Follow Fashion to Update Your Personal Style

While every fashion trend may not be for you, following fashion trend is a great way to update your wardrobe and style without a terrific outlay of cash.  If you've invested well in your wardrobe in the past, updating may be as simple a pulling out a long-ago treasured item that passed out of style some years ago only to re-emerge as "new" again this year.

Here are some "new" trends that you may be able to incorporate directly or to modify for incorporation into your look this spring:

• Wire cage motifs.  They go anywhere.  Shoes, Jewelry. Clothing cut-outs.
• More traditional, structured jackets and toppers.  If you want to go toward man-tailored jackets, you can soften them by placing them in a monochrome look, or, if you opt for black soften if by rolling up the sleeves to give it a more relaxed look. (Harper's Bazaar says that boleros are out but I'm seeing them on racks everywhere.  Unless the style is just right for your style and shape, investing in one right now may not be your best bet.
• Sexy shoes with ropes, chains and plenty of other detail that draws the eye toward your ankle.  If you opt for the "caged" look, be sure that it does "cut off" your leg at the ankle to make your legs look short and stubby. There's no reason to go sexy and then not be able to totally pull it off.
• Bohemian jeans.  That means tears or shreds in strategic places on jeans that are worn as though they were just shrugged on at the last minute without a thought to look achieved.
• Shimmer and sparkle.  It goes at necklines, hemlines and all over.  If you opt for a bit of sparkle at work, just make sure it's just a touch and not too overwhelming. 
• City shorts in place of too tight, too short cut-offs.
• Chunky accessories.  Just be sure to go for the balance.