollywood, where the men
wore suits and the women wore gowns even during the
day! That was glamour!
Nowadays, prom girls are lucky. No longer do they
have to wait out for entire seasons to lapse before
they start to see the up-to-the-minute trends for
formal wear ranging from cocktail dresses to wedding
gowns and everything in between, especially prom
dresses!
Here
are some of the trends we look forward to trying out
come prom season 2012.
The Peplum
Sometimes attributed to Victoria Beckham, the peplum
is a flared ruffle attached to the waist of a
jacket, bodice, etc. It was widely used in lace
Victorian blouses with the waistline cinched
tightly, which allowed the blouse to stay tucked
inside the skirt. It was also a highly prized
fashion trend for women in the 1940's who sought to
feminize the traditional suit by cinching in the
waistline of the suit jacket and wearing seamed
hosiery and high heels.
The
peplum style is a great prom dress style for girls
who want to disguise a large tummy area or who just
want to accentuate their hips and make their
waistline look smaller at the same time.
The Ballgown
The
ballgown will be a hot
item once again in the wedding industry after years
of svelte but casual columns of past years. And that
makes our day, since we never really felt quite
grown up enough (or warm enough) in the short poufy
baby doll dresses of last year. Prom 2012 will
surely see a variety of ballgown styles once again;
it would be a shame if prom girls did not take
advantage of this opportunity to go fully formal
without the stress of planning a wedding! You will so enjoy wearing
all the luscious layers of silk, satin and taffeta
fabric, which are recommended. Chiffon or chemise,
just won't do if you are trying to attain the
ultimate in fullness.
The High Low Trend
We have
reason to believe that the high-low trend will
persist into the coming prom dress season, if for no
other reason than to showcase the incoming ballgowns,
as mentioned above. In the best of times a ballgown
can be a tricky prom dress to wear, especially if
you are wearing high heels for the first time!
A prom
dress with a high hem in the front and a low hemline
in the back gives today's prom girl the best of both
worlds: its stylish and functional! I mean, who want
to attend prom in a prom dress that you can't dance
in?
This
prom dress trend will work great if you want to go
super formal and show off your gorgeous legs at the
same time!
Flowers
Not
your mom's kitchen curtains, by far. Betsey Johnson
has already brought us the cutesy bouquets from all
your favorite crazy quilts, but this year she and
many other designers upping the ante with watercolor
splashes of neon tones that say bold and confident,
just like us!
We can
also expect to see the flower motif, in the
embellishments, like in the draping, lace
embroidery, or digi-prints,
Sequins
Sparkles and glitter will rule the dance floor this
year!
Fairy
lights, oh how we love em. And this year we will
have more choices than ever, don't be surprised when
you find them on collars, belts, shoulders trim, at
hemlines, in the form of sequins.
For
anyone who wants to shimmer all night long, a fully
sequinned dress is the way to go. Keep in mind,
though that any dress that is shiny will show your
every curve, so this is a perfect choice for slender
girls who want to add a little va-voom to the party.
Prints
I have
an inkling that deciding on which prom dress to buy
will be even more of a challenge this prom season,
due to the abundance of wonderfully chic textures
create by printing patterns onto the fabric. I've
already seen prom dresses that are as artistic as
any modern painting or as complicated as any
lithograph.
Patterns that evoke imagery like "crystalline snow"
and "mercurial atmosphere", will surely be popular
with creative and insightful prom girls who want a
look that say's "I'm one of a kind"!
Prom Dresses for 2012
Come
spring, no doubt ready to wear designers will try to
convince you to buy their next hot item, trust me on
this, but we want to give you the heads up before
prom dress season comes crushing down on you, so you
have time to sort out beforehand which styles you
think you should be wearing, given that you actually
want to look fabulous on prom night. Something the
designers don't really have the time (or the
inclination) to deal with.
Well,
we think that is wrong. That's why we want to
present a few of the most prominent trends that
you'll most likely see and unravel the whole concept
of what's hot and what's not! In the end, all we
want is for you to know what looks hot on you! I
mean, wouldn't you rather look hot than not?
These
days, with the universal use of newsfeeds, blogs and
streaming videos, the savvy shopper learns of trends
in an instant and doesn't want to wait until it
reaches her price range. And retailers are quick to
respond to the demand, by the time the runway
collections are rolling out, the inspired-by ready
to wear versions are also available, sometimes the
same day!
So the
fortunate prom girl can now purchase a runway style
prom dress while it is still at the top of its game,
not some months later as it was just a few short
years ago when I was buying my first prom dress!
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