Juliette Longuet

The strong woman that has dominated the runway the past few seasons was swept aside in a flurry of tulle, ribbon, and bows at the spring 2010 runway shows in New York, London, Milan, and Paris. It appears designers are abandoning a woman whose fortitude matches her survival instincts in favor of something more flou and flirtatious.Short, transparent chiffon dresses will become “must haves” compared to more structured outfits.

Here are the fabrics that you will have to wear this Spring:

TWEED

ROMANTIC LACE

Game of lace and transparency. The corset is coming back! The lingerie is becoming an outfit.

Don’t forget to add prints in your outfits:

PRINTS

DO: little abstract flower patterns, polka dots, psychedelic prints in pastel colors, very discreet and romantic.

DON’T: the total look with prints everywhere or not matching together, too many prints kill the print.

RUFFLES

DO: Sensual, hippie chic or sophisticated, the ruffles are everywhere for Spring!

DON’T: too much, too big, I don’t like when a detail is too obvious in an outfit.

DRAPED AND CREASED

Wispy draping.

EMBROIDERY : Glitters, embroideries, sequences…

BOWS

Oversized and attention grabbing, bows in 2010 come in many styles and forms. They can be precious or pretty, without a doubt - but there’s also room for attitude and quirkiness too.

THE MUST HAVE:

The shorts, I plan to have one in the collection for Spring/Summer after many requests here we go !

DO:

DON’T: I am not crazy with the bermuda style, especially in tweed.

THE TRENCH COAT

DO: Try to find a nice twist mixed with a classic style. For the color I would keep nude,camel or Khaki  and I would avoid the pastel new versions very difficult to match with your outfits. I think you would lose the chicness of a nicely tailored trench.

DON’T: Forget iridescent Trench or summer Trench with no sleeve converted into a dress

THE WHITE SHIRT

DO:

DON’T: I am not a fan of the plastron look.

MUST HAVE COLORS FOR SPRING/SUMMER 2010:

***WHITE WILL BECOME A COLOR

White casual dress in cotton for the day.

White silk dresses for the evening.

***KHAKI EVERYWHERE (without mentioning the Balmain collection only in khaki this season)

DO: Khaki and white is a strong trend, very chic and elegant.

Evening dresses in khaki, this is the perfect color for any type of skin tone.

DON’T: Some khaki colors are too difficult to wear and some prints can make you look older.

*** PINK SEND/CHAMPAGNE COLOR

**GREY

Grey in silk chiffon is very strong, mixed with glitters it’s even nicer

MUST HAVE ACCESSORIES

Before putting any jewelry on,  don’t forget a nice manicure that matches your color’s outfit. As you can see the brands are following the color trend for make up as well !

Transparent jewelry : plexi is the perfect material to match with all your dresses this summer.

For the last episode of New York New York TV show, I picked up Lisa Perry as our high end store in the episode. She is famous for her Twiggy dresses in rainbow fluo colors but not only!

Lisa is passionate of Vintage pieces from the 60’s, she is selling in her store part of her own collection like Pierre Cardin jump suits, Andre Courreges Jackets, Paco Rabanne dresses, YSL shirts…

She created a real concept store where you can find any kind of original presents. We had a lot of fun.

Her store is an old  City Bank and she kept the safe as it was before, so don’t forget to go to the lower level to check out the vault ….

Here are my favorite colors and dresses from the Golden Globes 2010 ceremony. I think black dresses are very elegant and then the pastel colors are completely in the trends especially for Spring/Summer 2010.