On The Bright Side...

One of the best things about New York Fashion Week (besides the after parties and free-flowing backstage booze) is the way it always seems to usher in the next season.  It's seemingly appropriate then, that though yesterday morning was quite blustery on the sidewalk outside the Karen Walker Autumn/Winter 2011 show, today was full of bright sunshine with only a delicate breeze that smelled--dare I say it--like the first few days of spring.

There's nothing like seeing visions of your future wardrobe float down the runway to make you really wish the weather would hurry up and change already.  But actually in a way, Karen's collection for fall seems fitting for this in-between season that is upon us right now; as FabSugar reports, it reflects a "juxtaposition of joy and drudgery" which is just so very...February.

On the bright side, just as fashion forecasts for fall cool down by the end of this Fashion Week, the weather forecast for Friday optimistically heats up to a spring-like 60 degrees.

And though we won't see Karen's A/W designs until September, I don't see why we couldn't borrow inspiration from her bold bright beauty looks (created by Shiseido) to spice up our tail-end-of-winter blues.  Focus was on sizzling coral lips and super-flushed cheeks: try Shiseido's Shimmering Rouge in Sizzle and philosophy's the supernatural cream blush in Look On The Bright Side...a rather suitable name, don't you think?

xoxo, Pretty.