"People worry about their jobs in a difficult climate. So even if companies say it's a casual workplace, people are thinking they had better dress to impress. They're going to look the part."
As a result, consumers are going to be "over the sack dress, the Empire waist and the maternity dress.
"We'll see a lot more tailoring and body-skimming, a lot of the garden party look with ruffles and florals. And while we'll still see neutrals, grays, whites and skin tones, I've been surprised by the neon colors, like lime green. Spring will also be about hats, and lots of lace and mesh."
Buckingham said the trend has already been up and running in London, in what she described as the "piano lounge look."
"It's really about getting dressed up. It's going to carry over to the U.S. as well, because people want to dress up and have fun. We peg Generation Y as the 14- to 27-year-olds, and we call them an optimistic generation. They feel good about themselves and they want their fashion to reflect it."
Other designers describe the new looks as being simple and structured.
"Pieces are becoming more architecturally interesting," said Anna Barthelme, designer and co-owner of Los Angeles lines Lily McNeal and Dear Pruitt.
"There is more pleating, pintucks, stitching. Everything is in the details right now. There are wonderful, clean lines that are so elegant. For Lily McNeal, we're going streamlined with soft color palettes, magentas, caramels and spring greens. In Dear Pruitt, it's a little more urban and edgy, with silk screenings like a beetle on a flower. The pendulum is swinging the other way, and to do a collection that will sell you have to have the key trends combined with great basics." Lily McNeal retails from $97 to $300, and Dear Pruitt from $300 to $600.
For Kelly Nishimoto, another Los Angeles designer, it's going to be all about color. "Bright candy colors, lots of fuchsias and electric blues, bright greens and lemon yellows, anything that's catchy and fun," said Nishimoto. "It's a summer for people to breathe, relax and not take fashion so seriously. Everyone has done and overdone the bubble look. People will want to get back in shape and look cute in a short dress again. My motto is it's got to be feminine, flowy, comfortable and sexy. It's going to be a season for individuality, and it's going to be real pretty." Nishimoto's line wholesales from $17 to $159.
Denim designers agree - even those at the helm of premium denim lines, a category that has, supposedly, had its heyday.
"I keep reading that premium denim is in the toilet, but it hasn't happened yet," said Mel Matsui, owner of the Christopher Blue line in Seattle. "The wide leg is the new skinny and tops are all about soft and drapey. Eco is key - anything that's green and environmental." The line retails from $150 to $200.
Certainly, eco-friendly lines are a burgeoning micro trend in next spring's new offerings.
"There will be a focus on bamboo and hemp as more lines go green," said Kellie Kefalas, market analyst at trend forecasting company Directives West in Los Angeles. Other predictions include puff-sleeve bomber jackets; Crayola colors of red, yellow, blue and green, and skirts that are everything from mini to maxi in length. "There's going to be a print and pattern explosion," said Kefalas. "And there's no question that the dress is the print star - plaid, checks, feminine florals, bold tropicals, graphic patterns, metallics, sequins, embellishments. Frilly feminine, bows, froufrou - from charm school to fantasy romance, anything goes." yanzic0605.
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