Autumn- Winter 2021 Trends Report

Ah, Autumn. The crisp cool chill of the morning, the crunching sound of leaves as you walk, and the warm fragrant smell of cinnamon, apple, and spice. All you need is the perfect cozy outfit for the ultimate autumnal aesthetic. Today’s blog post is all about the trends for Autumn/Winter fashion. These trends are all over the A/W runway shows and a sure sign the retailers will be recreating these looks and aesthetics for their shop windows.

I also wanted to mention the research I did for these trends was through Harpers Bazar, Vogue, and looking a luxury retailers + runway shows. 

At the bottom of this post will be a shopping widget where you can see some of the affordable options I found of each trend from popular retailers. 

Trend 1: Sticking with the Classics
All the trends you know are timeless and never falling out of style - perfect for Autumn. This is those little black dresses, the classic long  trench coats, wool knits, and boots.

Trend 2: Tailored Made
There’s a huge ‘tailored’ style that started trending awhile back and is currently on the runways. From matching pants and blazers, tailored suit coats, pleated paints with silk button down shirts, also don’t shy away from the matching skirt and jacket. The power suits are here.

Trend 3: Apres SKI
Apres ski is an easy and fun look to do in the winter months. Its also a style you will be able to find literally anywhere this winter. From fun knitted pattern sweaters with the indoor or outdoor ski lodge feel. If bright reds and navy blues aren’t your thing - winter whites and soft grays will work well too. Also don’t forget the fun wool ski socks, hats and mitten, and furry slippers are perfectly acceptable for the apres ski look!

Trend 4: Knitwear With A Kick
Knitwear is always in style each winter but this year try grabbing up the balloon sleeve knits or the knits with pomp pomp or sequins. If you’re feeling really brave, a knit midi skirt or pants. That extra kick is hot and trending. Also oversized knit sweaters with leggings and boots. For colors it’s a cross the board from bright jewel tones or dulled down neutrals.

Trend 5: Roaring Cool Girls 20’s
This trend is all about the Roaring 20’s nod but in a cool girl modern take. Flapper style dresses with lace detailing but a ‘cool girl’ leather jacket or biker boots. Fun sequins, pearls, and other details are included. It’s a fun look where you can mix and match eras plus play it up with that 20’s-80’s-90’s rich girl vibe.

Trend 6: Puffers
Puffer coats are here again for 2021. These coats also give a great nod to the ski aesthetic but the difference is any color is acceptable, and the size of the puff is whatever you’re comfortable with - also puffer style handbags are trending too! 

Trend 7: Patterns
The patterns for this A/W is bold and commanding attention. From geometric patterns, the apes ski patterns, artistic style patterns that look like a painting, and beautiful autumn/winter florals. From colors for these pattern looks goes across the board from bright jewel tones to dulled down hues.

Trend 8: Dulled Down Colors
Dulled down or “off toned” colors is popular this year on the runways. From Rust Red, Burnt Orange, Faded Mustard Yellow, and Olive-Hunter Green, Dusty Browns, and so on. The faded dulled down colors is a style that also fits great with the dark moody academia look. Layer the textures with leather, knit, suede, and so forth.

Trend 9: Midi
Midi length skirts are once again back and this style is perfect in patterns, knits, and color hues mentioned above. The Midi skirt can be styled in more professional tailored looks or layered in a more 1920’s modest style. My favorite way to wear a midi skirt for Autumn is with a knitted sweater - belted - with a nice pair of dull brown leather knee high boots. 

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Collection of fashion pieces you can purchase now that fits with the AW 2021 Trends!

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What I Truly Bought From The Nordstrom Sale

The Nordstrom Sale is about to open to the public which is when everything will start selling out - luckily, this year the Sale has constantly had a steady amount of restocks and not a lot of sell outs - there’s still Barefoot Dreams in stock, Spanx Leggings, and the trendy Knee High Boots are still in stock in lots of sizes + colors!

 I was of course able to shop the sale early via online (the nearest Nordstrom is 5 hours away) - I was able to purchase 95% of the items I wanted (3 items sold out before I was able - Fendi Sunglasses, Free People Sweater in size XS, and Treasure & Bond $25 hat). 

Below is my round up of what I truly purchased from the Anniversary Sale - I’ll also indicate if I kept the item or had to return it (I did sub sizes in a few items I wasn’t sure of).

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A few of these items are actually gifts - the Barefoot Dreams cardigan is for my mom this Christmas along with the perfume that’s in the Donna Karen Deodorant set. All the fashion pieces I’m trying out and not sure how they’ll fit - except the PJ (I’ve owned these pj’s before and highly recommend them).

Currently: Returning the Free People sweater (too big DEFINITELY size down), keeping the Pj’s, keeping the cardigan (tts), floral dress I'm debating on (fits TTS but is a bit long on me - would require heels), and the rest of the fashion pieces haven’t arrived yet. 

