Granny Style Is Coming & I'm Excited

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Grandma's coming to town this resort season (translation: around January '09), and it's going to be a happy visit indeed--for me, at least. Not my actual grandma (though she's pretty awesome; she's always been obsessed with fashion, made me a pink-and-purple colorblocked cardigan with purple hippo buttons when I was 4, and used to make her own yogurt before it was cool), but, rather, grandma style. Hip guys have been happily donning Sta-Prest trousers and vintage cardigans for a year or two now, but I think that the equivalent for girls hasn't come into full force...until now.

Let me explain. One of my favorite things in the whole world to wear is a shirtdress with a long floppy cardigan belted over it. It feels chic and sloppy at the same time; interesting but not flashy; nice-looking yet (gasp) comfortable. And it adds enough shape to my totem-pole figure to make me not forget that I'm a laaaady. So I was thrilled to bits when I saw the headline "Burberry Springs Forward With Granny Cardies." Style.com says that designer Christopher Bailey "let us in on a little design secret: His Resort collections always include a hint of what he's going to do for Spring (in other words, think chunky chains, brocade skirts, and granny cardigans)." YAY! Christopher Bailey, you've been my hero for a while now (thanks to the gorrrrgeous Burberry Prorsum line that makes me wish for a sugar daddy like none other), and now you've really sealed the deal. If you ever decide that ole Agyness Deyn is a bore, give me a ring (and an armload of granny cardies. okthx.). LOOK AT THIS FABULOUS BEAUTIFULNESS:

[preview of burberry resort '09]

To be fair, the Prorsum collection for Spring '08 had similar dress-coat-belt elements (see below), but the look is way more hard-edged than the upcoming Burberry look from above. Me, I go granny.But don't think it's just a Burberry thing, and not a true trend; just look at Monique Lhullier's looks from Resort '09! GAWJUS! Maybe a little too ditsy-flower for me, but it's the thought that counts. Thanks to thumbelina fashionista for the heads-up.

and this one... It's not a housecoat, it's an awesomecoat.

So WHY is winter going to get all ladylike and responsible on us? Is it the inevitable result of the swing from the babydoll dress takeover of not-that-long ago to the super-future lean gamine-bot silhouettes of today? I'm not sure on this one, but whatever the reason, I'm happy. Can resort come soon, pls?