Spring Fling

What’s in for spring? This is not a rhetorical question: I really want to know. (I can hear your collective gasps at my ignorance.) I have kept this breaking news hush-hush, but the truth is I overcame my addiction to fashion magazines about a year and a half ago. I went cold turkey, and have only slipped up a few times.

Why would I do such a shocking thing? Well, I was becoming inundated by magazines that I had no time to read. The piles were towering guiltily on my coffee table, and finally I decided it had to stop. So now spring is virtually upon me, and I have no clue.

But surely – as per usual – it’s pretty pastel colours and florals and floaty things that match the joie de vivre of spring, right? Regardless of exactly which colours are in fashion, I advise you to wear what suits your complexion, at least next to your face.

…spring is such a lovely time of year: fruit trees blossoming, balmy breezes, sunshine, birds singing again…

I have been doing a lot of vintage shopping lately, disregarding trends, although as it happens some of my favourite things are fashionable at the moment: 1950/60s style, lace, over the knee socks and stripes are a few. (I did purchase a gorgeous current season Veronika Maine top in bold orange and taupe stripes, which I LOVE.)

But spring is such a lovely time of year: fruit trees blossoming, balmy breezes, sunshine, birds singing again in the morning, beautiful scents in the air. So why get hung up on trends? Go out and enjoy the weather, and wear what makes you happy.