For accessories most are items I 100% plan to keep. The only items I’m not sure on is the sunglasses; in a previous Nsale I ordered some Quay Sunglasses and they were WAY too big for my head - UPDATE: these arrived 5 minutes before my post launched and sadly I’m returning them (Bryce said they’re way too large and look like cartoon glasses!). I’m also returning the Kendra Scott Earrings, they felt so so SO cheaply made and they made a strange rattle sound every time I would turn my head. 

When it comes to the beauty items I’m keeping everything - these are items I’ve had on my shopping list to purchase anyways. 

I also ordered 2 of the ankle boots and the mules I only ordered in 1 size UPDATE: Mules fit TTS and I’m keeping! The Marc Fisher boots in the cream white color fits TTS and I’m waiting on the Vince Camuto boots to arrive for comparison. The adidas Luxe sneakers fit TTS but if you go up a half size they’ll most likely still fit; I ordered both 7.5 and 8 - both sizes fit perfectly. 

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The benefit of Nordstrom is its always Free shipping and Free returns. That’s typically why I order multiple sizes and items I’m unsure of - I order anyways because there’s that comfort of their incredible return policy. 

I hope this blog post helps you decide what to purchase from the Nordstrom Sale and give you some ideas of what to shop for. If you’re not following my social media pages please do! I plan the second half of this year to get back into doing giveaways and being more active on all my social handles.

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New Wardrobe 2021: Fashion Haul 1

For 2021 one of my goals is a new wardrobe that is more ‘me'. I’ve been purging my old clothes (some clothes I pulled out of my closet is from 2008!!!!) and preparing my newly renovated closet for some fresh fashion pieces. 

I will say my wardrobe is beyond embarrassing. I’ve been showing my closet purge on my IG stories (I saved the video clips in a highlight if you want to go look). For someone with a Fashion Degree and LOVES style in I was a little girl; my wardrobe didn’t speak to that AT ALL. I do believe I know the reason why my wardrobe is literally a train wreak - after having Holly I was a bit uncomfortable with my new ‘post’ figure - in fact at one point I wouldn’t even look at myself in the mirror because I was unhappy with myself. We were also living in a small apartment and I was at home 24/7; therefore I never went out and never invested in a new style; plus any extra money I had went into baby items or I would (regretfully) buy fast fashion items instead of investing in quality pieces. December 2019 we moved into our new home and the goal was ‘A new wardrobe for 2020’ but covid happened. Everything was put on hold but now that I’m 100% confident in myself and my new journey with liketoknowit; I’m finally able to make enough money to pay bills and afford my new wardrobe (in small baby steps; of course!)

For clothing Haul #1 of 2021: I had a $100 gift card to shop at Abercrombie. My total ended up at $200 so the credit card was used but I’m in LOVE with all 5 pieces and beyond thrilled about all the looks I can create with just these 5 items! Below you’ll see images of the new pieces and links to the items PLUS a few more pieces I plan to purchase soon!

* The gift card was a gift from my in-laws*

If you have any clothing brands you’d like to see me try out please leave the brand details in the comments below! I’m always open to trying new clothing brands! On a future post I’ll go more in depth on what I plan to make my new fashion style be. 

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In honor of my birthday month there will be a January giveaway. 

Simply follow on my IG, like and/or comment on all my IG images for January (engagement is key! I do pay attention to who is engaging on my platforms). Bonus entries: tag friends on my IG that should follow along, follow my LTK page & to follow here on my blog and comment on my blog posts! 

My Haul pieces plus a few I plan to get on the next sale!

Simple Guide to Trends for Fall + Winter 2018

Fall is here and everyone is scouting every media outlet for the fashion forecast. As a gal with a super busy schedule my best option was looking online for a "Simple Guide" to the fashion forecast but was unsuccessful at finding one.
The guides I found ranged from 200+ images that literally had every end of the spectrum of styles or blogs that was only trends that Author likes (which is cool except what if there's a trend she didn't like but I would?).
Am I the only gal that wants a clean list of what the trend forecast is and a few images of looks. Then I can select which trends will suit me...?

Since I hit this brick wall I thought I would do the homework and create what I was searching for in case anyone else would prefer a “Simple Guide" for the Fall + Winter trends!
Below you'll see trend collages to give some inspo. (all images were found on Bazaar's website from the Paris, London, and Milan Fall 2018 Fashion Week)
I'll also make a list of other trending styles in addition to the inspo collages - then when its time to hit the shops for your new Fall + Winter wardrobe pieces you'll know exactly what to shop for!

Hope you enjoy
Stay Sunny!
- Britt

Additional Trends
- Shearling Coats
- Soft Lilac color
- Denim sets
- Ruching
- Corduroy
- Sequins
- Anything Magenta color
- Ponchos
- Pokie Dot prints
- Logos are back!!!!

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