Mimosa Is The New Black: Spring Fashion Preview

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Right about now, while the rest of us are still deep in winter-mode, spring starts hitting the racks and runways in the fashion world. You may have noticed that many stores started making the switch just after Christmas to pre-Spring clothing, accessories, and home stuffs. To get you ready to make the leap from sweater and boots and greet the season in style, here are some things the industry is predicting will be hot in 2009:

• Trends and fashions come and go, and with them "hot" colors wax and wane. Pantone, a group you can kind of think of as the Nostradamous of the design industry, forecasts that "Mimosa" is the color of the year for 2009. Kind of like calling brown khaki - mimosa is another word for the color yellow. Expect to see warm and sunny shades of yellow paired with shades of gray, brown and white not just in clothing but all over the housewares department at Targét, too.

  



• According to FashionTrendsetter.com (a little black book of what's to come with clothes) like many springs before it, women's fashion will be full of feminine ruffles and frilly petticoats paired with the clean lines of items like swing jackets, simple cropped jackets, and symmetrical prints. There will also be a lot of boxy and over sized styles and pieces including tunics, shift dresses, and draping kimono shouldered tees. Funky graphic prints and tees will be still be around through spring, too.
  

  



• Guys will find their side of the store filled with slim polos, vintage bermudas, tarred denim, and more screen printing. Track jackets and other "shiny" fabrics will be featured in a lot of lines as well. It is also looking like deep v-neck tops will be making another appearance.

  

That's the fashion word on the streets as they say. I can't wait to start putting back on the bright prints, fun shoes, and flirty accessories that come with warmer weather, can you?