2009 Fashion Trends
By Ebower
Top 5 Fall 2009 Trends
Do you want something new to wear to school or a weekend out? Try these new popular style ideas straight from the runway and celebrities!
1. "Boyfriend" jeans are all the rage. These are loose-fitted jeans that are too long. They are rolled up at the bottom. The point is to look like you borrowed your boyfriend's jeans for the day.
2. Another trend for the fall is fitted jackets. These can be tuxedo jackets or blazers that usually are 3/4 sleeve length. They can be used to dress up jeans and a t-shirt or keep warm in the fall weather when wearing tank tops or sleeveless dresses.
3. Wearing over the knee boots can update floral print or solid dresses from the summer and help you keep covered for fall weather. They are also very stylish!
4. Leather jackets are not meant to be kept in the 50's or worn only by motorcycle riders. These are meant to give a tough edgy feel over more feminine clothing.
5. Ripped stockings and tights can also provide a harder image when paired with flirty skirts or dresses.
Try any or all of these trends and you'll instantly be looking and feeling more glamorous!
Comments
Your Welcome! I love the boots also! Thanks for your comment! :)
I think it will be a great trend. Like Alison said the boots looks beautiful. Unfortunately I can't find it in my country. I think it good for my sister.
Maybe you could buy some boots online, prasetio30?
Boots are my favorite!
Thanks for your comment, Jenna! I really like them, too. I have a cute brown pair that I like to wear over skinny jeans. :)
Ebower: I think it just goes to show how fashion has come full circle. Jeans used to be seen as casual, open air work clothes. Now jeans and boots, like you describe, may be regarded as quite acceptably classy for women in roles as varied as TV presenter or pastor's wife, etc. Blessings.
True; changing times create new roles for various pieces of clothing. For instance, hats used to always be worn when in public. Now, they are used for fashion and function but are not seen as a requirement for everyone that steps their foot out of the door.
Yes, for example, a pastor's wife going out to visit someone sick today might well wear quietly classy, functional jeans with boots and a short-short jacket, instead of the floppy hat and flowed dress that someone in her situation might have worn 50 or 60 years ago.
Blessings.
That's very true. I think blue jeans are an all-american look for anyone.
I was just looking at this again and noticed the section on ripped tights; you said: 'Ripped stockings and tights can also provide a harder image'. Interesting; I guess I hadn't thought of it that way before.
You certain have some insights which wouldn't have occurred to some of us who don't have the same expertise.
Blessings.
I guess what I meant was a more alternative or rocker-type persona can be portrayed by wearing ripped tights. I believe theses are not on-trend anymore. This hub is a few years old.
Well, fine! ty. Because if you feel it's a recognized and legitimate fashion enhancement for the 'alternative or rocker-type persona', then great. I'm just learning, that's all.
Blessings.
Oh ok.
In any case, I think you may originally have presented it as a legitimate enhancement: '...5. Ripped stockings and tights can also provide a harder image when paired with flirty skirts or dresses. Try any or all of these trends and you'll instantly be looking and feeling more glamorous!...'
Fine. I'm learning from you. :)
Blessings.
I'm glad to empart you with some sort of knowledge; even if it's about women's clothing.
Ty. :)
I don't fully understand the ripped stockings and tights look, mind. But I now recognize it's viewed as a fashion enhancement.
Blessings.
Correct; I think it's better worn on teeneagers.
I might not have realized if you hadn't taken the trouble to explain it a bit; but so you think from a fashion view there is, then, probably an upper age limit to when it can be projected as a viable attainment?
Blessings.
Yes, similarly to mini-skirts or long hair is appropriate for younger ages.
Okay; interesting that you would categorized ripped stockings with as mainstream looks as minis and long hair.
V. interesting, like I said.
Blessings.
Yes, interesting, but I was just trying to convey basically (and generally) that certain styles or trends should be left for younger people.
Oh okay; yes; ty. As well as the ripped stockings and minis you mentioned long hair; I suppose then that you would think that by late teens or whenever it's increasingly imperative for long hair to be chopped.
Blessings.
No, I meant that probably when a woman is in her 40s or 50s (or older) that it might be in their best interest to have shorter hair (depending on the person).
I see; yes. My dear wife did The Chop too.
(PS: I re-read some of my comments above which in hindsight seem somewhat superfluous.)
Blessings.
That's ok. I appreciate any comment from you!
