Myer: what to expect in Spring

If nothing else, then Australia’s departmental store battle has proved one fact – get a stunning model to prance down the catwalk and you’ll get smiling faces walking out the door. With a glitzy show, department store giant Myer did just that as it unveiled its spring / summer 2011 offering in Sydney last night.

Brand ambassador and face of the store Jennifer Hawkins led the charge of models celebrating summer on the runway, while the chilly wind and rain lashing Sydney outside argued otherwise. But as paraded last night, the southern hemisphere is en route for a delightful treat in the upcoming warmer months.

And what will Myer be offering for those months? You’ll find that after the break along with all the catwalk pictures.

Wide-leg pants: women’s fashion trend

It must be said that wide-leg pants are not for everyone. It’s for that reason that they’ve never been thedominant style to conquer the streets (not in the average fashioniers’ lifetime, anyway) and, while we count them amoung 2011′s fashion trends, we don’t expect their lack of mass popularity change in a hurry. Skinnies have a long life left in them yet; but this is an year in which flares are on-trend, and wide leg pants are there alongside them. But while the wide-leg may not become your new wardrobe staple just yet, don’t overlook it as an elegant, stylish addition to your 2011 repertoire, particularly when styled righ

Bell bottoms:

the return of flared jeans

It’s about this time every year that the world at large, and not just those in the know such as yourself, start to look to the new year’s trends and ponder about the larger direction of clothing. Every December we see this fact played out time and time again, both in the correspondance we receive and in the activity across Fashionising.com, with questions such as are skinny jeans still in fashion becoming increasingly frequent. And the short answer is: yes, skinny jeans are still in fashion – they’re going nowhere, at least in terms of trends, fast. But while that’s a fact, 2011′s fashion trends show the inverse to be true: flared jeans and flared trousers are back for both men and women for as a spring 2011 fashion trend.