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"TRENDOID: n., pron. trend-oyd: A man or woman relentlessly committed to pursuing the hottest, latest, and greatest new crazes in the fashion world; see also &amp;quot;slave to fashion&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;fad fanatic.&amp;quot; I was walking out of Urban Outfitters last night when I ran into a fashion editor friend on her way in. &amp;quot;What are you shopping for?&amp;quot; she asked me. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;ve been on the hunt for the perfect lightweight cotton fitted plaid button down!&amp;quot; I told her. &amp;quot;I want to wear it with my jean cutoffs. How about you?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I really want some of those racerback tanks with armholes that scoop really low so you can wear like a cool bra that shows underneath,&amp;quot; she told me. &amp;quot;Ugh, we are SUCH TRENDOIDS!&amp;quot; We both cracked up. It&amp;#x27;s sad but true. The minute I spot a new trend I&amp;#x27;m into, I must. have. that. outfit. immediately. My coterie of fashion editor friends mostly feel the same way--remember when Alia hacked the sleeves off a vintage Oscar de la Renta fur coat with gardening shears because she was so excited to have a fur vest?!--and that breeds a dangerous form of trendoid-ism. I&amp;#x27;m newly obsessed with neon accessories, and when I stumbled across the perfect hot yellow skinny belt for $2.50 in Forever 21, I bought one for myself and one for Susan, because I knew she&amp;#x27;d gone as trendoid on neon as I had and that she&amp;#x27;d want one. She also spent the better part of March in search of the perfect bodysuit to bring together a look she&amp;#x27;d concocted in her mind revolving around one smart pair of tuxedo pants. I&amp;#x27;ve been equally guilty of going on a rampage at the Army Navy store for cargo pants (thank goodness the cargos with stilettos trend was short lived, no thanks to Jennifer Lopez!), making a beeline for the boys&amp;#x27; department to score the perfect shrunken blazer, and frantically calling every hunting and fishing supply store in the city for Hunter Wellies long before they hit Scoop and Madewell. My name is Tracey Lomrantz, and I&amp;#x27;m a trendoid. Time to &amp;#x27;fess up, ladies...are you a trendoid? Do you get an idea for an outfit in your head (or see one in a magazine) and immediately need to run out and get the items that will make up that outfit? Are you always on the hunt for some new piece you simply must have? Do you shop with an extreme sense of purpose, like my plaid shirt mission? ARE YOU A TRENDOID LIKE ME? More Cool Ways to Get Glamour.com Wherever You Go! Add glamour.com to your Google homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! Photo: Marcel Thomas/Film Magic"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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