Here’s an easy breezy Summer pants look to wear in high heat. It’s for those who don’t like to wear skirts and dresses, and feel too exposed in shorts. The most important component of the formula is a pair of soft, roomy, wide and floppy palazzo pants, which can be patterned or solid, and in any colour palette.
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Link Love: Sustainability in the Beauty Product Industry
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Team Bookend or Team Don’t Bookend
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Spring and Summer 2021: Footwear
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Link Love: Celebrating Women-Owned Brands
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Spring and Summer 2021: Jeans
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Spring and Summer 2021: Theme and Silhouette
It’s trend talk on YLF. Earlier this week I reported on the all important directional trends, and gave a colour and pattern …
Spring and Summer 2021: Colour and Pattern
After yesterday’s post on the directional trends that are changing the world of fashion and style in important ways, it’s …
Spring and Summer 2021: Directional Trends
Welcome to trends week. This is the first of five posts discussing the next six months of trendy fashion. Breaking things up …
