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Fashion Month is gone and now what? 

Let's get our hands dirty and rock the looks.

Don't you think that this is only Paris, New York or Milan material.

Use your style, adapt your taste to the latest trends, search not to splurge and les jeux son faits

Ingredients

• a classic LBD (or LRedD)
• leather biker jacket (Zara, TopShop, Asos have great ones)
• wide legs man trousers (crop them)
• classic button down shirt (look in boyfriend's closet or go to Brook's Brothers)
• full skirt (same fast fashion retailers)
• trench coat (splurge at 'forever Burberry' or save at The Gap; the best is always the outlet)
• open toe wedges (splurge with Prada and Miu Miu, save at Nordstrom Racks, Off 5th or go all Steve Madden)
• knee high socks, ankle socks, stay-ups (splurge at Wolford or Emilio Cavallini & save at H&M, ASOS)

Dos and don'ts of legwear: a trend with character

After a decade of bare legged winters we have officially entered a new era of embellished legwear for spring. 

How did we go from one extreme to the other? 

Blame it on Kate Middleton. With her there's a before and after.

Read to the end for the 'dress-up' dolls game.

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BEFORE  

She started it with wearing what became her staple: matte and shiny sheer hosiery matching the tones of the outfit. Since the engagement, she kept the pole position in tone (pun intended) with the royal etiquette. Even after receiving the royal reprimand for showing her knees.

Sales of neutral toned, camel, oatmeal sheers have not rocketed, yet kept head-to-head with those of fashionable legwear. You may have decided to ignore them from the magazines because we live in hot steamy SoFla. That is how trends start, they trickle down. To use jargon, fashionable legwear consists of ankle socks, stay ups, boot socks, knee hight socks, tights 60 den and up.

AFTER

Coming down to us, the not-so-royal commoners, we have gone through a tectonic shift. A phenomenon that brought attention to legwear and socks for the spring.

Tights, knee high socks, boot socks, embellished sportswear-inspired chin warmers have become a key accessory to a look. A reminder that we ought to dedicate more attention to how we accessorize our legs, as well as we do our necks, wrists, ears and heads. Socks are not an add-on anymore.

HOW TO DO IT

If you live in SoFla remember that offices, banks, schools and supermarkets delight us with blasting air conditioning. Who doesn't experience the cold feet phase at one point during the day?

• ankle socks + pumps or open toe platforms + pencil skirt
• ankle socks + flats + cropped pants
• knee high socks + wedges + jean shorts (risqué)
• sheer or pontes tights and mid squared heels pumps

It is NOT a trend that everyone will embrace. And it is fine, gals: we would hate to witness wrong executions. Think Mad Men's maven Christina Hendricks and agree, with magician stylist Janie Bryant that the Mod 60s inspired trend suits better the likes of Jessica Paré.

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the Mod fashion of Mad Men's new final season 

Below are some looks from the spring runways and some spotted Fall 14 fashion month attendees.

Do you have your own style? Wanna play 'dress-up dolls' & share?

The tucked-in sweater

Swag, swell, cool, hipster, 'shit-that-bloggers-wear': call it as you please, but if you know how to do it, the bug will hit you and you'll never leave the house again without doing it. 

Fancy playing with it? READ TO THE END

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mariniere + cape+ washed denim 

Ingredients 

• loose fitting tee or knit sweater
• cropped pants
• wide legs trousers + sneakers
• boyfriend distressed jeans
• jean shorts + knee high boots
• mini, full, pencil, tulle skirt 
• stiletto, high heels lace-ups 

Directions

Tuck the top only in the front, around the zipper area. It must luck as if you were running late and could not tuck it all in. That is called: effortlessly chic. 

1. Look at some master examples.
2. Practice ---> It is FUN.
3. Do you want to show your style?

Wanna play 'dress-up dolls'? Share with me pics on how you rock the trend (mail@chicfb.com) and be featured in a collage.

Sporty sandals

http://www.vogue.it/en/trends/accessory-trends/2014/02/sporty-sandals#ad-image329026

Socks: sexy & sultry

Ever wonder how to make ankle socks sensual and feminine?

It's the come back of legwear.

Decorated, bejeweled, embroidered for the summer versus bare legs in the winter. There are no more mid seasons my great grandmother used to say at her clients' absurd requests (she was what today we would call a couturier). 

You'd think winter calls for bundling up and covering as many body parts as possible and summer is when exposing decolletes and glowing skin are expected. 

Until you come to spring 2014.

How about an accordion of legwear possibilities for various occasions? 

Would it make you wear ankle socks with open toe sandals as nerdy and Girl Scout-y as it may sound?