Pantone Takes Pity on You, Picks Pretty Colors

Just about this time every Fashion Week, I discover I have nothing to wear.

This is partly because I haven't had time to do laundry for awhile, and partly because once you've spent a couple days around people who have twice your yearly salary to blow just on clothes, your own bargain basement wardrobe starts to look awfully blah. Fortunately, it looks like there will be plenty of pretty stuff to buy in the coming year.

I went into the week expecting the worst. People kept saying we'd see lots of gray and black, and while that was definitely there, I was pleasantly surprised at how much color I saw - pretty color! Color that you might actually want to wear.

Officially, the color of this Fashion Week is blue iris - otherwise known as Pantone No. 18-3943. But I also saw lots of pink and green and gold. No matter what your skin tone is, there should be something to wear next fall. Once the trends shed their designer furbelows - enormo ruffles and peacock feathers and the like - you and I should find plenty to wear at our local Target or H&M.

As a friend of mine says, what women want from their clothes is pretty simple: They want to look younger and they want to look thinner, but most of all, they want to look pretty. If this Fashion Week is any indication, we should look gorgeous this fall.