One of the noted fall/winter fashion trends for 2009, the plaid fashion trend can be worn in a variety of ways. Mischa Barton mixed a black and white plaid skirt with a fringed black jacket (a touch of the Bohemian luxe trend) while out and about recently.

Get out your credit cards and book a gym membership ladies because, as if muffin top wasn't a scary enough prospect, here comes the Spring/Summer 2009 exposed midriff fashion trend.

The tuxedo trend has been a huge hit in 2008. The tuxedo or dinner jacket has probably crept its way into so many a wardrobe this year that it will carry on into 2009 as less of a trend and as more of an every-day staple, thrown nonchalantly over ripped jeans or graceful minidresses alike.
To the contrary, Dita Von Teese went all out with the trend at a recent outing in Paris.
Anyone who reads Fashionising.com's fashion forums will know that I've been trying to get my hands on a pair of fringed boots from Gucci's Autumn (Fall)/Winter 2008 collection. Why? Because they're darn hot, of course. To my great disappointment, Rihanna somehow missed that fact when she wore them to Gucci's Spring/Summer 2009 runway show at Milan Fashion Week.

One of the big 2008/2009 shoe trends, fringed boots should be worn with a feeling of bohemian luxury.
Country chic skipped into many a winter wardrobe this year, with plaids being a major element. A successor to the lumberjack trend that swept through the earlier part of the year, plaid as one of the big Autumn (Fall)/Winter 2008/2009 fashion trends is much more demure.

We know Katie Holmes has really been pushing the boyfriend jeans trend of late. This time, she merged in another of this summer's trends; ripped denim.

Come Spring/Summer 2009 we're all going to be eager to hit the beach; preferably one of many from the beauty of the Mediterranean. But which swimwear pieces and bikinis will women be wearing? 2009 fashion trends will again be a major influencer and, in particular, the year's one shoulder fashion trend.
Bold red lipstick is one of the 2008 beauty trends that's set to carry over into 2009. Harry Potter star Emma Watson paired her bright red lips with a simple coat of black mascara and a casual pony-tail with side-part.

There's little point in wearing clothes from 2009's fashion trends unless you have the one other major element just right: hair.
Taking their cues from 2008, in 2009 women's hair trends will play to the extremes. They might be extremely short, extremely girly, extremely sexual or extremely slick. It'll only be the bob hair cut which will sit somewhere to the left of extreme; and you're going to be hard pressed to find that hair style on fashion forward women.
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Painting it black has reached the pinnacle of chic this season. Its dark wings have swept through just about everybody's wardrobe. But sometimes we need a little more: a little shine, a touch of glitz to put that glimmer back into our sometimes monochrome ensembles.
