Contrary to popular belief, fashion isn’t about rules.
Really.
We challenge you to take those old-fashioned fashion taboos and toss ’em every which way.
In other words, this winter: Embrace tackiness.
You’ve seen it in the stores.
Dare to swathe yourself in that lovely shade of avocado green-a color heretofore deemed inappropriate for anything other than refrigerators during the disco ’70s.
Mix plaids with florals with stripes with checks.
Toss a dress on over pants.
Take a fragile little sheer silky thing and marry it to a bulky, hulking down parka.
Do the faux fur thing.
Do it with a sense of humor and sense of wink/wink/nudge/nudge joie de vivre.
But just do it. We dare you.
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Styling: Ann Moorehouse, Elite Chicago
Model: Anna, Elite Chicago
Hair/makeup: Rosemary Tackbary, Elite Chicago
Resources:
Above left: Product avocado jacket, $235, and plaid skirt, $115, at Barneys New York. Dollhouse green and black T-shirt, $20, and black crocheted tights, $10, at Flashy Trash.
Above right: Vintage faux leopard coat, $85, at Flashy Trash. Prada ombre pants, $430, at Ultimo. Prada green striped shoe, $370, at Neiman Marcus and Ultimo.
Page opposite: Helmut Lang down jacket, $748; Dries Van Noten chartreuse and red flocked dress, $628, and striped pants, $412, at Blake. Prada green striped shoe, $370, at Neiman Marcus and Ultimo.
