1. Stylebook

Once you’ve tried this wardrobe management app, you’ll never go back. Users can finally organize their wardrobe once and for all with Stylebook. Simply take pictures of all your clothes and accessories, and upload them to the app directly. Stylebook will keep track of your top outfits, and even allow you to take inspiration from clothing from online stores to create a virtual wardrobe. Now, before you buy your next blazer or pair of jeans, you can see how your new purchase would fit into your existing wardrobe collections, and mix and match them with the clothes you currently own.

2. Trendabl

Spotting the latest fashion trend has never been easier than with Trendabl. The app allows its users to post images and tag them according to keywords and trends. Other users can recommend posts, and the app is fully integrated with twitter and Facebook, making it easy to spread the word. Follow your friends’ post, or posts from top designers and celebrities like Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Like other social media, Trendable is great because it encourages sharing and allows you to mingle with top stars and designers in a virtual space.

3. Vogue Stylist

Not everyone can afford a personal designer. That’s why the geniuses at Vogue have come up with Vogue Stylist. This innovative app takes into account the weather in your area before presenting you with several looks. You can tag items that you like, or look them up further, directly from the app. Vogue Stylist also includes content and personal tips from editors to help you stay on trend no matter where you are!

4. The Cools

The Cools is one of the most exciting new shopping and social apps available. Users can sign up for a free account and immediately get access to a huge selection of trendy clothes, accessories and more. The best part is that The Cools allows you to purchase items directly from the buyer, so there are always great deals to be had. In addition, users can share their taste and form a following, or follow established stylists and fashion bloggers. For those of us who already have a little too much in our wardrobes, the app even allows you to sell your own products directly through the site.

5. Hipswap

Hipswap is a great app that allows users to buy and sell trendy accessories, clothing and other items. It’s fully supported by prominent fashion forward women like Kylie Richards from the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. What makes the app so great is that it brings together a user base that truly appreciates high quality and stylish items. You can purchase your next great outfit directly from the app, or online through hipswaps’ full website.

Author: The post was supplied on behalf of Simply Beach, online swimwear and lingerie fashion store based in the UK.

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A headband was the starting point for expressing your individuality, copied straight from 1980’s icons Duran Duran. Headbands came in a huge array of colours and this being the 1980’s, they were accessorised with back combed hair and hairspray. The head band was positioned on top and you arranged your hair around it.

Sunglasses were universally mirrored, so you could check yourself out, while checking out someone else. The amount of accidents caused by the lack of visibility in these is anyone’s guess, but pretty soon they were replaced by ‘cats eye’ shades. These included a circle of lesser tinted lens, which you could actually see out of while tearing down a mountain.

The jumpsuit needs no introduction. Forget pastels, because the 1980’s slopes were no place for blending. You got noticed in abstract patterns and colour and plenty of it. Burgundy, sky blue, and cerise, preferably in neon, were what most of us wore. If you had the courage to go for a fully fluorescent one piece, you needed the skill to back it up, or risk humiliation.

The ski jacket was possibly a Hummel, definitely multi coloured, hooded and with enough puff to make your top half look hugely out of proportion compared to your legs. And that was cool.

Unfortunately, the functional side of sports clothing that we now enjoy, was not available in the 1980’s. One fall in the snow, meant a damp squelchy feeling inside your ski jacket that lasted the whole session.

Bearing that in mind, it was understandable that in the 90’s we moved towards more technologically advanced clothing, enjoying the warmth of Gore-Tex and fleeces, even breathable waterproof outer layers. We wanted to be warm, dry and maybe slightly bland.

However in 2000, just when it seemed practicality had truly triumphed over cool on the slopes, the snowboarders arrived. They changed the look of skiing style almost overnight. They brought in an edgy crossover skateboarding style, but included safely helmets. Their clothes are baggy instead of tight, but happily, as loud as those of 25 years ago.

Author: This post was supplied on behalf of Simply Piste, online ski clothing store that also specialises in ski jackets.

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