Our expert panel dissects the latest trends being worn by the celebs.
THE PANEL:
Kyly Clarke (TV personality and founder of Lyfestyled): “There are dramatic sleeves and then there are I’m-learning-to-fly sleeves. I think this look is done best when it’s the only feature of the outfit – otherwise, similar to Kelly Rowland, you may end up with a little too much material. One celeb who got it right is Maia Mitchell; the cuteness and bronzed long-leg look of her outfit allows for extra movement without allowing it to become really overpowering.”
Olivia Phyland (Co-host of The Loop): “Flares are back, big time – and I don’t just mean on those bell-bottom jeans (hello, arms). My personal style is boho, so I dig a good floaty-sleeve situation, but you need to know your limits. Maia Mitchell took the look a bit far, but she has won me back with the fact that she’s wearing a cute, lacy white jumpsuit. Hot!”
Alissa Thomas (CLEO’s fashion director): “Note to arms: sleeves as you know them are over and have been launched into the stratosphere of high ‘farrrshion’. The flared sleeve, made famous in Australia by designer Kym Ellery, could be a defining fashion characteristic of the twenty-teens. Embracing the modern-structure trend, there is something about this I love. Elizabeth Olsen is in for the win by keeping colours classic and making her sleeves the hero.”
