Back-to school fashion: Gossip girls, neon and peace-nik retro for 2012/13

It's a futuristic peace-nik retro look for Fall of 2012 if you can imagine that! Sound confusing? Picture, if you will, a combination of 80's style puffy-shouldered suit jackets paired with skinny jeans in sizzling colours - hot pink, tangerine, neon green, ultramarine, rose smoke and titanium. This fall's fashion is embracing the beginning of the Golden Age in vivid technocolour!

Native-inspired accessories mingle with fabulously flashy floral rings, multi stranded beads and necklaces lend a sixties inspired 'peace, love and light' mood that is gorgeously intensified by the clothing's vivid neon greens and pinks.

Add a pair of platform shoes, star and flower shaped brooches, big chunky bracelets and Gossip-Girl-inspired tiny floral print headbands, and you've got lots of fun choices for drama-inspired kitchy looks.

Knit beanie hats add a jaunty and slightyly tomboyish cuteness to any outfit, while slipping on a pair of shiny ballet flats will have you feeling like Tinkerbell herself as you dance through your day, even if it is to the sound of drums in a leopard, tribal themed dress.

Embrace the vibrant energy of this fall's styles, as 2012 promised to be a new beginning for the World, as we enter the Age of Aquarius. Love and light are the theme, and peace on Earth...so let your true tribal self come out and have no fear!

Source: Chiff.com

"More trendy super cool back to school must-haves for 2012-2013:

• Hot colors - tangerine, hot pink, ultramarine green, rose smoke, titanium
• Chunky bracelets
• Chunky flower rings
• Brooches - floral or star designs
• Multi-layered necklaces
• Gossip Girl-inspired flowered headbands
• Backpacks, prints, checkered or multi-colored
• Neon sneakers
• Ballet flats in shiny colors or leopard prints
• Chunky platform shoes
• Knit beanie hats (they're not just for guys anymore)"

http://www.chiff.com/education/back-school-fashion-trends.htm