(blush)
YW. :)
I was re-reading your interesting article; it's certainly true that short jackets are very popular: 'tuxedo jackets or blazers that usually are 3/4 sleeve length. They can be used to dress up jeans'; yes, I agree, that jeans can be really classy, especially with a short jacket. Re. the 3/4 sleeve length; like, does this mean that the sleeve is only meant to reach about half-way between the elbow and the wrist?
(I'm also still - pleasantly - a bit intrigued by your fashion advocacy of ripped stockings and tights: so you would buy the stockings/tights and then would rip them deliberately, to give a sort of winningly personalized, raw aura, or something?)
Blessings.
I think it is meant to hit close to the elbow or a little bit before the elbow.
You can probably find some pre-ripped, but I think most people would rip their own. As I said earlier, this hub was written a couple of years earlier; ripped tights are no longer in fashion.
Oh okay.
I guess you never tried it anyway, even when it was in fashion to rip them.
Intriguing idea, though.
Blessings.
Yes, I never followed that trend. Yes, it was pretty interesting at the time.
Yes, quite fascinating. For what might be described as a raw, personalized look, I suppose.
Blessing.
Actually, that's a very good description of that trend.
Well, yes, it's the calculated ripping that seemed to introduce the startlingly immediate individualism to the trend, I think. (I must admit that this calculated aspect of the ripping is what seems intriguing; I could go on, but you get my thought.)
Blessings.
Yes, I understand.
ChloeAliceWilson:
Re. 'Am loving the over the knee boots and might have to treat myself. Don't think the ripped tights look is really me though!'
I guess that over the knee boots would kind of negate the ripped tights look, to some extent. Or cancel each other out. (Unless the skirt is really micro.)
Yes, they weren't meant to go together. Usually over-the-knee boots (for most people) are worn over jeans or pants. She was just stating the various looks; which ones worked for her and which ones she didn't like.
Oh okay; yes, this clarifies it; ty.
Anyway the ripped tights look was a very intriguing development that erupted onto the fashion scene some years back (and now, like you say, has gone down somewhat).
But I guess in the cyclical nature of things, it will be back! especially if there is some positive fashion value to it (though this can seemingly be a bit elusive, too).
Blessings.
Well, you're right! You never know what trend will come back with a modern twist.
Maybe even with sewn in, 'artificial rips', like with some ripped jeans?
Blessings.
Yes, I'm sure there were some like that, but I don't remember specifically seeing them.
Would you be curious to welcome the trend coming back, maybe with some of the tights having built in rips?
I guess it's not for everyone.
Blessings.
I never was a real big fan of this trend, and I really don't like them now. I'm not sure why; maybe because it seems like a 'young' trend and that most people couldn't pull it off.
Yes well maybe you appreciate it less now than when you wrote: 'Try any or all of these trends and you'll instantly be looking and feeling more glamorous!'
Blessings.
prasetio30:
Re. 'I think it will be a great trend. Like Alison said the boots looks beautiful. Unfortunately I can't find it in my country. I think it good for my sister.'
Above knee boots are great, but presumably they 'work' mainly when worn with pants, because if a skirt covers them anyway, one could almost say, What's the point?
(Unless it's really micro skirt.)
True, but I just think they look better with covered legs in pants or jeans. I guess I'm conservative or modest in that way.
Yes, well this is what I meant about the pants with above knee boots.
I actually think blue jeans can quietly be very feminine.
Blessings.
I like your description: '...blue jeans can quietly be very feminine'. That's very true. What was meant for working (blue jeans) has turned into an American staple over many years.
Yes, today, a pastor's wife, out visiting folk, can wear blue jeans, boots and a short jacket and be gently classy.
(I'm not sure a pastor's wife could pull off wearing the ripped tights look, though the occasional pastor's daughter might attempt it ... just about.)
Blessings.
Haha; you're entirely correct. Although, it would depend what church it was. There's all kinds of churches these days. That does sound like some pastors' daughters.
Well, it all depends, I guess ...
Blessings.
Yes, pretty much; there's always an exception or specific example.
You mean, pastors' daughters with the ripped tights look?
(You probably don't mean pastors' wives ...)(smile)
Blessings.
Both could pull it off depending on the church. Like I said, there's all kinds of churches out there these days. :)
You think that the ripped tights look could look ruggedly classy even on a pastor's wife?
Interesting idea ...
(Not sure you really like it, though, do you?)
Blessings.
I confess that it would be an unusual church. It might not be my first church, but God looks at the inner person not the outward appearance.
