Happy New Year!

Thanks for all the great posts this past year! I've enjoyed reading them. Like last year  I've drawn a Tarot card for the following year. 

Ugly Sweater Holidays

Personally, I love how this decade's love of ironic humor has gifted us with a volcanic explosion of ugly sweaters. Seriously, I never knew what to wear to holiday parties (especially with my in-laws, who celebrate christmas and take it pretty seriously) and I couldn't live with myself if I pretended to be a Midwestern conservative.

Seriously, these ironic sweaters are pretty much made for those of us who have to "make nice" for family functions. Everyone loves them, and no one can say you don't have the holiday spirit.

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Trend Predictions: 2016

Last year I thought 2015 would be a toned-down year, and it was. More of the same old-school, witchy, modern-goth look. Am I the only one getting tired of this? I made the below polyvore set 3 years ago and it still looks relevant today.

Trend Recap: 2015

And now the year's almost over! Flew by, right? Miss the tattoo necklaces and raw minerals? See last year's Trend Recap 2014. Here's the Trend Reap for 2015.

I feel like the trends from the past few years (occult symbols, printed leggings/body suits, cutout dresses, 90s shit) continued to this year, and nothing new has replaced them.

2014 Trend that continued to 2015: Moons

hope it continues to 2016!

Trend: Unusual Hair Accessories

So, at the end of the year 2013, I predicted that unusual hair accessories would be big for 2014, and I was totally wrong. But that's not the case this year! Crowns (and not just the stupid flower crowns) and headpieces were in during the summer, but I was absolutely delighted to check out the creative designs going on at Free People.

Unusual hair accessories featuring free people hair accessories

There are all kinds of strange accessories I've never seen before, like rings, braid beads, something called a "bun cuff" and a "half-up holder." And they're pandering to all my on-trend love of crystals and moons. And hair buns, of course.

As you know, I love hair sticks, so I'm happy to see some of these. I pretty much just wear hair sticks these days. Elastics get weak over time and, since I've got super long nails, end up breaking my nails when I tie my hair up in a ponytail.

have you seen any cool unusual hair accessories lately?

Styling for Short Legs: Skirts

It's not so bad being short. I never have a problem with legroom. I have excellent balance. I can squeeze through crowds. But buying pants is a lost cause and petite sections are so lame.

Moreover, clothes aren't designed for us short-legged people. I don't know how many times I bought a "knee-length" skirt only to have it reach my shins, or, even more common, a maxi skirt that I could wear as a full-body dress.

Personally, I think it's a great time to be a short-legged person, as we have a lot of style options to create an optical illusion of longer legs:

(shorter paper dolls represent short person, whereas the left-hand doll is the tall/average height. I noticed that I'm about a head shorter than most people my size, so I just chopped off a head-length from the legs above)

Happy Halloween!