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They're Baaaack |

Gaucho
pant as
seen at Keenan Duffy |

Capelet
poncho at Burberry SoHo |

Oversize
chunky
sweater and
skinny
drainpipe pants at Catherine NY |

Pant
tucked
into boots at Prada |

Fluffy
mini
skirt and white
opaque
hose
at
Keenan Duffy |
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In
Style... |
The top 10 fresh Fall 2002 trends that are
not in your working wardrobe...
promise!
Dear Sharon:
My wardrobe is full of
great basics
I love
well-cut black clothes. I also have a slew of
peasant styles
from last season that I am
completely sick of, besides, I think, they are
on their way out of fashion anyway.
I want
something new
to zip up my
everyday fall
wardrobe, but not a trend that's so saturated,
like that peasant thing again, that I see my
look coming and going. What's new, stylish, and
not seen
on every girl
(at least not yet!) who
follows fashion? - Ahead of the Pack (New
York, NY)
Dear
Ahead of the Pack:
Every season, fashion gets infused with new
styles. The key to trend longevity, if there can
be such a thing, is to
find the trend on the way
up before it hits the masses like a fireball
gone wild.
If your
personal style
is more
of-the-moment
than classic, that means update with a few,
inexpensive
key looks, and emphasis the
cutting-edge ones that will take a bit longer to
spread to the main stream.
The trend gone mad
right now is
lacing
from
lace-back boots to corset-inspired romantic
blouses to anything that ties up is "it". So
don't bother with a pricey top designer version
because next season it will be totally dated.
Instead, go with a cool designer look-alike.
"The fashion Ford" of this season is a
dramatically laced-front, black blouse by Tom
Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. Be
thrifty on the obvious trend and consider a
particularly fetching Zara version that's
obviously
inspired by this blouse of the season and then
splurge on a designer staple, like
lean, black pants to wear with it and everything
else!
Covet more up and coming trends that we know
aren't in your
working wardrobe, yet!
Why?
Because this new crop of too cute trends are a
blast from style past.
The best part of these
European street styles
is
that if you can't find them at your local mall,
you can sure find them in vintage shops or on
eBay. Then again, they're sooo fresh, you may
want to
scoop up a top designer splurge right
now!
Fast
forward to retro redo. Be the first to
rediscover:
Culottes, Gauchos, and
Knickers-
We can't stop cooing over how
darn cute these
look right now. If the
Jean Paul Gaultier clever
culottes, Louis Vuitton denim culottes, the
Max
Mara salt and pepper tweed gaucho, or the burnt
orange Keenan Duffy gaucho pant are out of your
league, keep your eyes peeled for lesser-priced
denim versions in the junior department and
gabardine knickers at H & M. Want to fake some
knickers? Do the Prada thing and tuck pants into
a great pair of
Slouchy Boots-Tight
ankles have been around long enough. Give it up
for a
gutsy pair of slouchy, droopy midcalf
boots that ask to hold a drapey pair of pants.
Skinny Pants-
Lot's of
ankle details, like shirring, slit sides, or the
double-wow draped pants at Gucci, or the
super
slinky shirred drainpipe pants at Catherine Malandrino.
Chunky Sweaters-
Wonderful,
voluminous, floppy, sweaters with
more than a hint of hand-knitted embellishment.
There's nothing more now than the Stella
McCartney super-textured sweater or an oversized
Missoni zigzag pattern that welcomes an exposed
shoulder. Plus, they look fantastic over a
skinny pair of pants!
Capes-
Swing out, sweet sister, shed that shawl and
get
dramatic. Do as Marc Jacobs does, wear a
mile-long knit scarf with a knee-length cape or
try a crocheted capelet a la Burberry. Every
town is now Cape Town!
All-In-Ones-
Jumpsuits in every
incarnation from flight suits,
corsets,
one-piece tuxedos, tailored jackets with legs,
fakes that look like 2-piece dressing to
whatever style you can slip into in a snap found
a version on almost every runaway, including
Hugo Boss, Julien MacDonald, Michael Kors,
Stella McCartney, and Diane Von Furstenberg. Got
the picture? Drink one less glass of water and
you'll find
all the fashion you need in an
all-in-one.
Opaque Hose-
After seasons of
bare legs and
fishnet
stockings, opaque and textured hose
look so
right
again. Don't cop out on style with this
one--- funk up the obvious. Valentino shows
black opaque hose with gold boots and good-taste
classics. Bright white opaque hose at Keenan
Duffy graphically awakens a

Fluffy Mini Skirt-
Top the short list
but keep the girly feeling
fresh, not tarty. The flirty mini skirt is the
perfect young look that has legs into next
spring 2003.
About last season's peasant look? Cleverly
mix
just one element
with something fresh and you'll
stretch it's trendiness a bit longer.
---October 7, 2002
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