And, just to close the trend circle here, we’ll highlight at least one or two popular Spring Trends that seem to be spilling over into hot beachwear and Summer apparel.

MEN’S TRENDS FIRST
For a change, we’re breaking the “Ladies First” rule because in Spring 2009 men’s clothing preferences are making waves.

Men's Suits

Men’s Accessories: Double-belts are one trend that started in men’s accessories before it was picked up as a women’s fashion statement. (Doubling up on belts is still going strong in both clothing departments, as seen on these Fall/Winter trendsetters …)

Double Belted Women

Double Belt Trend

Men’s Accessories, says Fashionising.com Blogger Daniel Dykes, are “few and far between.” This Spring, look for new, individual expressions of male accessories in brooches and jewelry.

Men’s Casual Cuts V Deep: This new style in tops is cutting across all men’s clothing segments, as deep-V-necked sweaters, wraps, shirts and jackets … as well as predictable v-neck cardigans.

Men’s Dress Wear Code is Mixed: Look for the trend of men wearing tuxedo and dinner jackets this Spring, but not only as formal wear. Watch, too, for a continuation of the 2008 trend for men to match up formal dinner and tuxedo jackets with casual sweaters and pants.

Goth Ninja Trend

Got Ninja? Actually, that’s a typo. A men’s wear trend coming from the urban underground is correctly called “Goth Ninja Wear.” See the image above for the image this new sub-trend is going for: leather, layers, lotsa black.

WOMEN’S APPAREL TRENDS FOR SPRING

We’ve picked up and highlighted hot trends in women’s wear in previous items here on the TopTenWholesale Newsroom … like bejeweled and metallic clothing (see Michelle Obama’s Swarovski crystal-encrusted inauguration coat dress) … like romantic dress styles (see our features on the comeback in Grecian togas, Tribal-Ethnic Print flowing dresses, and that retro-styled Hippie / Boho Biker Look of fringing, flounces and ruffles.)

They are not going away!

For Spring 2009 Women’s Wear, those style trends are only getting stronger. Here’s a short cheat-sheet list:

Sheers and Fringing

Fringes and Sheer Fabrics. Spring and Summer fashion show runways all featured this trend in women’s dresses … flapper, “showgirl,” silky sheer fabrics and fringed dresses (and accessories).

Romantic, Fairy Tale and Ethnic Styles. Definitely not everyday wear, romantic, princess-style flowing fabrics and prints keep showing up for women’s dressy wear. But details of this Spring 2009 trend do carry over to women’s day and evening wear in Grecian Revivial, Tribal Ethnic and One-Shoulder women’s wear, below.

Grecian Style

Spring/Summer 2009 collections all featured worldly and ethnic styles: Greek toga style dresses and gowns … turbans … tribal large-scale colorful prints … kaftans and adventurous safari suit stylings.

One Shoulder Dress Trend

One-Shoulder Dresses. The one-shouldered neckline trend is driven by the move toward more romantic stylings, as well as well as being celebrity-driven. (See hot one-shoulder gowns from the Academy Awards and other red carpet celebrations, which are right now being copied by designer look-alike labels like Fabiano. Fabiano designer gown copies are being sold for under $300.)

This Spring 2009 women’s wear trend is NOT ONLY for evening gowns …

1 Shoulder Day Dress

… and one-shoulder women’s wear is even heading to the beach this summer:

1 Shoulder Bikini

More to come on one-shoulder bikinis, monokinis, cutout bikinis and other hot apparel/accessories for Summer 2009 and Beachwear in future articles here at Top Ten Wholesale.

Jeans and Denim Trends. Ever enduring denim apparel is not only in the Women’s Apparel aisles.

Customized. One trend building steam in Spring 2009 is offering custom, personalized variations in jeans. One example is the customer preferences ordering from direct retailer Indi Custom Denim. Billed as Build Your Own Jeans, choices cover: fabric, back pockets, rise (low, high), style (slim, relaxed), finish (distressed or clean) and leg style (taper or flare).