Beth Moore of The L.A. Timesanalyzes
the top trends from the recent fall 2007 runway shows in Paris, Milan, London and New York that she thinks are worth adapting early.
Peekaboo hair: Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino and John Galliano at Christian Dior had a love affair with 1940s silver-screen sirens and their sultry hairstyles. So don't chop it all off this summer.
Metallics: They might look like one of those here today-gone tomorrow items, but they were shining on the Ralph Lauren runway, and plenty of others, for fall. The most forward-looking investment: a bomber jacket.
Plaid: Designers at Chanel and Balenciaga were mad for plaid jackets, while Jean Paul Gaultier worked a whole Highlands theme. Burton's lumberjack check luggage is a surprising spin on the trend.
Power red: With Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for the White House and Nancy Pelosi at the helm on Capitol Hill, we were bound to see a return to 1980s power red, and we did — Viktor & Rolf and Marc Jacobs did especially good coats. A bag or shoe will do just fine too.
Tuxedo: It was Yves Saint Laurent who first put women in le smoking, and Stefano Pilati updated the look for fall with a sculpted cream tuxedo coatdress. But tuxedos aren't just for after 5: Diesel's spring ivory vest with tux lapels looks terrific with walking shorts.
She also likes the trends of metal studs everywhere -- which we think has already been done to death -- and high-heeled lace up shoes, which are just wrong on every level. Remember the lace-up shoe trend? Jane Fonda wore a frightening pair of lace-up granny boots in this really odd movie called Agnes of God, in which Meg Tilly played a nun who thought she had experienced immaculate conception. Anne Bancroft was the mysterious Mother Superior who kept impeding Jane's investigation into nefarious nunnery shenanigans. We lost the thread of the plot, being too busy commenting upon Jane's granny boots and her horrifying clothing combinations of pale blue and chocolate brown. We still shudder when we think of those outfits.
But we heartily approve of red power suits, lots of fun plaid and huge hair. J Lo is really rocking the big hair lately at various awards shows and we love it.
