Winter Blooms

Holly and mistletoe aren’t the only flora that will make this season bright. Designers have reinvented spring’s signature print with bold, graphic florals flourishing in this year’s fall and winter collections. One of the most notable among the crop is Givenchy’s resort 2012 collection, which primarily features digitalized floral prints, often manipulated in kaleidoscope-esque designs that bloom on pencil skirts, shirt dresses, and boxy tees. In fact, creative director Riccardo Tisci was so smitten with his prints that he later returned to his favorite florals to create another series of cropped sweatshirts, button-downs, and skirts after the line’s debut. Designers such as Dolce and Gabbana, Jil Sander, and Fendi fell into the same flower-patterned suit, presenting rich, large-scale blooms on silk dresses, coats, and clutches.

Luckily for your wallet, high-street stores have taken up the trend, too. Floral prints sprung up in Top Shop, whose girly Intense Floral Print Dress is just right for winter when paired with wooly tights and high boots, and in The Gap, whose floral-print cardigan can add a pop of color to the sea of black and grey garments in your winter wardrobe. Cold weather aside, you can still have some spring in your step — or at least in your closet.

Text Kara Solarz
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