"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine."

The runway designers channeled Marrakech and the exotic depths of the East for their S/S 09 collections, displaying numerous tribal prints, lavish ethnic prints, flowing linen, and even harem pants. Despite the fact that the whole look is not particularly my style, I've always had a partiality for vibrant, colorful eastern prints. I do have an ethnic-inspired dresses of my own that I would like to wear this summer. I went to Macy's last night to find a number of ethnic print dresses on sale, but my frugal instincts fought through to veer me away from spending more money. Although I do like this trend, I think I am a bit short and small for harem pants...they'd only make me look bigger!

I love this flowy piece from 3.1 Phillip Lim. He always know how to give classic silhouettes more edge and quirkiness.



While I do love the ethereal flow of this Lacoste onepiece, I do wish that it was a shorter dress.

This Max Azria design is a modern take on the classic linen shirt with khaki pants, a la Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (sans adorable fedora hat).


I am absolutely in love with this bold printed dress from Anthropologie, though the $608 price tag does make me wince...

This dress, which is also from Anthropologie, channels exotic India, and is a fraction of the cost of the aforementioned dress at $138 (which is still quite over my budget!).