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Fashion Trends for Spring and Summer 2006
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Spring and Summer are just around the corner, in fact looking out my window today I can almost see the sunshine trying to break through winters harsh shroud… well that might be slightly wishful thinking. We generally don't really have a summer or spring to speak of, the weather doesn't seem to change that much, but more important than the changing of the season, is the changing of the seasonal fashion lines. The temperature is almost inconsequential, do we care that it's not going to be hot enough to wear that gorgeous tunic dress teamed with our roman sandals ala Kate Moss? No, we are fashionista's not weathermen!
So what does this spring and summer have in store for us? Well, we need only to look to the usual suspects, Kate, Sienna, Micha Barton, and the London/New York catwalk shows to see what this seasons all about: WHITE! Get a head start with something white, something ruffly and something clean-cut. Apparently summer sees some of our favourite looks of the last few months including retro and vintage being swept away, and whatever feels fresh and airy holds sway. Black dominated winter, so go white for spring, there was already a nice little cross over between these two juxtapositions, the nautical stripe, which has dominated all the shops in the last month or so. Nautical is still retro enough to ease us out of our winter styling, but fresh enough to persuade us that we can go back to brighter, whiter clothes.
Many thought that the gypsy and peasant girl look of last summer had died a death, and that we'd killed it with more ruffly skirts than you could shake a stick thin model at. But this summer has a different take on the look, its still flowy and gypsy but instead of working with skirts we have a new piece: the Dress. Designers have kept the look simple, which explains the renaissance of the dress: in every shape from shift to - newest of all - strapless.
We should embrace the come back of the dress with open arms, for it can cover the multitude of sins, turn lumpy into curvaceous, give the appearance of a cleavage, and you don't have to worry what to team with it, just throw it on a clean fresh tanned (whether fake or not) body and your ready to go.
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