The Trend Police

There is no Trend Police. No one will stop you from sporting outdated trends forever.
Enjoy it, if you feel like. But don't think that the trends aren't out there, even if it's difficult to understand how to create up-to-date outfits. For education, and fun, look over the end of season sale racks at fashion stores, and you will easily be able to pick out the remnants of last season's trends (don't buy them!) Predicting what the trends will be next year is more difficult, and it's even more difficult to predict which trends will catch on.

Luckily, we don't have to. We can buy and wear our clothes immediately, once they are in season. At the same time, we can use pieces from the middle range of our wardrobes to integrate into the new outfits. Sometimes these pieces need work (see Tailor or Toss) to remain in style; pencils have become shorter and tighter this year. Clothes from the back end of our wardrobes should be donated.

You may ignore trends, no one will arrest you. But don't think it isn't noticeable.
The pencil has changed, the jeans have changed, the shoes have changed. It may upset you to learn that things do change, but that's what style is about.

If you want to look up-to-date this current season, look for:
Ralph Blue and other saturated colors.
Prints that are amorphous
Safari prints
Neutrals such as khaki and army olive

These things are hardly cutting edge. They are just fresh.

Ralph Blue&Cream

That's the bottom line of the whole argument: Some want to hang on to old clothes, and they don't like change. They'll even deny that change is happening. After all, they don't see it. There's a wide range of (old) styles available out there.
They'll say change isn't for women over 40, or 60, or for women who aren't model height or weight, or for women on a budget, or for women who are busy with work or with children. They are so dedicated to holding on to the stale and passe that they'll say there is no fresh or new. It's all the same to them. They'll attack those who can see change and show you how to benefit from it. They'll attack the messengers of change. Watch out for them.