Last season’s stark, layered sheer ensembles at Miu Miu may have seemed a little strange six months ago, but it’s clear that everyone is finally starting to see the beauty in this strange, ethereal look - including designers.  This Spring will be all about sheer layers in stiff fabrics.

Witness the shows from Vuitton (top), Sonia Rykiel (above), Verrier (bottom), and, of course, Miu Miu, whose designer Miuccia Prada apparently loved the look so much that she produced an encore performance, this time not in coral and sky blue but in darker hues like burgundy and charcoal.  Vuitton’s Marc Jacobs updated his sheers in shocking brights and pretty-but-clashing pastels, with matching veils.  Rykiel layered her sheer tiered dresses to flirty perfection, pairing them with avante-garde sunglasses and neon-hued heels.

To transition sheers from the runway to real life, wear a balanced mix of sheers and opaques, and of brights and neutrals - translucent black is always chic, as is white when layered properly and tastefully.  Wear with tights or bare legs, and polish it all off with a pair of prim pumps.

This dress by What Comes Around Goes Around and top by Walter are perfectly on trend for fall and spring.

 

Posted on November 19th, 2007 by ashley