Being Princess during This Year’s Spring

`Let’s be princess with flower patterns this spring.`

Prospect of this spring’s fashion for ladies dress consists of fancy pink flower patterns and princess style of rich enlacement. It contradicts last year’s black domination along with economic depression and war against terror. Analysts say that this is a counteraction against last year’s dull image, and going back to romantic feelings of nostalgia, love, innocence, etc.

Jackets and skirts decorated with wrinkles, ribbons, beads, and embroidery, and blouses that boldly expose the shoulder line have appeared along with flower pattern even on belts and bags. Materials are also very feminine, which include glossy clothes, soft silks, glittering satin, and fine laces.

Color is mainly in the line of bright cream-color and pink. Especially, the pink series made use of many kinds of pink color like primary `fuchsia pink`, clear `pure pink`, bluish thick `pale pink`, and subtle `pastel pink`.

How about getting everybody’s attention with `perfect princess style` in informal occasions. Just like the outfits of cancan dancers, fancily enlaced and wrinkled `tiered skirts` are stores’ major items in display. Tops should be simple because the skirts themselves are fancy. Actual flower-like corsages would add more splendors.

Bestibelli’s knee-long skirts decorated with see-through laces costs approximately 120,000 won. `Hong Mi-Hwa`’s reddish pink skirts and vests costs around 100,000 won. Also, `Mine`’s enlaced wide skirts are sold for about 170,000 won, and `eu.femmes`’s flower patterned silk skirts cost around 340,000 won. Lower lace decoration is done asymmetrically.

Even for formal occasions, gentle outfits can also emphasize on `romantic`. Cream-colored suit can be accompanied by pear belt or laced blouse. For ivory jackets, light green, sky-blue, or apricot colors are suitable.

`Si`’s ivory jacket is around 170,000 won, and laced blouse is 100,000 won. `Rouzilli` introduced one-piece dress that has laces in yellow foundation for 390,000 won. `Sisley` used black for its two-piece suit, but decorated it with flower-like laces for 280,000 won.

In order to become a princess, accessories like hairpins cannot be ignored. For romantic accessories, hairpins with glittering cubics are the most popular. Another method can be hanging down laces on hair like a hat, or using crown-shaped hair accessories

Seung-Jin Kim sarafina@donga.com