Spring 2007 Trend: Turban Headbands

Prada Spring 2007
Shopintuition Silk Wide Turban Head Wrap
Dancerteria Knot Headwrap

Turbans don't exactly draw connections with glamour. Sheiks in the Arabian Desert is more on target. Not so this season! Prada has taken the ubiquitous headband trend to the extreme in the most eccentric new incarnation yet.

Originally I was not exactly taken with the idea of a look that I usually work while impatiently awaiting my hair to dry after a shower. Now that I have seen some beautiful editorials with glamour-pusses reminiscent of 40's bombshells sunbathing by Old Hollywood-style pools, I must admit this trend has grown on me. With sleek hair, clear skin, and a smile, this might just capture the perfect beach glam that seems so effortless yet is so hard to emulate.

It seems that this season, sheik is chic.

Beauty Sleep

fredflare Holly Golightly sleep mask

Sure we would all love to get enough "Beauty Sleep," but how often does that happen? As busy as we all are day in and day out, it can be hard to wind down in the late hours of the night.

Holly Golightly, as played by Audrey Hepburn in the classic film "Breakfast at Tiffany's," knew the benefits of this beauty ritual, and did it in style. I punctuate my favorite scenes from movies by the styles, and the cute eye mask in this scene made me smile and giggle about its exaggerated eyelashes and its sheer over-the-top-ness. Which is why I was positively elated when I found a dead-on copy of the mask worn in the movie!

A beautiful and quirky eye mask like this would definitely encourage a few extra hours of zzz's, so you can dream about those fabulous diamonds in the windows of Tiffany's...

Savvy Shopper: Jeweled Headbands

Marc Jacobs Spring 2007 vs. Shopintuition

Although headbands have been on the fashion radar for the past few seasons, this spring they were spruced up with statement-making jewels in a kaleidoscope of dazzling colors. As seen in the fantasy land of the Marc Jacobs, these faceted fixtures provided an attention-grabbing statement that complemented the sleek hairstyles, creating a glamorized flapper look.

With a cluster of bright, blinding jewels on metallic mesh, this headband borders on tiara territory. This oh-so-trendy style can easily refresh any hairstyle with the cheap and chic alternative from Shopintuition. The almost identical styles make this a great find and a dead-ringer for the pricey designer version.

This look is brash, loud, and most importantly, fun, so wear it with confidence and a smile and do those fantasy flappers justice.

runway picture courtesy of http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/S2007RTW/detail/thumb/MJACOBS

Savvy Shopper: Clear

Chanel vs. Nine West

For Spring, Chanel's head designer, Karl Lagerfeld, had in mind a very unique muse: Airport Security. The controversial topic inspired the sharply futuristic clear accessories adorning many of the most covetable accessories seen this spring. In a world in which we lose a bit more of our privacy each and every day, this trend seems to fit into place. Yet in the shape of a beautiful handbag or a skyscraper-tall wedge, clear takes on a chic, luminescent quality that goes with anything.

Even though this trend is all about transparency, your money does not have to disappear in order to stay stylish. Nine West has recently designed many beautiful and affordable options that are sleek alternatives to the staggering prices of their luxury counterparts. I am especially loving the lady-like yet edgy chain-link shoulder bag and white-hot patent-leather wedges.

Yet enter this trend with a word of caution. If you choose a cute, clear bag, than please do the world a favor and keep your unmentionable objects hidden in either a small, opaque compartment or leave them at home. This is not the way to showcase any disagreeable purse junk that we all have tended to collect in the trendy oversize purses of recent seasons.

Don't let your style disappear this spring, make it clear instead!

All runway pictures courtesy of http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/S2007RTW/detail/thumb/CHANEL?trend=&page=1