Article: the shape of Spring to come

SPRING FASHION

the shape of Spring to come

Sunday, March 23, 2003

It's a Felix the Cat clock moment in fashion. A boomerang Formica, bouffant moment.

It's parasol daiquiris at the Copa. Smoke gets in your eyes. Loopy monograms on the band's powder-blue tuxedo jackets. Floaty chiffon cocktail dresses, polka dot wedge shoes and glamour-puss sunglasses. Yep, it's a fashionable Fifties moment -- a spring moment that will shape your wardrobe.

What? You don't aspire to be the postmodern incarnation of Doris Day or Sandra Dee. Not even Julianne Moore in "Far From Heaven"?

Well all righty, then it's a Marcia Brady moment. A micro-mini, skinny-striped and skintight, pale-lipped, flash and sass and ...

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