Well, this is very interesting, anyway. I agree about the heart. I guess, too, that a pastor's wife will often dress, however classily, with just a slight conservative restraint in mind so that people from a whole range of ages won't be a bit offended or shocked. I can see, too, that ripping tights is considered a legitimate fashion choice by some, and that there might be some youngish pastors' wives around who might at least wish that this is something they could do! (But what do I know?)
Blessings.
I was thinking more of the churches that meet in a coffeehouse or a converted theater space; definitely not your typical church. There aren't many out there like that.
So you mean this particular sort of church environment, where a pastor's wife doing it to provide what you call 'a harder image', would be more appropriate?
Blessings.
I guess that's what I meant. In other words, a pastor's wife would have to deem what is appropriate to wear as a Christian women and what is ok for her to wear at the setting of her husband's church.
I see, ty. Interesting anyway that you think that even a pastor's wife in some circumstances could pull off the ripped look effectively.
Blessings.
It is a stretch! Although, there are almost always an exceptions to the rule.
Okay, ty. Anyway I guess I was commenting on when you said about pastors' daughters AND wives: 'Both could pull it off depending on the church.'
You're teaching me a lot about fashion anyway!
Blessings.
lol I guess I'm glad I could inform you.
Like I said, the ripped look, and its rationale, is so intriguing; I'm continuing to learn from you!
Blessings.
I'm glad to be of service! :)
(smile)
Blessings.
PS: In any case another of your featured articles, above, is ripped jeans, which of course have long been established as a widely recognized fashion choice. I guess in a slightly more fragile context, the ripped tights look is in a similar category.
Blessings.
Either I'm tired or having a 'dumb blonde' moment. lol Can you explain what you meant?
Okay!
People rip jeans, and the ripped look is regarded as fashionable.
Some women rip tights, and the ripped look is regarded by some ppl as fashionable, too.
Blessings.
PS: You may be blonde (when you feel like being blonde).
But the impression I've gotten is that you're certainly not dumb! (Smile)
Blessings.
Yes, I guess the 'ripped look' is trendy or fashionable for some today. I like to say I'm a smart blonde that has 'dumb blonde' moments. lol Thanks! :)
YW (smile)
I suppose you don't like the ripped jeans look, either, though, for yourself. (You said you didn't really like the ripped tights look.)
Blessings.
I like how it look son some people. I haven't ever found a pair that I would be willing to pay for. I'm not sure it's the type of jeans for me either.
So you don't mind the ripped look at all, really.
Preferably on denim, then (but not at all on nylons?)
Blessings.
Most young people look good in ripped denim. It takes a special or unique person to pull off ripped tights.
A rather subtle answer, I think. :)
Put differently, you readily admit to liking the ripped jeans look on many ppl. You maybe prefer not to say (which is fine), or you're not sure, whether you like the ripped nylons look.
Blessings.
PS: Maybe 'tactful' would be a better word than 'subtle'.
Blessings.
Yes, I liked ripped jeans on younger people such as myself. In other words, I like ripped tights on some people but not on most.
Ty; so you do genuinely think ripped tights look cool on some people, at least. I guess, like you said, the look is cool because it makes them 'special and unique'. Blessings.
Yes, that's how I feel about both.
Well, interesting. Like I say, I find the ripped tights look rather intriguing.
I'm wondering how people go the stage further in their thinking to able to say that they actually like the look of ripped tights. In other words, not only to recognize that this fashion look does contribute to the person being special and unique. But also how, or why.
Maybe it's bound up in some way with what you call a 'harder image'.
(Maybe I'm not expressing myself well. It's very intriguing, anyway.)
Blessings.
PS: But maybe I'm waffling a bit too much?
Yes, I would say it was a harder image; almost like a punk rock look (I guess). Waffle away! lol P.S. I'm not exactly sure what that means.
Yes, interesting! So to some extent, do you like the punk rock image, with all its elemental vigor, striking rock music, together with accessories such as piercings and (yes) slashed tights?
Blessings.
I like some of it. Although, I don't like to label a person 'punk rock' or 'preppy' because of how they dress or what music they listen to. I like to look at each person on an individual basis.
I see, ty.
So as far as punk rock is concerned, I guess maybe you do like to be stirred by a strident rock rhythm, and the sheer expressiveness of a general punk rock look including the dyed, or partly head-shaved, multipierced, and slashed tights aspects: but underneath it all you try to remember there may be a friendly and sensitive individual. If this makes sense?
Blessings.
Well, that's true. Mainly, I was trying to express that I don't like to put labels on people.
