FASHION
BOLD STANCE
A m p up the look of
brightly colored jeans
with equally brilliant
layered separates.
Straight skinny jeans,
Uniqlo, $4 0 ; 877/486-4756
to order. Soft detailed
denim shirt, Coldw ater
Creek, $60;
coldw atercreek.com .
O versize plaid flannel coat,
Liz Claiborne, $269;
lizclaiborne.com. 1 0 0 %
cashm ere hooded sweater,
L L B e a n , $129; Hbean.com.
Everyday ballet flats, JJill,
$79; jjill.com
TOP NOTCH
(T O P R IG H T) Look beyond the typical
jean jacket to longer denim toppers,
w hich add a co n tem p o rary
flair to d ressier outfits.
Trench, Ellavie, $4 0 ; at M arshall's stores,
m arshallsonline.com fo r locations. Dress,
B CB G eneratio n, $88; at Lord & Taylor
stores. Bead necklace, Kate Spade, $95;
at Lord 8< Taylor stores
SKIRT THE ISSUE
(B O TTO M RIG HT) Tw o w o rds are
syno nym o u s w ith denim skirts: sh o rt and
tight. T h is sw ingy m id-length version is
anything but— and it's incredibly flattering.
Box pleat skirt, Level 99, $85; chickdowntow n
.com. Scattered petals tank, J.Crew, $88;
jcrew.com . “Rebecca” cardigan, C lu b M onaco,
$89; clubm onaco.com for store locations.
“Newell” flats, Lela Rose for Payless, $30;
payless.com. Beige and orange lizard bangles,
Ted Rossi, from $85; tedrossi.com
1 4 6 OCTOBER 2009 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
BOTTOM RIGHT: FLO’ STEPLADDER. MARCELLO ZILIANI,
$
495
; THE MOMA STORE; MOMASTORE.ORG
