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The fall 2010 trends are as follows:

1. The Gray story

There is a lot of a gray muted pinstripe, gray flannel, gray wool or gray leather textured and pattern leather and some knitwear accessories. Gray with black, gray with color, these are new, new trends. Gray wool or fabric in mixed tweed or very muted and restrained accent with black is a new take on an old filicoutrial story. Gunmental gray silk wool over black ankle boots and a black detailed handbag and black shades walked the runway at Gucci. Also shown were horizontal fade dye leggings with a stitched and beaded gray evening tunic.

Gray with black can be worn with the right contrasting handbag or shoes in the right style. Gucci showed charcoal sharkskin skintight suits with dove gray lapels. Gucci showed evening gray beaded tops in the same color leggings and jacket with black leather accessories. Limited use of gold plays heavily off muted grays and black. marc Jacobs featured matte gold leather gloves. Charcoal accents appear gray next to darker black tones in deeper leather or silk attached textures.

2. The Fur Accessory accent

Fur, wristlet, arm cuff, faux purse, texture not wealth is the story. Fall 2009-2010 features an arm cuff of fur, a thick textured faux fur handbag, a strip of fur on a boot lopped off at the ankle or skirting a collar makes the dressed up but almost punk suit sensibility here. Fur plays as a purse texture, hat, collar cover or coat or jacket fabric. printed animal skins patterns like leopard are in the most key accessories, like black spots on jewel green patent leather handbag, turquoise shoe ankle plates, or as fabric for restrained tailored tops and jackets. Marc Jacobs opened Fall 2009-2010 with animal print leggings and matching bags.

3. The Leather part of the Fall uniform

Textured Leather animal print, zebra but restrained, no over the top touches or garishness. Tasteful accents and small pattern ground leopard skin and animal print touches complete the straight black look, playing off texture against color contrast like many of the 1950's era fashion designers did. A full black ensemble with no dated touches can work with one animal skin bag in a fall color, and light green is still being used.

Light green is the fashion color of the year, persisting in spring, summer and some fall skin handbags and clutches. Chanel showed leather wristlets and Gucci showed plain black leather wrist cuffs worn like armless sleeves at the wrist and just above. Wrist cuffs, ankle boot straps, handbags, any leather opportunity of muted caliber helps the Fall 2009-2010 fashion story.

4.The Punk Bootlet

Fall/Winter for 2009-2010 is the time of the Tough Bootie, the cutie shoe is over. Boots and caged feet in ankle boots with killer heels are the big statement.Black is the the color, but dark red, orange red, and a taupish gray tan are shown as the fall leather bootlet colors. Caged shoes to highlight the allover black silhouette for fall brings the eye to feet. The big pants, larger stylized sleeves, faux animal fur accents take a bigger scale to pull off, hence the need for a killer shoe to finish the look.A buckle or series of them are a big story for Fall 2009-2010. Short boots with heels are a must.

5. Color with black, no denim

Bright color, really stark neon pink, lime green, purple and royal blue with a faint softening touch showed against stark black looks and matte wools and knits. Even the sportswear names were showing ready to wear featuring black upon black. Luxurious gray or metal touches look dramatic next to the matte black knits or wools. Chanel used a dark mint green as a key accent color in jewelry and some clothing as well, in a collection almost completely black and white. Galliano at Dior wrote a fairy tale of exotic color and magical fantasy dresses. YSL furnished black as well.

6. Coffee Black

For the first time in some time, black with coffee leather brown textured or stamped leather, patina animal skin leather, bordering the line between faux fun and real looking, there are brown accents on many dark looks, which heretofore had been a fashion no-no, but positioning a great brown textured animal skin bag with a great gloss against a straight black on black outfit make fashion news. Chocolate brown satin evening dresses were seen with cutout treatment, even brown neck jewelry worn against purple knitwear covered necks.

7. Black and Black

Black is so suffused into Fall 2009-2010 it's practically it's own accent color with black. Extreme bright color with black daring cuts, textured leather, cutout leather. Black as the uniform has a twisted, detailed, ladylike look less costume than interesting and somewhat constructed. Long, long torso jacket, coats, and skirts complete slim straight look. Hair is minimal and deconstructed, no textured styles to overbalance clothing. Gucci's black ensembles showcased varying textures of black with highlights like a black and white checkerboard "finish line" textile.

Black wool with black silk collar, patent or real leather black cinch belt, and black satin applique detail on black pants and leather thigh high boots and a leather bag and leather black buttons on the gray coat are part of the black on black and black on everything story for Fall 2009-2010. Four or five black textures in one outfit is not too many. This punk, 1980's feel sensibility appears again and again. Fantasy skirt froths and frills with black undersides were seen at Dolce and Gabbana and Versace.

8. Real Fall Colors

The mulberry, brown taupe, dark green, turquoise stories, even orange are big for Fall 2009-2010. Big dark orange to red tones show up as shoes and color accents like leather accessories to point up overall black and fall color contrasts. Muted purple, brightish jade, dark green with blue tones, no yellow or bright red but rich dark orange and deep winter red with blue in it are the color accents to buy. Even gray decorates outfits with multiple textures at work in outfit or piece.

Jewel tones in rich hues are the signature of Fall 2009-2010 fashion. Blue dyed fur at Gucci, acid green satin dresses at Calvin Klein, stunning silk voile overskirts on miniskirt dresses at Nina Ricci, and dark purple with fir green navajo blanket stripes at Gucci. Also seen at Gucci were glitter treatment leggings with black lame shirt, and black jacket, black crocodile clutch purse and black ankle boots. A dark jewel tone satin blouse will be worth its weight in gold in the fashion 2009-2010 fall season in a sea of black.

9. Necklace overdrive

The trophy necklace take to extreme, obliquely chunky jewelry that looks like enlarged chain links. Any oversize group of neck chains can work with the shine playing off against the muted colors and furry textures. Fall 2009-2010 has drama, these are "maneater" looks with serious hallmark makeup of the classic celluloid or haute couture school. Very little "undone" makeup works with harsh black and dark winter tones.

Neck treatments should operate above a fabric piece of shirt or jacket. Chanel showed all the long black jumper outfits with formal white ruffs on men and women. The neck is clean with evening dresses, nothing cluttering up a clean look. hair is brushed back or held back at crown, not "done" but left to fan out behind neck and down back. Colors like turquoise and orange don't need jewelry and often the only embellishment is a metallic belt or buckle on waist or shoe.

10. Purple

Purple metal, purple shine, purple tinted leather and palest hints of purple makeup of with Fall 2009-2010. Blue violet also is featured in many Fashion shows for Fall 2009-2010. But there is also purple in amethyst and mauve ranges, in leather, accessories, and knits. Purple beads on purple or dark gray or purple skins or cutout detail, even worn against orange can work. Fuschia and hot purple pink in brilliant silk satins provides textural contrast as well as tonal difference in accesories or costume pieces worn with the black clothes.

Purple or a variation of blue purple can be seen spray painted or stenciled as on th trench coat at Versace 2009-2010. Gucci showed purple with stark black in stripes and bold large figured patterns, as well as amythyst satin accents. limited purplish maroon as an accent color in a shirt or collar detail was seen on many runways here and there. Gucci showed purple eyeshadow with purple satin shirt or ensemble evening wear sparingly.

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