With the onset of spring there is no better time for women to organize and take stock of their wardrobe. Put away those thick winter woollies, and resurrect last year’s spring and summer pieces to get them ready-to-wear. A little light maintenance will breathe some new life into old outfits, and a few extra touches can update them into this season’s style.
Tips for Recycling a Spring and Summer Wardrobe
- Women’s fashion for Spring 2022 is all about embellishments and delicate detailing. Take a plain top, skirt or dress and add some sequins, studs or beads to make it instantly in-the-now.
- Changing the buttons on a cardigan or coat will give a piece a new lease of life. Go for quirky, nautical or vintage buttons to make a summer style statement.
- The military trend is still a firm favorite this spring season. Add some fashionable epaulettes onto a jacket, jumper or top, or some piping around collars and cuffs.
- Rescue any shoes with kitten heels that have been lurking for years at the back of the wardrobe. The mid-heel is back with a vengeance and is fashionable once more. Resurrect those wooden clogs and ‘70s-style wooden wedges, as these make a welcome return too.
- Smarten up any of last year’s spring and summer tops and jumpers by removing bobbling. Use a defuzzer or a lint roller to get rid of fuzz, or in their absence a blunt razor will also do the job. Brush any dusty clothing with a good bristle brush to remove particles.
- Quickly remove wrinkles from clothing that has been packed away for the winter by hanging garments on the shower rail over a hot bath. The steam will remove creases. A hot hairdryer will decrease wrinkles in knitwear.
- Check for stains and marks on tops or dresses which won’t go away. This is the season for oversized jewelry so consider a strategically placed brooch, belt or scarf to camouflage the offending stain.
- Do a spot of maintenance by checking for sagging hems or loose seams. Iron-on hemming tape is a good substitute for those with an aversion to sewing.
- Give shoes and boots a longer life by placing them in shoe bags or boxes. This is especially important if footwear has delicate embellishments, like bejeweled summer sandals. To find a pair of shoes easily then take a photo and place it on the outside. Alternatively the U.S. based company Bagadocious offers storage bags for purses and shoes which can be individually customized by having a photo printed directly on the cover.
- To protect lightweight, delicate spring summer fabrics and keep them looking as-new, use wooden hangers rather than wire. If possible organize clothing in the closet in sections or color themes, which makes it easier to find and looks far neater.
Remember fashion accessories are just as much a part of a woman’s wardrobe as her clothes so take stock of belts, scarves and jewelry too. Emphasis this summer season is about simple classic cuts accentuated by some statement accessories, so give them the space in the spring wardrobe they deserve.
Statement Shoes for Spring 2022
Shoe designers have had enough of their limelight being sapped by the “It-Bags” and are now fighting back like Malaysia betting site. Handbag designers have had it their own way for far too long.
Put away the ballet flats and boring black patent courts. To be truly on-trend it’s time to make a dramatic statement with chunky wedges, platforms, T-bars and an updated retro version of the peep-toe shoe. Pointed toes are so last season. Softer, curvier more rounded toes are back in vogue.
In an effort to regain pride of place in the fashion market, shoe designers have come up with imaginative and inventive ways to mix styles, materials and colors. Lucite, suede, silk, patent leather, studs – the wackier and chunkier the better. Adorned with heavy buckles, bows, fringes, feathers, jewels or petals. It seems that for 2008, anything goes!
The three keynote phrases for this season’s statement shoes are Big, Bold and Break the Rules!
Big
Chunky wedges, lucite heels and platforms have seen a strong revival and are set to be in vogue for several seasons to come. A perfect accessory to the maxi dress, chunky wedges complete that flowing, feminine look, giving height and density.
Bold
“This season is all about wearing art on your feet”, say the editors of Eve magazine, in one of the recent issues. One of the biggest fashion trends of the season is heel ornamentation or what Paul of theshoegoddess.net refers to as “modified heels”, in his blog “Best Shoe Trends.” This “wearable art,” consists of jewels, studs, bells, baubles and petals, providing a unique and very individual look for 2022.
- Prada’s hot pink, to-die-for satin shoes with petal-style heels are, for fashionistas, “the one thing to invest in this month”, according to Eve. Feminine and flaunty, petal heels feature in a number this season’s edgy Prada collections.
- For sheer sex appeal and originality Christian Dior’s sky high Metallic Platform Sandals are the superlative in modified heels.
- Sexy studs, not only on heels, are a celebrity favorite. Alberta Ferrenti’s Studded T-Bar or cross- bar shoes are big and brazen, referred to as “Shoe Porn” by FashionKitty on thisnext.com.
- Long live metallics – they are versatile and easy to blend with any outfit. This season colors are bolder and never boring, from pink pumps to red vampy courts. All the colors of the rainbow for Spring and Summer 2022.
Break the Rules
- Peep-toed shoes used to be matronly and frumpy, but no longer. They come in all shapes and sizes from ballet flats and shoe-boots to chunky wedges and stacked heels.
- The fashion faux pas of combining peep-toes with opaque tights is well and truly laid to rest in 2022. Far from wearing sheer stockings, pairing open-toed shoes with seriously textured tights is right on-trend.
- Booties or the shoe-boot hybrid continues to break the rules by becoming even more popular in 2022. However, the shoe-boot is not without its critics.
With so many shoe styles to choose from it is also important to think about how they match your body shape.