spring awakening

I'm a sucker for fashion. Limited budget does not equal limited taste. Shopping at mainstream stores like Charlotte Russe or that cute little boutique everyone's asking about is my type of thing. Way psyched about spring and summer 2010 trends, so I decided to fill my readers in over at Mash.



"Spring is just around the corner! Weather allowing, it's time to start thinking about wardrobe innovations to transition smoothly and fashionably into the new season.

(Photo courtesy of Teen Vogue.)

According to The Skinny (blog.forever21.com), floral and animal prints will come into play once more during this year’s spring season. Dakota Fanning wore a leopard-print dress for the December Teen Vogue, and a replica of it is now available at Forever 21 in its resort collection.


Spring will be the time to pump up the volume, ladies. Stay away from flat and lifeless hairstyles. On an elle.com poll, readers agreed that Drew Barrymore’s dead hair she wore to the Golden Globe Awards wasn't as impressive as the sky-high bouffant Beyonce wore to the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Elle readers also voted for Sandra Bullock’s loose, sideswept bun that she wore to the Golden Globes over the textured and pulled-back hair she sported at the SAGs.

(Photo courtesy of polyvore.com.)

Redheads of both genders, embrace the hair. Red hot locks like those from the Louis Vuitton Spring 2010 show and Coco Rocha for Vogue will be as hot as their color for the year. Recommended hairstyles for both redheads and non redheads, according to Elle, are braids like Lauren Conrad’s and loose buns, such as that one that Sandra Bullock wore to the Golden Globe Awards. According to fashionising.com, 1960s hairstyles will make a rebound, igniting a pin-up girl hair frenzy. Girls, it is time to kick old school again and pull out those hot rollers; there will be no curling irons this time around. As for those who cut their hair to a bob last year, fret not. Elle reports that outgrown bobs will also be in style for the spring season.


Turquoise is officially the color of 2010, and not without reason. According to Pantone, the company chose turquoise as the color of the year for evoking its “soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of well being.” Turquoise already appeared in the Proenza Schoulder Spring 2010 collection, as well as the Jason Wu's 2010 shirts, dresses and harem pants."

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