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Goodbye, gray: Color's back for spring
After a season of gray, expect spring fashions to pop in technicolor. The runways at New York Fashion Week were awash with color Thursday, from candy-hued magentas and yellows to muted shades of blush pink, light tan and dusty blue. It's a far cry from the gray that dominated the fall lines. Sunny yellow and candylike pink and blue created the palette for Miss Sixty (where the skinny jean lives on), while standouts at Bill Blass came in blush-colored silk-satin and gunmetal silk organza. At Cynthia Steffe, sherbet colors provided the pop, and at Nicole Miller late Wednesday, stained-glass prints and earthy colors dominated. Michael Fink, fashion director at Saks Fifth Avenue, said it wasn't yet clear what the big color story will be: candy-colored brights, subdued cosmetics colors or black and white.
What's worn beneath surfaces at Nordstrom
Jumping from conception to hanging wares on a Nordstrom rack in two years might seem unrealistic for most retailers. Not so for Zovo, an upscale lingerie retailer started in 2005 by former Starbucks executive Victoria Roberts. In the past two years, Zovo has opened a store in Seattle's University Village, launched a retail Web site and designed its own collection of intimate apparel. The Zovo line, already sold at high-end boutiques nationwide, will be available at Nordstrom stores in downtown Seattle and Bellevue, Wash., by August 21. The collection will also be sold at a Nordstrom opening in Denver in October. Zovo's premiere collection includes lingerie, as well as loungewear, silk fashion tops and cashmere robes. With panties at around $30, lounge pants for $140 and robes at around $180, Zovo expects to fit in well with Nordstrom's niche.
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