Pastels for Evening

Let the good times roll in powdery hues

By Violet Moon Gaynor | 

Photo: Imaxtree

Alexander Wang, spring/summer 2009

With warm weather here to stay, it’s time to contemplate infusing color into your summer wardrobe.

For evening, think outside the little-black-dress box. Alexander Wang was inspired by the tropical art deco pastels of Miami’s South Beach for his spring-summer 2009 collection, slapping snow-cone colors onto barely there minidresses.

Wang’s offerings of good-times ’80s-themed party wear in a palette of Miami Vice hues—like powdery blue, misty lavender, aloe vera green, and creamsicle orange—beg to be worn out for an all-night dance session. Glistening skin only enhances the look.

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