Workout Wear

Great workout wear can make all the difference in your motivation to workout and to have an amazing workout! Similar to the importance of dressing everyday in what brings you joy, comfort and style, workout wear is not any different!...

Chic Sneak Peek

Chico’s New Collection February 2021 – Virtual Fashion Show Maggie, the store manager at the Chico’s in downtown Naperville, Illinois, and I decided to collaborate each month and bring you a “Chic Sneak Peek” featuring Chico’s new collection. It’s always...

Feature a Friend

Meet “Leahbops” At Fashion Trends and Friends, we are as much about friends as we are about fashion! Therefore, we periodically like to feature someone we think you’ll enjoy getting to know! First, the back story of how Leah and...

Target Haul

Graphic T-Shirts Part 2 of 2 You might recall in part 1 of Target Haul that I had run into shop for something, which I don’t even recall what, and ended up buying three graphic t-shirts. To see the first...

ZYIA Active – One More Rep

Active Wear Recently, a dear friend’s sister-in-law, Michele reached out to me seeking my opinion of a new brand of active wear that she sells. Based on following FTF, Michele is well aware of the weight loss and fitness journey...

Stylish Monday – Lovely in Leggings

What to Wear With Leggings It might be easier to state what not to wear leggings with as I think they go with almost everything! Tunics Oversized Chambray Shirt Paired With an Unbuttoned Plaid Shirt Sweaters both regular and oversized...

How to Style Leather Leggings

How to Style Leather (Faux) Leggings Part 1 of 2 In preparation for this collaborative blog post, FTF did a little research.  The goal was to find stylish recommendations for mid-lifers to style leggings or in this case faux leather...

Soft Surroundings

My Time. My Place. My self. (Naperville, Illinois) Soft Surroundings – Part 2 of 3 Fashion Trends and Friends were thrilled to receive an email asking if we’d be interested in collaborating with Soft Surroundings…well let us think about it...