Spring fashion - not all Uggs with cutoffs and MC Hammer pants

With April showers come May flowers… and short sleeves, flip flops, and rising hemlines. Spring has arrived and so has its fashion, the good and the bad.

“Uggs with shorts.”

Danielle Tassone, a sales associate at Dekade, a clothing boutique in Aurora, Ontario, doesn’t even have to pause to think about what spring look she’s already hating.

“Ew. Just, ew.”

Sadaf Ghandehari, a 20-year-old receptionist who models her style after The Hills star Lauren Conrad, is also cursing some of the spring looks she’s seen since the warmer weather rolled in.

“The half-boots/half-sandals look is a tragedy,” she says. “I know people are indecisive, me included, but these are just hideous.”

Her grievances don’t end with the boot and sandal hybrid.

“Harem pants. Why? I’d rather not look like I pooped my pants,” Ghandehari adds. Then she pauses. “Am I allowed to say that?”

Spring fashion may be leaving some underwhelmed but Jaclyn Genovese wants you to know it ain’t all bad.

Genovese, owner of Toronto clothing store jacflash and current star of jaclife, a web series on slice.ca based on her store, is excited to wear a particular selection of pieces.

“My leather shorts, trenches, and dresses without tights,” says Genovese. “Open-toed shoes!”

Jacflash is also ready for spring, with the store's spring stock continuing to come in.

“You will see lots of beautiful cocktail dresses [and] beautiful and classic basics, as well as some ultimate going out gear,” she says.