Fashion Forecast Calls for Rain

So, it was damp today, and everyone whined about it: in the lines for the show, hanging around in the lobby of the tents, on our little blogs. Also, and this is hilarious to me, I think there were fewer people out than normal. Which means that some folks actually stayed home so they wouldn't get wet. I'm melting, melting!

In other somber news, the fashion industry is a wee bit concerned about this recession we might possibly have coming up. The rumor is that we're going to be wearing a lot of menswear-inspired pieces - women, that is, as the guys are already wearing that - and gray. Sounds very 1930s to me. Glamorous, but sort of shudder-inducing from a "what does this all mean?" standpoint.

All is not bleak, though, claims trend forecaster Jayne Mountford. In today's Reuters article she predicts all this drabness will be "punctuated by pops of rich color in jewel and berry tones and even bright, futuristic shades ... [which are] signs of optimism."

Also, and more importantly - pretty!