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Friday, April 18, 2008

{Lovely Lanvin from style.com}

I want some cheap frills.

It’s Friday and I’m in a giddily happy mood, due in no small part to the copious amounts of caffeine I’ve consumed today (thank you BOTH illy and Dunkin’ Donuts) and the fact that it’s utterly gorgeous today. I’m daydreaming about whirling through the city in ruffly and bright candy-colored dresses a la Lanvin Spring 2008 (of course).

Lanvin had such a spot-on fling with Spring that it makes me grateful for the way fashion trends trickle down to affordable options at stores like Forever 21 and TopShop and Zara. Still, I’ve had two very tempting run-ins with Lanvin’s recent line: seeing the billowing “sail” dress everyone’s been talking about from the Steven-Meisel-photographed ad campaign in person at a store in Tysons (totally should have tried it on), and seeing Lindsey Drath in Elbaz’s ruffled purple stunner, above, on the Fashion for Paws runway last weekend. Since my camera crapped out early, read Chris Correa’s report for Express.

A girl can (day)dream…or she can scope the many iterations of ruffled Lanvinesque lovely online. It is Friday afternoon…are you really working at this point? Here are my picks, and if you dare share, leave links to your favorite ruffled Web discoveries in the comments.

{Vena Cava, from shopbop.com}

{Print ruffle dress – two Spring trends in one! from Topshop}

{Merkin clutch from Shopbop.com}

{Ports 1961 from Saks}

{Juicy Couture from Neiman Marcus}

{Scoop back dress from Ylli Brooklyn}

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