Neon colours, leggings, Madonna, skinny jeans………. Eighties style has been back for a while now, thankfully just the good parts. Now it seems fashion is dipping a little into the seventies with jumpsuits, impossible platform heels and my personal favourite SEQUINS (and all that is sparkly).
Jumpsuits – yeah they are nice but are not for everyone, especially if you are over an American size 8.
Platform heels – they make your legs look super duper sexy BUT it is bad for your tendons and your back muscles.
But sequins (and shiny stuff) have no limitations except an incey wincey pain of a dry-cleaning bill but they are worth it.
These 2 outfits, although completely different, combine the jumpsuit and sequin trend. Moss wore this for her 30th birthday party themed “the beautiful and the damned” and there is nothing damned about what she is wearing. She wore this in 2004 before sequins crept into our consciousness and it makes her look younger and very playful. Sequined jumpsuits are a hard thing to pull off but it is not impossible.
This exceptional creation from Alexander McQueen is very striking and bold. The style of the dress is not particularly original but the adornment of jewels/glass/ sequins transport the dress to another realm.
Hudson’s dress is a combination of the 80’s and 60’. The style of the dress firmly from the 60’s, it is a shift dress but smothered in sequins. This combo works very well.
If you are a little apprehensive or overwhelmed by sequins you can always have a plain dress with sequin detailing. I like the way Miss Deyn’s dress reflects the light, it almost adds an iridescence. Sequin detailing can be rather subtle if you mix it with plainer less stylized fabrics.
This mix of plain fabric and sequin detail is a popular trend on red carpets. Mdme Cotillard’s dress layers transparent fabric on the sequin detail, which is another way you could reduce the ostentatious nature of sequins.
Go wear some sequins and shine :-)
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