STARBUCKS...A STREET STYLE ACCESSORY

{Photographer Kendall Peoples}

LETS BE HONEST, HAS OUR FAVORITE LOCAL COFFEE SHOP (STARBUCKS) BECOME MORE THAN JUST A QUICK COFFEE, CAPPUCCINO OR LATTE RUN OR IS IT CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY IN FASHION?

DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE A GOOD CUP OF JOE IN THE MORNING, IT'S MY ENERGY BOOSTER WHEN I'M DREADING MY A.M. ERRANDS OR PREPPING FOR LONG DAY AT WORK. STARBUCKS HAS BEEN THE MOST POPULAR QUAINT GO-TO COFFEE SHOP SINCE THE EARLY 2000s, BUT THE QUESTION REMAIN, HAS IT BECAME AN ADDED ACCESSORY WITH OUR WARDROBE? IT IS A KNOWN TREND THAT HOLDING A SAVVY STARBUCKS CUP IN HAND, COMPLIMENTS A CHIC STREET STYLE LOOK—TABLOIDS SHOTS PICS OF CELEBRITIES AND FASHIONISTA ON THE MOVE WALKING THE STREETS OF NEW YORK OR L.A. HAS CONFIRMED THAT. 

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"Coffee has arguably the most durable and popular accessory, a "trend" that, like any other fad, indeed signals the seasons. (Iced coffee basically a season unto itself.) And it's more than just a weather forecaster—the cups we carry become an extension of ourselves, signaling our tastes and aesthetics as much as our watches, shoes or bags." —Theresa Avila

NOW WE BUILD OUR WARDROBE AROUND THE COFFEE WE DRINK:

*Standard Coffee-Business suits or "Wear-To-Work" attire

*Latte-Street chic Savvy

*Frappuccino- comfy cozy knits, jeans, a trendy hat and your oversized scarf

Outfit Details:

•Camouflage Coat-H&M

•Ripped Gray Jeans- H&M

•Shoes-Shoe Dazzle

•SUNNIES-Anthropologie 

•Travel Coffee Cup-Starbucks 

"Handbags and Headbands may be chic, but if you really want to be a Hollywood hottie, you need to tote a colossal cup of caffeine!" —Hollie McKay at Fox News(2007)

DRINKING WITH STYLE

 NOW THAT IT HAS CONQUERED THAT PEDESTAL OF FASHION ON-THE-GO, THEY HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE STYLISH WITH THEIR TRAVEL CUPS, NOW SHOWING MORE OF A PERSONALITY AND FASHION STATEMENT WITH A CUP OF COFFEE.

 OF COURSE WE CAN'T FORGET THE SPECIALTY DRINKS SUCH AS: FRAPPUCCINO, CAPPUCCINO, MACCHIATOS AND LATTE THAT MAKE IT FEEL EVEN MORE FANCY A BROAD AND NATIONWIDE TREND!

FASHION TREND VIRAL

IT HAVE BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT IN MEDIA SUCH A INSTAGRAM, TWITTER AND TUMBLR AS AN OPPORTUNITY IN EXPLOITING BOTH FASHION AND CONSTRUCTING AN IDEAL IMAGE OF OUR DAILY LIVES, DON'T BELIEVE ME? CHECK OUT THEIR #HASTAGS. FASHION BLOGGERS HAS STAMPED THE TREND—SEEING COUNTLESS STYLISH WOMEN POSING WITH A TRAVEL CUP IN ONE HAND AND A PURSE IN THE OTHER. 

SO THE QUESTION WE ASK, HAS STARBUCKS BECAME A HIGHLIGHTED FACTOR AS AN ACCESSORY IN OUR EVERYDAY FASHION LIFE?

I LIKE TO THINK SO MYSELF, HAVING A CUP OF LATTE PAIRED WITH MY STREET STYLE JUST MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I'M READY FOR BUSINESS, WHETHER I'M WEARING MY CORPORATE ATTIRE OR MY WEEKEND LOOK....IT'S NO LONGER THAN JUST COFFEE ITS ALMOST LIKE MY FASHION LIFESTYLE....AS ONE WOULD SAY!