"What was I thinking...?"

There it was right in front of me. That red and blue tartan jacket that I just had to have. Granted, it was a few years ago now and thankfully, my tastes have evolved somewhat since the purchase of that rather garish number.

But we've all had those moments. You see an old picture of yourself, or you find the item itself hidden in the back of your wardrobe. All you can think is "What was I thinking?." Yeah. You know precisely what I mean.

At the time of the tartan jacket incident, I genuinely believed that my life would be enhanced by owning and subsequently wearing, said jacket. Was it fashionable at the time? Of course it was, I wasn't the only person sporting it, that's for sure. (No, it didn’t escape me the fact that I was a Scot, living in Scotland and wearing a tartan jacket, either)

Anyway, when I came across this jacket the other day - it got me thinking about these little trends that appear all the time. Where do they come from? Who made the decision to sell countless numbers of tartan jackets to young women all over the UK?

Well, fashion trends are usually predicted a few years in advance.. Right? So they had been plotting this for some time.

Sneaky.

I actually remember teaming that jacket with a striped shirt that held a massive bow on the front of it. Luckily the shirt is no where to be found..

But I do always laugh to myself a little when I see people merging trends together for an "original" look. I do it all the time. But am I actually just creating an unattractive mesh of themes and items? Will we look back on today’s fashion and shake our heads in miserable disdain?

Or should we just chalk it down to being truly original?

I’m not sure.. All I know is that I have just spotted and incredible satin jumpsuit that I must have…

Oh and, for my sins… here is the jacket in question.