By Josephine Agbonkhese

This year, the fashion and beauty landscape has already promised bold shifts—from romantic lace embellishments and voluminous silhouettes on the runways to a resurgence of natural glows and intentional styling. Amid the excitement of emerging trends, your favs, in this edition, share the trends they’re happily leaving behind and the ones they’re embracing this year.

I will not be caught wearing see-through dresses—Uche Elendu

This year, I can’t be caught braless or wearing a see-through dress. I won’t embrace any fashion that is purely for online validation. Trends that exist only to go viral without comfort, craftsmanship, or personal identity don’t last. Fashion should express who you are; not who the algorithm wants you to be. I also think extreme fast fashion cycles that promote waste and disposable style will continue to lose relevance. In 2026, I’m choosing intention, sustainability, and comfort over hype.

I don’t want to see kitten heels—Chika Winnie

One trend I wouldn’t want to see this year is kitten heels. If you want to wear heels, please wear heels; not half heels. Kitten heels just shouldn’t be worn. Another trend is people saying wearing a wig to a club is more chic. That’s segregating because why would you say wearing a wig to the club is more chic than braids to the club? That story should end with 2025! 

Won’t embrace bleaching in the name of fashion—Mobolaji Mogaji

One trend I don’t want to see this year 2026 is bleaching and it’s because we were not educated properly. Now that we know and also know that it causes more harm than good, we should begin to love our skin even more. I believe each one of us is beautiful with our diverse colours.

Extremely bright under eye isn’t fashionable at all—Adejoke Abdulsalam

One fashion trend I don’t want to see this year is the extremely bright under eye. I am also very guilty of this trend though. So, this year 2026, I think we all should tone it down a little. Let’s tone it down, Queens! A little won’t be bad at all.