Are you bored of blurry catwalk photos on your instagram feed? Sick of seeing humble brag pictures from the front row? Yep - fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and then Paris have dominated every social media for the last month. But you're probably still a bit confused about what you're actually going to be wearing next spring, right? (And not just because planning ahead isn't always our forte).
Well, here's your bitesize breakdown of the colours, styles and ways of carrying your bag that the designers have decreed we'll all be doing next spring/summer 2015. Oh, and the WTF moment!
The colour you won’t be able to get enough of: pale blue
You’d be forgiven for thinking some designers were designing with an ‘it’s a boy!’ baby shower this season, because boy was there a lot of baby blue. It ranged from icy Fendi and Rick Owens, where he wanted to re-imagine ballerinas through the lens of brutalist architecture (we shit you not), to as saturated as a sunny sky at Dior and Jonathan Saunders. The latter even mixed it with camel in a way that looked like the best thing ever. Bottom line, we’d put money on you buying at least one pale blue thing next spring.
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The WTF item that you’re going to wear loads: Bermuda shorts
If Bermuda shorts have always made you think of Beavis and Butthead, then the SS15 collections might have made you re-consider. Neat, knee-length shorts were all over the place, and they looked boss, quite frankly. Nicholas Ghesquiere threw a denim pair into his space-disco collection for Louis Vuitton, and tit-waisted pairs made 18th century tailoring look as laid-back as your stoner mates at Dior. They’re super-flattering, and a good shape to bare in mind when cutting off your old jeans. Total arse-cheek-free zone.
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The most spectacular show: Chanel
Yeah yeah, it’s as unsurprising as trotting out David Jason for a lifetime achievement at a telly awards, because Karl always comes up with something spectacular. But you know the fashion protest the brand staged for its SS15 presentation will spawn a thousand think pieces in months to come about whether fashion and politics mix, or what it means for a man who’s said plenty of questionable things about women to suddenly cry feminism. For making sure Chanel stays on everyone’s lips when fashion week’s hype has dyed down, Karl has more than delivered.
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Most unexpected style reference: Formula One
The tedium of cars zooming relentlessly around in circles isn’t likely to fill you with style inspiration, but when you take a closer look at the bold colour schemes, structured leather and Go Faster stripes that are so prevalent in Formula One, you can see what tree Guillaume Henry is barking up with his SS15 collection for Carven. 60s shifts and A-line leather coats have never looks as good as in the black, red, yellow and white of the racetrack, and we’re totally going to start carrying our bags like they’re helmets.
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The can’t wait to wear it piece: House of Holland’s pink iridescent skirt
One of the best things about watching a House of Holland show is that actually getting your hands on what you see once it hits the shops isn’t such a mad idea, and the piece we bet you’ll most want to save your wages for is this iridescent pink mini skirt. It’ll nod to the mermaid trend which we’ve got money on being huge and is a slightly more mature take on Barbie than Jeremy Scott’s life size doll recreation. Plus, think how good it’s gonna look with a grey mohair jumper.
The vintage pin-up you're going to want to emulate: Kate Bush
It’s a toss-up between Kate Bush and David Bowie, whose influence could be so strongly felt at Louis Vuitton’s space disco, but the award goes to Kate Bush, who inspired Phoebe Philo at Celine, for your SS15 vintage pin-up. Wearing a Kate Bush T-shirt, the influential designer told Style.com that ‘she’s with me today, I hope’ referencing the vulnerability of her song This Woman’s Work as an influence on the collection. You might not be able to afford Celine, but you can’t go wrong if you channel Kate’s floaty blouses and penchant for 70s floral prints.
The IT model you’ll be seeing loads more of: Margaux Brooke
Last season it was pixie-like Binx Walton who caught our attention, and she’s gone and landed herself a Chanel campaign, so this season, we’re calling Margaux Brooke. She’s signed to Models 1, and she walked exclusively for Christopher Kane in London, as well as Yohji Yamamoto and Olympia Le Tan in Paris. With a jet-black ‘art student’ fringe, there’s an air of Rooney Mara about her, but she's smilier, and she’s got the kind of big eyes and sharp cheek bones that careers are made of. Follow her on Instagram now.
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Item you’ll be sick of by Christmas: the Moschino Barbie phone cover
The second Jeremy Scott put Barbie iPhone covers on the catwalk, it was clear they’d go the way of his previous effort, the McDonalds fries cover, and appear absolutely everywhere. And yes - it’s already been Instagrammed by street style bloggers galore and Paris Hilton, and tbh, we’re kind of sick of it already. Talk about fast fashion.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.