Fur Stole

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Summer fashions prove less is not always more

Just because the sun has finally got its hat on doesn't mean that everyone will be taking theirs off... As spring has already provided glorious bank holiday weekends and the UK prepares for what is predicted to be a warm summer; trends and fashions haven't compromised by lightening the load, just simple changes of cut and style to adapt to the welcome warmer climes.

 

Big for the forecasted sunny spring and summer days in both men and women's designer fashions will be the welcome return of shorts.  Encouraging everyone to bare their legs, men's fashions will see them donning much smarter chino styles in heavy cotton, while women's shorts will come in more cropped styles beckoning back the hotpant in leathers, denim and chunky knits plus the slightly longer, high waist sailor shorts that come in jacquard, cord, suede and thick cotton.

 

While most tops this season will swim the seas of a nautical theme or take a nature ride with snake-skin patterns and other animal prints; the psychedelic 70's will be getting down and no doubt dirty in festival chic.  The sunlight won't be the only thing that's blinding us as neon brights are back with a vengeance in the latest modes of colour blocking and purposefully clashing patterns or prints.  The demonstration of the current colour blocking trend was perfectly demonstrated by the spring/summer 2011 collection from Prada.  While Prada featured fun, swirl patterned, oversized straw hats that made you want to run to the beach, it was their fox fur stole that has currently gained notoriety as the hottest accessory of the season with its bold, stripy statements and flirtatiously vibrant colours.

 

Fur has remained a fashion favourite and with young designers queuing up to work and experiment with the material, the industry has seen a range of new cuts and styles that have drastically altered the perennial wearability which helps latest styles more aptly suit the warmer months.  Main items include stoles and boleros to accompany formal wear for summer weddings, garden parties and balls or gillets and light jackets put together with skinny's, t's and shorts for casual day wear.

 

Royal Wedding fever has also inspired a range of new oversized hats to accompany layered trends and styles to shade us in the sundrenched quarter.  While round sunglasses will be framing the face, as found in the collections of Victoria Beckham and The Row; we'll also be eyeing heavier retro styles like the Wayfarer from fashion bastions, Ray Ban and the Sunpocket II range.

 

Putting your best foot forward; footwear for more radiant months will see both men and women's fashion looking to more garish designs on the consistent favourite of the flip flop.  Women will continue to see the leather variations on gladiator sandals, a choice of elaboration on ballerina flats and the European flavour of wooden clogs, while men will look to thick cotton boat shoes or plimsolls, woven sandals and hard leather or suede lace-up ankle boots.

 

With the continuing trend of layering and use of much meatier materials this spring/summer 2011, trends are proving that when it comes to sunshine fashions; less is most definitely not more!

 

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Woman Pleads Guilty To Hiding Stolen Fur In Underwear - What do you thik?

46-year-old woman pleaded guilty Monday to hiding a stolen mink coat in her underwear.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/06/20/woman-pleads-guilty-to-hiding-stolen-fur-in-underwear/?hpt=ju_bn5

Doggy, does this pit islam v PETA or are you going to delete me?

I just wonder how big her knickers were to fit a fur coat in them.

Has no one ever told her that people who wear fur coats often don't wear knickers?

I think she could get some counseling......the time to steal a fur coat us in the winter not in the summer.....she wouldn't be able to wear it for months.

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