#trend, #trendy, #trending, #trended

TREND Defined (as a verb)
TREND Defined  (as a noun)

This post is about "what is : TRENDY "  No really, what is it???

Merriam-Webster defines Trendy as 

1: very fashionable : up-to-date <he's a trendy dresser — Sunday Mirror>

2: marked by ephemeral, superficial, or faddish appeal or taste <trendy ideas about success>

These days,  of course we have another conjugation of trend, which is "trending" identified by that lovely hashtag. 

      Currently #trending on twitter in NY (as I write this)  are the following :

• #TwoThingsThatDontMix
• Hi Rihanna
• #BETHipHopAwards
• #reedbetweenthelines
• PSAT
• Joell Ortiz
• Robin Givens
• Heavy D
• Blind Fury 

(I rarely ever recognize more than two #trends #trending on twitter)

Currently trending in the U.S. are:

#TwoThingsThatDontMix

TwitterCypher

Ronaldinho

#reedBetweenTheLines

Hi Rihanna

PSAT's

Chelsea Settles

Shady 2.0 

Oswaldo Sanches     

And finally #trending world-wide are (drumroll please.......):

• #TwoThingsThatDontMix
• #twittercypher
• #ChelseaSettles
• Feliz Dia das Crianças
• Hi Rihanna
• PSAT's
• San Oswaldo
• GRANDE VINOTINTO
• Shady 2.0

 Apparently a lot of people want to say Hi Rihanna and discuss two things that don't mix...but I'm glad that some people are actually focusing on their PSATs, or at least tweeting about them.

Today I had a print go-see and was given three choices on how to dress: I could be "a student". I could be "hip and young aka #trendy". OR I could be "a fashion model".  Well me being let's say shorter than your average model, quickly knocked that out of the running.  And I wasn't quite sure if these choices meant students aren't young, hip and #trendy or young hip and #trendy girls aren't students, but I said hey, since I'm an actress, let's act the part of "young, hip, and #trendy."  I don't consider myself a fashionista or a #trendsetter by any means.  I'm not sure if I'm "up to date" as defined in the dictionary. In fact, I had to google "2011 #trendy hair" for inspiration.  Since I got these images, (talk about mixed messages)  I started to think about what #trendy is. 

So I did, and left the house in the "#trendiest", most "up-to-date" outfit I could come up with:

 I have to say, I felt pretty sassy in it. I walked with a strut, but I felt like I was wearing a costume, playing the role of "a #trendy girl".(not that that's so bad) I wondered if people on the street would take notice of me not quite being "me".  I was curious to see what other people would be wearing at the go-see.  I had heels with me, just in case, in the hour long subway ride, a #trend had changed, nobody was saying HI Rihanna anymore, and boots were suddenly  "out".   What I noticed was that most people looked good in what they were wearing.  I used to notice a lot more that clothes wore people rather than the reverse.  Some people can pull it off, some people can't.  Just like I will never pull off high-waisted sailor paints.  There are times when you buy Proenza Schouler for Target, because you can, and realize, you just don't look good in it, and it sits in your closet for five years.  I realized that I might not look so good in Missoni for Target either..(or maybe I'm just trying to make myself feel better because they sold out so fast).  

Anyway, I spent all day thinking of #trends.  I was always taught to wear what looks good on me. That is my #trend. When I bought my wedding dress, I saw it first in red and had it made in white.  It just looked good on me, it felt good and I knew a "real wedding gown" wasn't going to. I knew what I wanted.

 

Even though I felt 'good' in what I wore today, to the "young, hip, and #trendy" go see, I wouldn't never have worn it out on a "regular day".  I didn't feel like me.  Maybe it's me not being risky enough, who knows. Is being  #trendy about taking risks?  Perhaps that's it.  

They say #trends come back around again and sometimes that make me glad and sometimes that makes me laugh.. The definitions says "up to date," but "Everything Old Is New Again," as they say.  It's a time where people want to emulate Don Draper's style on Madison Avenue, watch those PanAm girls be starlets as stewardesses, and so on....I've found some gorgeous dresses at vintage stores, mostly cause they are cut in a way that they fit me, not because I want to look like Christina Hendricks (not that THAT would be so bad)  but I'm not a "vintage fashionista" (I know and admire the people who do that, most definitely).  I've seen my mother's closet and it's still filled with her Pucci dresses--in fact she hasn't had to buy a new dress in years, they all stayed in style or came back soon enough. I was so glad when peep toes came back, because I hate my toes!.  I tend to gravitate toward items of the older world. I have go-to outfits that have been the same for years. Mr. Renaissance looks amazing in his timeless Brooks Brothers classics and fedoras.  I even threw  a 1940's birthday party for him. Here's us at the party, 1940's style:

It was also pointed out to us, by a friend that this picture on our 2nd wedding
anniversary just last month: (me in a dress I happened to buy in a vintage shop and him in his Brooks Brothers)

 Was calling out to "go vintage" So a friend worked some magic and sent me this:   

 Timeless, I suppose, is what I go for when I think of my #trend, my style. I guess that really is paradoxical to what a "#trend" is.  They tend to #trend then go away. I don't want to buy what's "in" for the season, I want to buy for me.  Yes. I want timeless classics.


 As a final note on "timeless classics," I do find it funny that jeggings have come around again.  I remember wearing them to grade-school with slouch socks and matching scrunchies.   I went to an eighties party a few years back and trolled ebay for the perfect costume.  After I had it, I realized, all you have to do now is walk into any American Apparel...   




I'm still pondering the meaning of #trendiness and will probably come back to this post, but wanted to get it out there on this here interweb.


Past:

Present:

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What do you think about #trends?  Hey, tweet about it, maybe we can get #trendy to be #trending.  


#trend away,
Em