The New Year is here and with it, the "new look"in teen fashion. This spring and summer's fashion trends are big, bold, loudand proud. The styles are a bit of a throwback to the 1980's, leaving behindeverything bad and bringing back only the good. From bold, beautiful plaids inpurples and browns, to spangle dangles jewelry, to chunky footwear, teenfashions for spring 2009 have a lot to say.


Colors- The colors for spring 2009 teen fashions are vibrant on theone hand, and classic on the other. Turquoise is the latest shade of blue tohit the runways, showing up in everything from prom gowns to tankinis, hats toscarves. Bright fuchsia is the year's hottest pink. Combine turquoise andfuchsia and you've got an eye-popping, traffic stopping outfit that could comestraight off the runway. On the more laid back fashion scene, navy is turquoise'shot blue cousin. Whether a jacket or a swim cover, if it's navy blue it's goingto be in demand. Brown is another of the spring's main colors. From handbags toformals, brown continues to be the "new" black for fashion. Coming inthe middle of the two color extremes is purple. From deep, royal purples fitfor princesses the world over, to more subtle shades of violet, purple standsin the gap, offering you choices that could be either vibrant and bright orlaid back or classic.


Prints- From bold and big, prints are a big item in this spring's fashions.You'll be seeing paisleys on everything -tops, skirts, dresses, bed linens,purses, even sunglasses with paisley swoops on the ear pieces. And the biggerthe paisley the better, it would seem. Stripes are on the move again, as well.And not just any stripe -big, bold, wide stripes in big, bold colors. Brown andturquoise stripes can be seen racing on t-shirts. Big stripes of bold purplesand fuchsias are marching their way across skirts, skorts and shorts for springand summer. Not so big, but no less bold, polka dots of every hue can be foundon items as varied as dresses fit for Sunday dinner at Grandma's to socks so coolyour feet will never be the same. Oh, and for those of you who prefer your dotsbig, a few designers have taken the plunge to create dresses and longer skirtsyou'll be pleased to call your own. Plaids are making a noise, too. Everythingfrom this summer's tube tops to next winter's wool coat can be had in plaid.Like their other cousins in the print scene, the bigger the better, with largerchecks winning over smaller ones.


Styles- This Spring and summer's fashions are like watching MiamiVice reruns or Madonna's breakthrough videos. It would appear that everythingold has come new again. The skinnier the jeans, the better, at least for thisyear's fashion. (Pegged jeans are even making a come-back, for those who don'tcare for the stick-legged look.) Dresses and skirts are sporting "bubblehems"- wide bands of elastic that hug the thighs allowing for the rest ofthe skirt to drape above. Ruffles and crises-cross draping on blouses and dressbodices would make any Material Girl feel right at home. (Check your mom'scloset- chances are she's still got one or two of her ruffled blouses hangingaround.) Paired with today's colors of turquoise and fuchsia, the newest inteen fashion may have your mom wondering if you time-traveled back to her daysin high school, minus the big hair and shoulder pads, of course.


Jewelry- No outfit is complete without that "perfect touch"and bling is definitely the thing among teen fashion. As with the bolder colorsand prints, teen jewelry has gone big, bold and beautiful, too. Cuff braceletsare in, in a big way. Big, plain cuffs are fine, but sparkly, studded cuffs arebetter. Necklaces have also gone bold, with large pendants and beads. If youdon't like the big look, go for layers- many of the new styles are made of severalpieces put together. Designers create the same effect with smaller chains andstrands, layered over top each other. Eco-friendliness and eco-awareness havetheir place in teen fashion, too. This year's jewelry features bone, wood andfresh water pearl, along with natural stone pieces, such as jade, turquoise andonyx. Earrings and rings are all about charming - charming charms, that is. Andthey need to make a statement, as in having something to say. The most popularstyles of charms are "emo" or expression charms, touting the weareras "moody" or "peaceful." The spangle has to dangle, yaknow?

 

Footwear- Clunky is funky. While you'll still find an occasional pair of flip-flops in a designer's line, clunky and chunky heels are stomping their way to forefront of teen fashion this Spring. Boots with 2 inch heels, wedge sandals, even clogs are getting the "thick" treatment. Strappy seems to be snappy for dress shoes. From Mary Jane's in sparkling silver to gladiator sandals in bronze, straps are showing up everywhere, too.


With its bold, bright colors and it's "bigger is better" attitude about everything, teen fashion seems to be all about making a statement this year. Not only will your fashion choices have something to say about who you are and what you're like, your clothing and accessories will have things to say about themselves, too. We're big, we're proud, we're beautiful -just like our wearers!


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