How to Find Spring Fashion Trends

Last Updated: March 31, 2023

Fashion changes faster than most people can keep up with. Springtime is often when people debut new and inventive fashion for the warming weather. Keep yourself ahead of the curve by paying attention to designers, shopping early, and knowing the basics of spring fashion.

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Following Fashion Trends

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Look through clothing catalogs. Sent in the mail almost every week, these catalogs are put together by designers and artists trying stay ahead of the curve, selling the right clothes for the right season. Specifically, the catalogs that come out from January through March are specifically tailored for Spring fashion.
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Look through fashion magazines to get fashion ideas. Magazines like GQ, Vogue, and Cosmo are generally considered "taste makers." They are in touch with the big clothing designers and often feature reviews of runway shows.^{[1]
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- Buy the February or March issues for the best fashion advice if you don't want to subscribe to the magazine. They will frequently do an annual "Spring Fashion" primer.
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Explore social media. More and more often, people are using the internet to broadcast their personal fashion recommendations, which is a great way to get a pulse on spring fashion. Sites like tumblr and Pintrest have specific sections devoted to fashion.
- Travel blogs are a great place to see different trends that span the globe.^{[2]
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Find your favorite fashion blogs. Many brands, designers, and fashionistas post their inspiration online, as well as recommendations on where to find the best new fashions. Search "Spring Fashion Blogs" and browse through a few to see styles your enjoy.
- There are websites based around this idea such as ASOS Fashion Finder or Polyvore that help you narrow down your search to only see fashions you like.^{[3]
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Look to warmer areas for inspiration. If you've got friends in Miami, they will experience spring fashion a lot faster than you might in Chicago. Check out your friends' pictures or go online and look up southern fashion blogs to get ahead of the game before the snow melts.
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Make notes of fashions you see often. If you see 5 different websites with large stripes on their dresses, you can be sure that large stripes are trending. To keep ahead of the curve, make notes about the fashion trends that keep popping up in different magazines and sites.
- Remember that when developing your own sense of style, that is part of creating your identity. Trends come and go, but your style is all yours and can be fun and expressive of who you are.^{[4]
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Make your own spring trends. Having confidence in yourself and rocking your outfit is more important than following any trend. If you still can't figure out what spring fashion trend to follow, find an outfit you like and make up your own trend.
- Feeling comfortable in your clothes is more important than following any trend.

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Dressing for Spring

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Be bright and bold with your colors. Spring is when the sun comes back out and the flowers are in bloom, and spring fashion follows nature. Bright colors like yellow, pink, green, and blue usually burst onto the scene in spring.^{[5]
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- Pastels, which are soft but bright colors frequently found around Easter, are good picks for spring fashion.
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Try out vibrant patterns, like stripes or floral designs. Floral prints are huge during the spring, but so are stripes and seersucker for guys. A bold, stand-out pattern draws eyes to you and feels like a breath of fresh air after the muted, subtle colors of winter.
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Show a little skin. Half the fun of warmer weather is getting to peal off winter layers. Bare shoulders, shorts, and bare arms are all signs that spring is on the way, and they frequently work their way into spring fashion.
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Mix up your accessories. Flowers, straw hats, and bright jewelry are big in the spring. While there are not a whole lot of specific accessories that work, you should play around with combinations that feel fun, sunny, and light.
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Keep it retro. Every season, a specific decade comes back around to become the big fashion hit. For 2015, that decade is the 1970s, so try incorporating some disco era into your outfit. Try out subtle touches like big, retro lapels, bright color combos, denim, and big, almost-but-not-quite bell bottoms.

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How do you find fashion trends?

Chloée Ohayon-Crosby
Costume Designer & Wardrobe Specialist
Chloée Ohayon-Crosby is a Costume Designer and Wardrobe Specialist in Los Angeles, California. With over eight years of experience in fashion consulting, Chloée specializes in personal, film, theater, and commercial styling as well as image consulting and costume design. Chloée has worked as an assistant designer for the distinguished fashion house Chloée and as a freelance stylist with Glamour Italia. Chloée studied Fine/Studio Arts at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and Fashion Design and Merchandising at the world renowned ESMOD École Supérieure des Arts in Paris, France.

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I keep an eye out on anything from social media like Instagram to magazines like those from Europe that will show you what's in season for the whole year. What's on the catwalk isn't necessarily what's on the streets, so I also like getting inspiration from travel blogs, fashion blogs, and smaller designers Trends aren't as hyped as they used to be because people are more into developing their own personal styles, which is more permanent and empowering.