Jumpsuits - All-in-Ones - Catsuits

Jumpsuits, also called all-in-ones, were a great fashion trend of the 1960s and the 1970s. Now have truly been revived and since they are so practical they are sure to be a winner. Preen's lovely parachute silk jumpsuits are not to be confused with the all-in-one 1980s shell suits of yesteryear. Avoid any jumpsuits you see made of nylon rip-stop style parachute fabric, or you may well get a lot of déjà vu strange stares as people think - shell suit season! Choose this look and the fabric with great care.

Catsuits, or all-in-ones can be as classily glitzy as the Debenhams creamy oyster evening wear jumpsuit far left, or as cool and collected as the black safari style everyday wear near right.

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FLOWERS Fashion - LE JARDIN

Botanical or floral prints bring the garden onto clothing and accessories. The impact making change within floral prints, is that they are often painterly with the appearance of brushstrokes. Trends in fabrics show materials often have the look of hand painting, or graffiti like scribbles and smears; whilst some are more colour oriented and appear spray, tie, or Ombre dip dyed.

Note too, many other ditsy retro florals influenced by 40, 50s and 70s dolly print found on cutie blouses. Naturally, a long stem with a flower head makes for great life-size border prints, and from that innovative new silhouette styles have emerged.

Left - Cute print dress mixing several fashion trends in one from Marks and Spencer's Spring Summer 2008 Per Una range. Gorgeous Lily Cole models this fashionable summer dress which illustrates patchwork, abstract floral printed fabric, semi-sheer tiers and a new fascination with the colour blue.
Right - The original inspiration of one of the D&G patchwork print dresses.

This soft feminine look is terrific with metallic footwear, but the look can easily be toughened up by wearing calf strapped Gladiator sandals, or heavier flat footwear such as shoe boots. This was a trend back in the 1980s when girly Laura Ashley dresses were made to look more aggressive when solid black Doc Marten shoes were were teamed with the dolly prints.

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