ohh summer trends, summer trends!

so guess what? It's raining. I am not going to go on about rain again though, but I'm going to write about what makes me happy in the summer. There is a lot of things, but the major thing is dressing in the summer. I will never understand how the majority of "fashionistas" like dressing for the winter more. I don't AT all, I would much rather wear a great dress with flats and beautiful earrings than wear a great dress with tights, boots, a hat and all that. When it comes down to it, I am a very simple dresser. I don't really believe in mixing prints or layering.. maybe this makes me a bad example of "good" style but I just don't like layering. I HAVE to layer to deal with the weather and I don't like it. So summer, summer trends. Guess what the biggest one is? Floral.

Floral MIGHT not be the biggest trend, but it's the most apparent in the retail world and well for someone who cannot afford the likes of Chloe and Givenchy. I'm a retail girl and I live in a retail world, okay bad Madonna reference - I know. Okay, to the topic at hand... I love floral, LOVE it! I have some pieces in my wardrobe that I get excited about when I get to wear them. Now .. I bought my gorgeous silk floral skirt last year and I am still obsessed with it, this was before floral got HUGE, so yeah it was a great find and am still wickedly happy with it. Fast forward a year, floral is freaking everywhere. It's too much, it's gotten to the point that I can call it ugly, some is still okay but some stores are just trying to make a quick buck and make a god awful high waisted black banded (MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE EVER) floral skirt. I hate the black band with the floral, it looks terrible. I love those skirts if the band matches the skirt, but no. When I think of floral, I think of pretty soft pastels or great rich colors. Not black.
nononono.

The point of this rant is, just because something is trendy .. doesn't mean it looks good, I love trends, don't get me wrong. I just think that too many people focus on the trends, it's sad, really. This trend has gotten out of control, I am not saying I don't like floral. DON'T THINK I AM A HATER. it's just too much, my original idea for this was TOO PRETTY? but there is no such thing as too pretty, this is just too much. So to wrap this blog up, wear floral if you like it, don't buy trends just because they are all you can see .. and well wear what you want. Dress how you want to live, if you want to be a crazy floral loving girl, then girl, be that crazy floral loving girl. Just watch it on the black band high wasted skirts ;)