Finding wearable spring fashion trends is one of the most difficult shopping experiences most women have to endure. Unlike, say, autumn, there are no spring fashion trends that are designed to hide that little extra layer of winter warmth you've got stored in your belly, hips, thighs and rear. Unlike winter, there are no coats or layers when it comes to spring fashion trends. No clothing to wear to cover up what you deem to be your least attractive assets.
That said, at least 2010's spring fashion trends will have a somewhat familiar vibe to them. The most popular colors are yellow, turquoise and something called "tomato puree", which most normal people would simply call "red." There's nothing too crazy like animal prints or indigos or things that most women can't, or won't, wear. Perhaps it's a sign of the times - with the economy being what it is, most people just want to simplify and go with what they know. Or perhaps it's a sign that the "haves" aren't as crazy about flaunting it as the "have-nots", so there's a slight tendency to inch back to the middle rather than go out on a limb and be daring.
Either way, this year's spring fashion trends will be familiar to the amateur eye. Of course white is always the preferred color of spring, but this year yellow is also making a strong statement.
And even more familiar will be the return of your 1990s favorite: Ripped jeans! You probably thought they would never return, but indeed they have. Go on the streets of SoHo or the West End, and you'll see a plethora of the beautiful folk, the trendsetters, sporting their ripped jeans just like TLC never broke up. You may have to fight the same battles a previous generation fault - after all, there's a good chance you folks won't like them, or that your grandparents will tell you you look like a hobo - but when it comes to spring fashion trends, one day you're in, and the next you're out. And no matter what your family says or does, it's too late to put the finger in the dike: Ripped jeans are back.
For most women this is a true blessing since women of any shape or size can make ripped jeans work. You don't have to starve yourself, and you don't have to expect to look like a model from Vogue or Victoria's Secret. It's not just for stick figures only, in other words.
The return of ripped jeans follows in the general spring fashion trends of return to a more comfortable look. Skinny jeans, for example, are out. You can relax in something that fits a little better, and avoid anything that looks like it might be from some future dystopic military surplus store.