What April said! You've got the trendy colours, the metallic shoe and the chunky sole. You are on trend!
Also, I'm thrilled you're trying on my moniker!
In terms of incorporating trends, going forward -- I think you probably do it somewhat intuitively already, i.e. you gravitate to the trends that you like/ suspect will suit you pretty naturally. If you feel that hasn't been happening as much as you might like, it might just mean you need a closet refresh-- think about when you last bought X type of item and whether it was a near-identical repeat of a previously owned item (in which case you might want to switch things up a bit -- or not -- depending!) I have a bad habit of repeating favourites (i.e. when one wears out I buy the next closest thing I can find) and sometimes that's a great idea but sometimes it gets me into a bit of a style rut.
For some people, switching up their footwear is the easiest way to play with trends. And trendy footwear definitely changes the flavour of a look and shows you're paying attention to your style.
But that doesn't work for everyone. For instance, trendy footwear might work well for you now in your line of work, since comfortable shoes are on trend, but what if the trend goes to stilettos? You aren't going to wear those to work!
Angie's personal method, as far as I understand it, is the following:
She always wears her signature colours, trending or not -- but she does stock up on her favourites if and when they do trend.
She tends to wear more classic pieces up top. This isn't universal - -she will experiment with sleeve shapes, and jacket lengths/ cuts (to a degree) and she will go longer or shorter with tops, depending on what silhouettes are current -- but she generally sticks to higher necklines, set in sleeves, and structure at the shoulder/ neck point, and that often means fairly classic button-front shirts and classic sweaters. In other words, tops are rarely the trendiest part of her style. Of course, if crewneck sweaters have a "moment" she is all over it!
She always goes for flat shoes or very low heels and she also mostly wears refined footwear -- so except when those are trending, her footwear generally isn't the most trendy part of her style, either. It's not unstylish, it's just not super trendy.
Bottoms, and especially jeans, are where you will see her play most with the trends. She refreshes every season.
Outerwear can be trendy or classic. She keeps many of her coats for years.
A lot of this has to do with her personal body type modifiers. Getting the right fit -- structure -- up top is key with her small, delicate frame. It might be similar for you?