I don't want to put words in your mouth, mind you. But now that you say you quite like punk rock in some of its manifestations, I was kind of guessing what your approach was. Blessings.
Hmm...I like wearing Converse shoes (does that count?). I've dyed my hair in the past a very light blonde. I like to wear skinny jeans. I'm not sure if any of this has to do with punk rock. lol These are just things I like or have done in the past.
You know the terminology far better than me! :) (smile)
Re. skinny jeans, I reckon these days there would be some pastors' wives, and youngish grandmothers who looooove skinny jeans, too, so it's not only punk.
Re, hair, I think some people into punk like a buzz or an undercut; did you ever consider these, too, maybe?
Blessings.
This is true; skinny jeans are very mainstream now. :) I've never considered it for myself, but it looks good on some.
Yes, combined with a short jacket, floppy belt, or big belt buckle, etc., skinny jeans can be quietly classy.
Blessings.
PS: So you do like the cropped at the sides, undercut that contributes to a punk look?
Blessings.
That's true; skinny jeans can be worn with alot of things.
It looks good on some people.
Like you say, skinny jeans goes with lots of things. (But almost by definition, the ripped tights look won't 'work' without a skirt, right.)
Blessings.
Well, a skirt or shorts could work with ripped tights, but I think skirts would look better with them.
Yes, shorts can be seen as casual wear but nylons with shorts is becoming a classy look as well, I think.
Blessings.
(The ripped aspect is a separate one, of course.)
Yes, it can be seen as classy sometimes, but usually I see it as sort of a funky look.
Funky? I see. So how do you mean exactly, as opposed to classy?
Blessings.
Not many people wear tights underneath their shorts. It's hard to explain; it's just a different look. Classy might equal black tights with dressy shorts. Funky might mean patterened or neon tights under cut-offs.
I see, ty. But you do think that dressy shorts with sober nylons is becoming quite a classy look?
Blessings.
I haven't seen a lot of people wearing it where I've been in the past year, but I think its quite classy anyway.
It used to be than a businesswoman making a presentation would usually wear a skirt or dress pants, but I think now a conservative pair of shorts worn with nylons and some other accessories would also work.
Blessings.
Yes; some workplaces allow dressy shorts today. One just has to be careful that the shorts are long enough. For example, they should probably fall just above the knee.
Yes, I guess you mean, for shorts, the length equivalent of a 'borderline' miniskirt but definitely not a microskirt.
Blessings.
Anyway it's kind of noticeable that shorts on their own without nylons aren't regarded as dressy, but with nylons they suddenly can be, in some circumstances.
(But what do I know?)
Blessings.
Yes, I think you're right. Sometimes shorts can be dressy on their own, but with tights, they're definitely dressy.
But anyway shorts with ripped tights: they may make fashion sense in some circumstances, but they don't make sense in a business context, right.
Blessings.
I don't believe so.
The texture of the shorts is also significant. In theory, even a pin-striped suit can be turned into classy shorts for women in business, whereas denim wouldn't be regarded as formal business-wear. Blessings.
Seen any further, interesting fashion trends recently?
Blessings.
PS: I'm still intrigued by your comments about the ripped tights look; you've taught me a lot; you see. It strikes me as well that, especially when money is scarce, for a young lady to buy tights and then rip them deliberately must show on her part quite some dedication to this particular expression of fashion sense, right?
It's all quite intriguing.
Blessings.
I enjoyed this hub very much (even though it is not fashion for 2011). Having said that, I still wear this style and like it. I am hoping you will write a fashion hub for 2012! I'm a new fan and eager to read more hubs by you. Voted UP!
vocalcoach~
vocalcoach: Thanks so much! It's ok to wear things that are no longer in style; I believe people should wear what makes them feel great. I might just have to write that; thanks for the suggestion!
Besides, fashion is cyclical, isn't it? what was in style, might one day come into style again, right? Blessings.
You are so right! And I agree about wearing what makes you feel good. Especially when it comes to shoes. Now - that is another hub. :) Peace and joy to you!
f: This is true. Although, it usually takes 20 to 30 years to recycle fashion trends.
vocalcoach: Maybe you should write that hub about shoes. :) The same to you!
Yes, well in the case of minis, I guess minis and floppies can be in vogue simultaneously, both generally and with the same person, it seems to me. (If this makes sense.)
Blessings.
ChloeAliceWilson 2 years ago
Thanks for the tips. Am loving the over the knee boots and might have to treat myself. Don't think the ripped tights look is really me though!