I'm a professional stylist - here are three ways to tell if the latest fashion trends are a 'smart buy' for YOUR closet

A master stylist and organizer who has worked pinch stars for illustration Selling Sunset's Heather Rae El Moussa has uncovered 3 ways you tin show if a inclination is simply a 'smart buy' for your closet - and erstwhile you should perfectly pass.

This summertime especially, it seems for illustration location are a cardinal caller manner trends popping up each complete nan societal media sphere - whether it be jelly shoes or raffia bags aliases moreover those viral barrel-leg jeans.

And that's not to mention nan menswear-style boxer shorts, linen vests and bloomers that are besides taking Instagram by storm. 

But really tin we cognize what's really worthy nan buy, and what's conscionable a discarded of our money? 

Styling master Caitlin Jaymes broke it each down successful a new video that was posted to her TikTok earlier this summer, arsenic she urged viewers to deliberation critically astir their purchases.

The first extremity she offered was to measure whether aliases not nan point tin lucifer pinch different pieces that are already successful your closet.

She gave an illustration to nan audience, naming nan cherry reddish inclination this past autumn arsenic a premier example. 

'So, erstwhile nan reddish inclination was really celebrated complete nan fall, if you could spell successful your closet and think, wow, okay, I really person for illustration 5 pieces that would lucifer really good pinch nan red, astir apt a smart bargain for you,' Jaymes explained.

The 2nd measurement you tin show whether aliases not to bargain into a inclination is to look astatine immoderate photos you whitethorn person saved for style inspiration and measure if nan inclination matches up to what you whitethorn beryllium going for.

'Is it going to lead maine to my style goals, aliases is it conscionable going to beryllium clutter successful my closet that I'm astir apt not gonna wear?' nan master questioned.

Finally, she told viewers to beryllium realistic pinch themselves erstwhile it comes to these trendy items. 

'If it's a mini skirt trend, and you're personification who ne'er wears mini skirts, aliases you ne'er really person an juncture wherever a mini skirt is appropriate, astir apt a inclination that you don't want to buy,' Jaymes said.

The stylist admitted that it does return a batch of self-control to defy immoderate of these trendy items, but successful nan agelong run, you and your closet will beryllium truthful overmuch happier that you didn't bargain into nan fad.

And, successful nan caption of her video, Jaymes explained that she had started her relationship to thief women shop smarter - promising that location were much tips wherever this came from.

Some of her sentiments were besides akin to professional spending coach Paige Pritchard's 'mind blowing tip' that she offered in a video last March.

Pritchard revealed to viewers that erstwhile you bargain a product, you're ne'er really buying nan point - conscionable nan thought of it.

She explained that 'beneath nan desire' for nan caller merchandise you whitethorn beryllium buying is really conscionable a desire for thing else.

'You're either buying yourself an identity, aliases a feeling,' Pritchard shared. 'Because erstwhile it boils down to it, that's each you really want.'

'You want to place arsenic a definite type of person, aliases you want to consciousness a definite type of way,' nan contented creator continued.

As an example, she said that erstwhile you bargain a new, fancy-looking planner, you aren't buying truthful overmuch arsenic nan planner, but nan 'identity' of personification who has it each together, and nan 'emotion' of emotion that measurement too.

So, nan adjacent clip you're tempted to bargain a brace of those mesh ballet flats aliases pedal-pusher capri pants, you whitethorn want to slow down and deliberation doubly astir your imaginable purchase.