Summer in the city - Ebony Fashion Fair - women's clothing and accessories - Brief Article - Product Announcement

Ebony, June, 2002 by Eunice W. Johnson

Summer in the city is fun and fashionable, especially when the season is spent in the exciting city of New York or in creations from the famous city's renowned designers. Known for its pop culture and innovative style, New York's fashion scene heats up during the summer months. Vibrant summer colors--such as bright orange, lemon yellow and lime green--stand out among a multitude of somber business suits and drab casual attire.

Office buildings showcase a colorful array of exotic floral prints as well as colorful though conservative silk blouses and no-frills, straight-cut skirts. Trendy restaurants in New York are enlivened with soft pastel colors of femininely draped sundresses worn by the socially chic lunching ladies. For the summer of 2002, fashion designers have put to good use their sense of style and color to insure that the summer in your city is just as exciting, colorful and fashionably innovative as summer in the city that never sleeps--New York.

Below: Deep shade of summer melon accentuates Mark Montano's princess-seam linen dress with Peter Pan-style collar and over-sized, vertically pin-tucked mock necktie.

Left: Conservative cool defines this silk linen pantsuit by Bill Blass, which is classically tailored into a wing lapel, double-breasted jacket and paired with straight-legged, pleated pant.

Above: Mark Montano's circus-inspired mini-dress has block appliques on front, frayed hemline and whimsical wide ruffles around collar and cuffs of detachable sleeves.

Right: Red-and-white floral print, man-styled cotton shirt is accented with black-and-white tie of same bold print, worn atop wide-banded, dirndl miniskirt, by Polish.

Sweater dressing is both cool and classy in this pullover with tie atop a cotton pique miniskirt embroidered with a raised abstract motif, by Cynthia Rowley.

Bold geometric prints add visual impact to Diane von Furstenberg's two-piece, candy-striped suit with panel-front miniskirt, complemented with abstract-print camisole with wide shirred waistband.

Right: Sportswear separates by Kenneth Cole reflect the hues of rainbow sherbet in a look that layers lilac ultrasuede vest over peach ultrasuede wrap-skirt that complements canary-yellow tee-shirt and matching hipster belt.

Left: Catherine Malendrino's light and airy multilayered silk chiffon dress has capelet, raglan sleeves and self-corded crescent neckline.

Right: Sizzling white sundress by Polish takes on new dimensions with center-shirred, bandeau top with empire slit to create a sexy, strapless dress with a flirtatious, fluted skirt attached to a dropped waistline.

Far right: The form-fitting zipper-front jumpsuit is restyled for summer fun in an eye-catching, patchwork mix of indigo blue denim and white, cotton twill, by House of Field. Note: Trendy, wide hipster belt and matching large carry-all bag.

Above: Embroidered palm leaves create light, airy motif on transparent silk chiffon blouse, which is worn over spaghetti-strap camisole and paired with belted hipster pant of glazed white satin, by Carolina Herrera.

Above center: White khaki twill takes shape in a safari-style sleeveless sundress with yoke waistline, large patch-pockets and Nehru collar, by Oscar de la Renta. Accented with marbleized buttons and a sleek, white envelope purse.

Left: Vibrant colors of summer come together in pop art-print jacket worn over simple, strapless tangerine column dress of silk linen, by Bill Blass.

Right: The trench coat comes out for summer styled as an oversized coatdress with cuffed balloon sleeves and belted below waist, by Calvin Klein. Note: Updated white Roman-style sandals accented with gold-tone metal studs and buckles and cushiony foam rubber soles.

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