The idea of mixing a sheer or floral knee length or mini skirt with a lean or boxy tailored jacket is one that makes great fashion sense and all it takes is a little imagination. Prints abound this season and you can find them in bold and brazen colors or in subtle tones. The colors of spring are, well, the colors of spring flowers. Or they are bright and bold. But watch out, there is a lot of black and white on the fashion horizon and we are heading toward a fall where black once again makes a strong showing.
Fabrics are lightweight and flirty, soft and filmy or sheer and sweet.
They are also bold and textural, wrapped and banded and slick and shiny. Leather is still a very strong contender this season, as is suede. Croc and gator make less of an impact but shiny, polished and lustrous leathers that are plain, grained or have been printed make equally as strong fashion statements. That active sportswear look of past seasons makes less of an impact on casual wear. The news is in great fitting pants in a narrower cut with hemlines from midcalf to ankle to longer.