2009 Back to School Fall Fashions

Reports seem to indicate that the back to school fall fashion "must haves" for teens in the coming school year will take us back to the 80's (when I was in high school...gotta love the 80's!). Punk rock and heavy metal, big hair and Aqua Net hair spray were big back then. Some of these will influence what teens now will be wearing (let's hope it's not the big hair though).



Here's what we're going to see:

• Black, gray, metallics, dark reds, leather, tweed, and blues. (Remember the parachute pants? My sister had a metallic purple pair of them.)
• Layering will be popular.
• Tight fitting jeans are in so if you still have the skinny jeans from last year, keep them!
• No more micro-mini's - skirts and dresses will be about mid-thigh.
• Bright mustard will be an "in" color for accents (not for me but maybe the rest of y'all).
• Just like last year, the converse tennis shoes are in. Get some markers and make yours unique or design your own on the Converse web site. Design your own to match your school colors, favorite sports team, or favorite outfit. Here are a couple of pair that I made online tonight ~

Look, these above have my name on them!

Are these Make Your Own Converse shoes cool or what? This bottom pair is my favorite!

I just thought of something - these shoes would be SO cute for cheerleaders to design their own. Plus you can get them with your name on them (or school mascot like Wildcats).