Trends: The Lob

Trends are everything. Each era is defined by its trends. The '20s had flapper dresses, the '50s had poodle skirts, the '80s was all huge curly hair ...but what about the 21st century? 

When we look back in 30 years, what will we remember as the main trend? 

Trends can also be looked at from a closer perspective. In school, every season has its trends and every girl can start one. If you wear a shirt tied around your waist, and then everything spirals and everyone is wearing shirts around their waists, you have started a trend.

Trends like these change constantly, and I have decided to document just a few of the trends passing through the halls at my school. This weeks trend is...

THE LOB

...for a while now,  we were all trying to grow our hair as long as humanly possible (for me, that's not very long), but we have finally gotten tired of all the hour long showers and frizzy hair days. Not only is short hair more convenient, but I think it looks more mature. The short angles frame your face perfectly and just give off a cleaner more put-together look. 

I watched this trend spread very attentively. I first noticed it on YouTube. A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon a new YouTuber who, like many others I follow, was a lifestyle Vlogger. But, what I found interesting about her was how different she looked and dressed after she cut her hair. In her earlier videos she had long brown hair and dressed very bohemian, but once she lobbed off her hair she began to wear more put-together minimalist outfits (which were just so much cuter!). I began to see more and more YouTubers doing the same (like my all time favorite, Zoella) Suddenly, even people I knew were doing it. Everyone I saw who had cut their hair looked so amazing with their new-do, that even I was convinced to try it myself.

This trend is a perfect example of the large effect that social media has on society today. Sure it's mainly an example of what it does in the fashion world, but it can be taken so much farther. 

Ok, I know that was a lot of information, but I just love thinking about this kind of stuff and decided I would share my thoughts with the internet world :)

(Zoella)

(My Friends)

(Me)

xoxoxo

Nina

Song stuck in my head right now: Shut Up and Dance - Walk the Moon