Anyone whos anyone is wearing minis this season! Slim, toned, waxed and moisturized legs are a must for this trend.
Hemlines rode high for spring-summer all over the ramps, promising to send temperatures - and pulses - soaring.
Figured lace: Elie Saab’s line-up included feminine mini-dresses with wide skirts in sheer fabrics with embroidered tulip motifs and fluffy ostrich-feather trims. Work the trend with wide-skirted mini-dresses in translucent figured lace or with soft faux-fur, in white, snuff or slate-blue.
These feminine numbers are perfect for lunch at an upscale restaurant or a formal evening event.
Floral prints: Dutch designer duo Viktor and Rolf’s entire collection was based on voluminous baby-doll frocks printed with giant muted yellow flowers. Wear these casual dresses to an artsy event, a friend’s house, or a trip to Goa or Phuket.
Mile-high slitsThis trend has been going strong ever since Angelina Jolie flashed her hip-bones on the red carpet in a dress with a daring side-slit.
Alexandre Vauthier's evening gowns with thigh-high slits came in white, black and shimmery grey, while Donatella Versace, with true Italian flair, had dresses with thigh-high slits not just in white and black, but also in stunning royal blue. Designer Zuhair Murad's super-feminine evening dresses with thigh-high slits came in light blue, dove grey, and eternal white.
Sheer fabricsIt is time to play peek-a-boo! Sheer fabrics are absolutely everywhere this season. Reinvent the frumpy, floor-sweeping skirt by making it over in the image of haute-couture.
Black sheers: Karl Lagerfield, the grand-daddy of haute couture, created sheer magic at Chanel with transparent black lace skirts. Giambattista Valli took the trend a step further with black skirts over everything from hot pants to trousers.
Hit the mall or the movies in a sheer black overskirt over a too-short pair of shorts, or a black skirt that ends a few inches above the knee - street-friendly and chic!
Printed and figured sheers: Valentino’s sheer maxi-dresses had clever embroidery and the use of strategic inners to make them accessible to the average fashionista. At Armani Prive, wide see-through culottes in shades of greenish-yellow, slate-blue, black and beige, printed with green bamboo prints were huge.
Get yourself a pair of culottes in sheer fabrics with a leaf-print for college, casual Fridays at work, shopping or road trips.
