Spring 2010 Fashion Trends

Hot pants and boy shorts
If ever there was a time to hit the gym, it's this Spring. Hemlines have crept up to shorter than short; in fact reaching the negative. Hot pants, boy shorts, and tap pants are all variations on this shorter-than-short style, which in many cases reveal more than just one's legs.


High dress splits

How to pull off the ultimate in sexy without reaching for the micro-mini? Add a long dress with a high split to your Spring wardrobe. From Versace's knock-out gowns to Lanvin's elegantly draping numbers, we look at numerous ways to rock a high dress split

See through and sheer fabrics trend
In Spring and Summer fashion tends to get a little more revealing; we blame it on the heat, and one's desire to show off. 2009/2010's sheer pieces are a mixture of the soft and feminine, to the opposite extremes of the hardcore sex-kitten

The brightest fashion trends for spring 2010

If anything characterises the past decade in fashion then it must surely be the concepts of both volume and speed. While designer fashion was formerly a strictly limited edition and elitist pursuit, today there is a truly spectacular amount of product to choose from – and it's aimed at anyone and everyone the world over, no longer just the privileged few. Add to the skincare, fragrance, accessory, footwear and diffusion lines of yesteryear, second and third lines, pre-collections and cruise collections, knitwear, denim, fine jewellery, swimwear and more, all at various price points and arriving in store on a monthly basis ensuring that merchandise is "fresh", and one could be forgiven for thinking that our desire is insatiable. And by and large that has proved to be the case. Amongst the most highly visible and overtly glamorous symbols of capitalism, fashion responds to demand. It's as simple as that. And the growth of the luxury goods industry to hitherto unforeseen heights is nothing if not testimony to that.

"Fast fashion" – 10 years ago no one knew what such a thing was – must take at least some of the credit (or should that be blame?) for this.

After all, in order to keep up with the budget copies of designer clothes, many of which are available only weeks after the designer originals that inspired them were first shown, the high end has retaliated in kind. In this case, the internet, not to mention the weekly glossy magazines filled with paparazzi shots of celebrities endorsing the new season's designs, have both played more than a small part.