The Fashion Calendar Flips to Spring

The Fashion Calendar Flips to Spring
Will women’s wardrobes take another 180-degree turn?

As fashion followers tuck away their floaty bright-blue peasant skirts and put on their luxe black suits, designers will begin previewing their spring 2006 collections at New York Fashion Week.

"God only knows what we'll see," said Cindi Leive, editor in chief of Glamour magazine. "I already have whiplash from all the colorful, hippy, boho looks from summer to the black, black, black and more black for fall. I hope now that I've bought my black, it’s here for a while."

She added: "I hope that designers find a way to make that look new and fresh instead of just breaking out the florals."

Leive will be among the editors, retailers and stylists attending the eight-day event, which runs Friday to Sept. 16.

It will include presentations by Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Oscar de la Renta, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs