Top Summer Fashion Trends Picked by Seattle Style Experts | 2022
The term “hot girl summer” could have flared out of pop tradition vernacular with Megan Thee Stallion’s eponymous 2019 hit, but the notion defies craze cycles—and genders (every person seems to be good in their favored pair of shades).
Very hot female summer season is about sensation your greatest by seeking your most effective, regardless of whether that is seasonal fashions in moderation or from head to toe. Below are some strategies for styling this summer’s It items, picked with enable from two skillfully trendy area authorities.
The Specialists
Darcy Camden, founder of personal searching and wardrobe styling assistance Styled Seattle.
Kayla Gil, operator of Fremont women’s boutique Pipe and Row.
Utility Jumpsuits
Camden calls a informal, quick-sleeve utility jumpsuit her “current uniform.” Sway and Cake’s Margaux jumpsuit in black cupro appears to be and feels great for functioning errands or managing all over with children.
Chunky Sandals
“Women are embracing styles that promote great, easy comfort,” Gil suggests. “Especially in Seattle.” Chunky system sandals deliver a dose of large style to any look (devoid of the superior heel). Lively PNWers “need footwear that we can stroll about in all working day and then go out in soon after.” Pipe and Row stocks the Vagabond Eyra fisherman sandal in off white for just this function.
Store the seem:
KkCo Stripe Ruffle Utility Tote, Nordstrom Nearby
$95
This unforeseen ruffle tote in fuchsia—another 2022 fashion development, for each Kayla Gil—carries you from the seashore to the cocktail bar.
Raie Eyewear Fortunate Clover Sunglasses, Pipe and Row Community
$131
These are a marginally various form from the sold-out Aries Raie sunnies we photographed, but cream-colored Italian acetate makes sure they’re even now Hamptons-getaway chic.
Vegan Leather
Leather, an autumn staple, “may feel like an uncommon pick” for summertime, Camden admits. But a comfortable vegan-leather-based jean or skirt, like the Sunday Ideal Olive micro skirt in fluid blue vegan leather from Aritzia, retains the glimpse gentle and new.
Mesh
“The mesh craze feels like a nod” to the late ’90s and early aughts, per Gil. But display screen-printed summary artwork and contemporary silhouettes make this year’s mesh tops, like Pipe and Row’s Mundaka tulle long-sleeve top, sense “modernized,” “sexy,” and comprehensively 2022. If likely braless or showing off a cotton bralette is not your pace, mesh layers elevate dresses and sweater vests all yr very long.
Store the glance:
Graphic Tees
Graphic tees are almost everywhere this season. For those people searching to stand out from the crowd, supporting regional musicians is usually on trend. Darcy Camden encourages consumers to go specifically to the resource and purchase artists’ merch directly instead of “choosing up some certified graphic at who-knows-exactly where,” then pair it with the aforementioned vegan leather trousers. If you never currently have an artist in thoughts, get started with the substantial lineup at Sub Pop.
Get the search:
Heaven Tee, Left at London Area
$25
Note: This preciously sacreligious tee from neighborhood indie singer-songwriter Nat Puff, aka Still left at London, is at present on pre-order.
$178
Agolde provides a small visual interest to blessedly mid-length denim shorts with a fashionable criss-cross waistband.
Artwork Way by Jane Sherman / Photographed by Patrick Tak / Modeled by Makenna Mueller / Makeup by Melissa Korn / Styled by Zoe Sayler