Summer 2008: the full skirt
Not only with the full skirt, but with other even more tempting fashions this spring and summer, there are pockets! You need pockets. We have always needed pockets, but for too many years we have been denied them in most usable forms. Then a year ago they showed up in ball gowns and now they are back for real. After all, without a pocket, where will you hide that note no one should see when you hear voices nearing?
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This is by Donna Karan who made a lot of full-skirted clothes, and might just have done the best with the look. Slim top, belt and full skirt, that’s all it takes. I’d eschew the transparent top, for work have a small sleeve and although I like this hat, it really isn’t big enough to be useful, so pump it up.
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Blugirl did this terrific look. A short sleeved T, a belt and a skirt in the same color and what was an evening outfit goes daytime. I’m going to wear a high-heeled sandal with mine, with a sensibly wide heel to avoid looking a fool on the stone streets of Italy.
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This is by Narciso Rodriguez, for the lucky one who can wear the short skirt. Look at those great shoes. Bronze and tie-up, both comfortable and smart. This dress would even look cute with a Keds sneaker for dropping into the cleaners and the market.
The top and skirt look I was able to copy at J Crew. The little floaty dress was well represented at Banana Republic, in spirit at least. 
Judith, these are lovely.
There is other good news, Jane. I shall post every Monday with ready to wear trands until I run out.
I really like the first two, and now they are channeling the 50s… but the last two dresses just don’t do it for me, I think I like them brighter coloured and with a hint of sleeve. I’m funny that way LOL
Who said you couldn’t have those in persimmon? If I were your age, I’d wear short skirts as much as possible. Such a sense of freedom.
I don’t really like short skirts because I don’t have the gams for them. I’ve always maintained I have peasant legs. However, I have an aristocratic body with a long waist and now that the waist is returning with the dieting, I’m going to love those slim tops with wide belts. I saw justement an outfit quite like the black one today in a boutique window in Montreal, except the skirt was white with black lacy foliage pattern. I thought of you immediately.
gorgeous stuff here! i love the feminine lines~ they remind me of my mother & grandmother in their glory days