Style Guide

Every February New York City is host to Fashion Week in Bryant Park. Celebrities and their devoted paparazzi will be running from show to show, staring entranced at the runways full of models decked out in the hottest styles for Fall 2005. Yes fall, as in the season after summer. Fashionistas will be stalking the tents in preparation for their post-Labor Day wardrobes. But for the rest of us, you know the ones who think about Spring 2005 in the year 2005, here’s a little cheat sheet for the upcoming season.

Spring 2005 is all about movement. Styles are flowing and swirling their way back towards the glamorous days of the femme fatale. A-line circle skirts that skim the knee are flirty and sexy especially when layered. And gauzy sheer tops are official must-haves, especially the halters waiting for summer time. The coatdress also makes a fitting comeback, accessorized with scarves as belts or the new tie-on belts in macramé or with shells and beads.

Footwear is the big story this season with strappy, high heeled sandals everywhere. The Grecian sandal, a prettier version of the old gladiator sandals, is shown in silver, gold, and neutral colours. Bye-bye gaudy thick red straps from the 90’s. While the high heels flatter any leg and any hemline there is, thankfully, a stylish alternative for ladies who stand on the subway everyday – Grecian flats that tie up around the leg – think Neferteri from the movie “Ten Commandments”. Available in every color style and flavor, these flats will give ease to those toes after a day teetering around Manhattan, plus you can keep your pedicure out of those Timberlands.

We aren’t all construction workers, are we? It’s time to be ladies again: think of the fun and sexiness of not dressing like your man for a season. Let the jeans and boots take a breather while you revisit your feminine side. You might even score a seat on the train – a girl can dream can’t she?