When it comes to fashion for spring and summer, one word comes to mind - color! According to local boutiques, bright colors will definitely be on the forefront this year. Check out what else they had to say:

Color
While bright colors will lead the way, florals and pastels will also be hot this spring and summer.
Amanda Thomas, assistant manager of Private Gallery, and Jessica Cole, owner of Therapy, both agreed that pastels will be in style.
“Pastels are going to be big for spring and summer - primarily lavenders,” Thomas said.
Thomas also added that denim will be a big part of the spring and summer styles.
“The lighter denim is going to be huge and it’s going to be everywhere,” she said.
Chanda Maldonado, owner of Threads, said that orange will also be a prominent color this summer.
“Orange is also going to be a hot color this summer,” she said. “But not your loud orange, not your Auburn orange, but more or less your light orange.”

Prints
From animal prints to floral prints, most boutiques agreed that any type of print is going to be hot this spring and summer.
Quinley Allred, manager of Ellie, said that she’s seen small floral prints in dresses
Thomas agreed.
“Any kind of print in general is going to be huge, but especially floral,” she said.

Dresses
Sun dresses are still popular this year, but Chloe Popwell, manager of Behind the Glass, said she thinks the look is changing slightly from last year.
“I feel like the dresses are not as flowy and bohemian as the were last spring,” she said. “I still think they’re short, definitely really girly, but I think it’s coming away from dresses and more into skirts and pieces - like a patterned shirt and a solid color shirt.”
Allred added that the one shoulder dresses are also in style this year.

Shorts
The short shorts will always be around, but this year the look seems to be looser.
“We have a lot of linen shorts with the looser fit,” Allred said. “I feel like that kinda flatters more people. I have seen a lot of shorts in different colors, but I’ve seen more of a looser fit.”
Popwell agreed. She said that she believes that shorts will be popular, but not like the cut-off denim shorts last year.
“I think this year it’s going to be more of a tailored look, more of a boyfriend, blowsy short,” Popwell said. “I don’t think it’s going to be short, short, but a little longer and looser around the legs.”

Tops
There doesn’t seem to be one style or trend when it comes to tops.
Allred said that she’s seen a lot of banded tops that flow out at the bottom, and Popwell said that she’s seen more of an ‘80s style come back.
“I think it’s going to be the really cool, kinda ‘80s inspired big T-shirts for spring to pair back with the shorts,” Popwell said.
The tops are one place where the bright colors come in.
“We have lots of bright colors in the tops that you can pair with white denim jeans,” Allred said.
Cole mentioned that people are looking for tops that they can wear multiple ways, like long tanks that can be layered.
One look was mentioned several times, but most weren’t sure that this look would make it to Auburn - shoulder pads.
“Shoulder pads are kinda coming back, but I don’t think it’s going to do that well in Auburn,” Thomas said. “It’s kinda faddish.”

Jeans
With jeans, one look was mentioned several times as the most popular - skinny jeans.
Allred added that we’ll see more of the white denim and Thomas added that the other colored jeans are out.
“I think the colored jeans were definitely a fad,” she said.

Shoes
Wedges and sandals with beading will be hot this year, but the biggest look will be the gladiator look.
Popwell said the gladiator look this year will be less extreme than last year.
“The gladiators last year came up to your knee,” she said. “This year they’ll be shorter, around the ankle.”
Maldonado added that the gladiator look in gold and silver will be big too.
Maldonado, Cole and Popwell mentioned nude colored shoes.
“The new color is a non-color,” Popwell said. “The sandals have neutral colors to play off the bright dresses.”
“They say to match your shoe color to your skin,” Cole said. “It makes your legs look really long.”

Accessories
When it comes to jewelry, layering will be as hot during the spring and summer as it was in the fall.
“Layering of accessories is still big,” said Stacie Money, owner of Fringe.
Thomas agreed.
“As far as necklaces go, layer, layer, layer ... that was here in the fall and isn’t going anywhere,” she said.
Purses are still big, but clutches are also popular.
“I’ve seen a lot of big purses, but I’ve also seen some clutches that you can wear day or night that have bright colors and some have rhinestones,” Allred said.
Big watches, headbands and necklace scarves were also mentioned accessories.

This spring and summer, it’s almost as if anything goes. Thomas summed up her idea of fashion for the year.
“We’re at a time where we can look back on all of these really great fundamental pieces from a long time ago that designers are able to incorporate into their designs now,” she said. “I think that the way that fashion is going right now we’re not innovating something new, we’re adding on to really great fundamental pieces from the past. It gives us a whole bunch of different ways to shop, which is cool!”

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