Mademoiselle
Coco
by Nahal Shad
The great
Madame Coco herself once said, “Women think of all colors except the absence of
color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute.
It is the perfect harmony.” This quote is slowly coming to life this year, and
when fall 2013 rolls around it will become all we see! Embrace the black and
white ladies and gentlemen because there is no running from it! The current
trend with black and white comes in checkered form. All over every city, the
fashionistas are reaching out for their most unique twist on checkered fashion!
I am yet to
fully grasp this trend, and the thing is that it is a really tricky one!
if you pair checkered print with a bright, bold colour (that is also in season
this year), you are literally killing two trends with one stone, and it is
scary, please refrain from doing so. Don’t get me wrong, I am all about big,
bold fashion statements, but this trend done wrong can literally make you look
like an optical illusion! I have seen it, and it does not look fabulous in any
way, it makes you trigger headaches among populations everywhere you go!
This print is also a tough one to wear
simply because of the bodily illusion it gives. Checkered print makes the body
look a lot larger than it is. It gives off a broader image of someone because
it draws your view horizontally instead of vertically. If you are looking to
stay with the black and white trend in give your body a slimmer look, then
using the thinner vertical line prints would be a much better option for you.
Another
option here is to add this print to your look in a more minor way. Getting
checkered shoes, or a checkered belt, scarf or accessory could help you pull
together this look in a more subtle way. However if you make this decision you
must be very careful with what your main outfit is. If your main outfit is a
bright yellow fitted dress, I would not pair it with a checkered belt for a
slimming illusion. wearing a little black dress with a checkered belt or opting
for a fitted maroon dress with a checkered shoe addition are both great options
for keeping in with the trend and changing it to flatter your body shape! Remember
that trends are great to follow, but if you feel uncomfortable in a trend, it
will show in your look, and trust me when i tell you this, uncomfortable is the
worst look.
I think that Marc Jacobs and Louis
Vuitton are doing this look best so far. Louis who has stealthy done their
trademark checkered print for a couple years already is taking this trend on
full force to take it as far as classy will allow them to. Marc, who is
infamous for testing boundaries is also have a ball with the checkers, and in
my opinion, the risks he has taken so far have paid off quite well! He has
played the pieces so daring and absurd that they look amazing!
Overall,
the checker print is a great look. Some people are jumping into this trend head
first, while others are merely dipping their toes in. I think the latter is
taking the right approach because if we do this look hard for the next three
seasons we are going to get extremely sick of it. But if we pace ourselves and
slowly immerse we can fall in love with it as it begins to explode. Styling is
the most important aspect of this trend, style well and you will be a
trendsetter to watch for, style it wrong but you will be a trendkiller, a title
that is hard to shake off with a look this bold.
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