S* shapes style

"Real-people casting" is decidedly not a new trend — by this point, it's been employed by everyone from  Dove  to  Lanvin  to  Uniqlo  to  V , which put a regular Jane on its  cover  in 2002 — but it shows no signs of slowing down. Last week,  DKNY   cast "real New Yorkers"  in its fall ads,  Marc by Marc Jacobs  recently found its campaign faces  on social media,  and Cara Delevingne is  scouring Instagram  for new models. So we decided to try to figure out what, exactly, it takes to make it as a "real-person" model. (Make sure to take "real" with a healthy dose of salt here.) 1. Have a hair color that falls on the Crayola end of the spectrum. (Like our sassy blue-haired friend in the  Marc by Marc Jacobs  campaign, or the dude in the  DKNY campaign. ) 2. Have five or more hyphens in your job title. Sample: DJ-entrepreneur-kiteboarder–vegan baker–filmmaker. (Or  this Lanvi...

Fashion trends : whether you want to follow them, ignore them, or rebel against them entirely, the one thing you can’t do is deny their existence. They are alway there, always influencing and always evolving. It’s our position that there are no set rules or laws that govern the realm of fashion. There’s nothing you  must  buy or  must  do, and there’s certainly nothing – ever – that you absolutely  cannot  do. If you love something, wear it, and that goes for whether it’s a trend fresh off the runways or not. The fall / winter  2014 fashion trends  are no different. Still on the horizon, they’ll yet march onto the runways, onto the shelves, and into our wardrobes. As always, we’re here to tell you what they are and offer advice on how to wear them – should you choose to. And as always, we hope to inform and inspire, but never to dictate. Fashion is your playground. Im just showing you the latest toys Key themes. Punk fashion According to forecasti...