This Spring, designers took their inspiration from Woodstock and the peace and love vibe of the 1960’s! (and early 70's)
Anything suede fringed, such as our vest from Echo Design, layered over an African Tribal tube dress. Layers of beads, gemstones, pendants, bracelets of braided leather, wrap-around cuffs...these and more great pieces will signify 2009 as "The Summer of LOVE".
Hence, a very key trend for spring summer includes The Peace symbol, very feminine and pretty peasant style skirts and dresses accessorized with huge necklaces and beads.
The floral look will be up front and special!
Here's an interesting fact: Guess who turns 50 this year??? The Peace symbol celebrates it's 50th birthday this year. Designed in 1958 by Gerald Holton, a graphic designer in London, the peace symbol is a mix of military semaphore signals N — representing nuclear — and D — representing disarmament (semaphore alphabet). Although the design itself has never been copyrighted and has appeared around the world as the international hallmark of peace, the Peace sign has been a profound symbol of freedom, with it's use, free for all.
Peace tote bag
The colours are bright and vibrant combinations of red, green and blue as well as classic white.
A sure sign of Spring....daffodils, sunshine....YELLOW!
Billowing unstructured skirts and tops are literally a HUGE hit. Check out our special white oversized shirt from Comfy USA with asymmetrical hemline,a great collar and cuffs.. and the new skirt, with side ruched accent and banded hemline, both from Comfy USA in stretch poplin.
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