Street style blogs are an interesting platform for documenting trends. Once a trend pops up on a street style blog, it tends to go viral. The thing with trends that appear on street style blogs is that they seem much more relatable than those on the runways. They make us think “hey, I could totally pull that off” despite the fact we’re not fashion editors with access to the latest designer gear or off-duty models who always seem to have a certain level of ‘cool’ about them. Take a look at these fashion trends that probably wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for street style blogs.
1 Shoulder Robing
One thing we often see on street style blogs is people wearing their jackets draped over their shoulders, instead of putting their arms in the sleeves. The reason? Fashion, probably. Unless you’re standing directly outside a fashion show, this doesn’t seem to be a look that you would regularly see on the streets. Probably because for most people it just seems the slightest bit impractical.
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2 Half-Tucked Shirts
Before street style blogs, if I had seemed someone with half of their shirt tucked in and the other half hanging out I would have just assumed that they had been in a rush to get out of the house. But the half tuck is a popular choice for fashionistas styling their outfits. It’s a deliberate choice that adds an artfully disheveled touch to an outfit.
3 Wedge Sneakers
If it weren’t for fashion editors and bloggers being snapped wearing them, wedge sneakers probably wouldn’t have been as popular as they were. On paper, wedge sneakers don’t seem to make a lot of sense. Why would you add a heel to sneakers? But it was all about the sport luxe trend and Isabel Marant definitely started something with her signature wedge sneakers. Before long it seemed like every other brand was jumping on the wedge sneaker bandwagon.
4 Sport Luxe
The sport luxe trend is one that confuses people who aren’t plugged into fashion. Isn’t it just like wearing your gym clothes? Well, yes, but only if your gym clothes are by designers and cost upwards of a couple of hundred dollars. Sure, the sport luxe trend would still exist on the runways and in magazines but street style blogs brought it into the everyday fashion sphere. Leather baseball caps, wedge sneakers, and varsity jackets for all!
5 Veiled Beanies
Veiled beanies might have stayed on the runways at Jil Sander it weren’t for the outgoing nature of the fashion crowd. What started out as a ‘"what were they thinking" trend soon became the height of chic. The combination of a slouchy beanie and some netting at the front was just that little bit kooky and out-there that got you noticed by trend spotters.
6 High Fashion Sweatshirts
The sweatshirt, once your favourite lounging-about-the-house piece of clothing, now has status as a high fashion item. Your baggy sweatshirt isn’t going to cut it though. It’s all about the designer details. Kenzo sweatshirts paved the way with their bold tiger motifs but soon other brands like Givenchy and Balenciaga were on board. Spending hundreds of dollars on a sweatshirt seems like a crazy thing to do but the power of street style blogs is that they can make you question your sanity all for the sake of a trend.
7 Transparent Handbags
Transparent handbags only really make sense if you’re going to be snapped by a street style photographer. It’s just another way of showing off a bunch of trendy accessories that would otherwise have been hidden by any other designer It-bag. In real life though, transparent handbags and clutches are just a vessel for other people to see all the junk that you carry around on a day to day basis.
8 Ugly Shoes
There’s a tendency for street style photographers to focus on outfit details, like shoes. Enter: the ugly shoe. Whether it’s an exaggerated platform or high-heeled monstrosity, ugly shoes seem to be OK when they exist in the realm of the street style blog. Sure, a pair of polished Louboutins heels might turn heads, but it’s that buckled platform boot that’s going to get you branded as fashion-y.
9 Outrageous Everything
Now that everything fashion-related is documented, from backstage antics to runway shows to what’s happening on the street, it seems that attention-seeking fashionistas will go to any length to be snapped in their most fashion-forward outfits. It’s like they’re trying to out-fashion each other with endless combinations of zany accessories, mix and match layers, and assorted clashing prints.
These are a few trends that tend to mostly exist on street style blogs. Once they popped up, it wasn’t long before every fashionista and her mother were rocking the trend. Can you think of any other fashion trends that you’ve spotted on street style blogs lately?
