Summer in the city. (Ebony Fashion Fair).(women's clothing and accessories)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)

Summer in the city is fun and fashionable, especially when the season is spent in the exciting city of New York or in creations from the famous city's renowned designers. Known for its pop culture and innovative style, New York's fashion scene heats up during the summer months. Vibrant summer colors--such as bright orange, lemon yellow and lime green--stand out among a multitude of somber business suits and drab casual attire.

Office buildings showcase a colorful array of exotic floral prints as well as colorful though conservative silk blouses and no-frills, straight-cut skirts. Trendy restaurants in New York are enlivened with soft pastel colors of femininely draped sundresses worn by the socially chic lunching ladies. For the summer of 2002, fashion designers have put to good use their sense of style and color to insure that the summer in your city is just as exciting, colorful and fashionably innovative as summer in the city that never sleeps--New York.

Below: Deep shade of summer melon accentuates Mark Montano's princess-seam linen dress with Peter Pan-style collar and over-sized, vertically pin-tucked mock necktie.

Left: Conservative cool defines this silk linen pantsuit by Bill Blass, which is classically tailored into a wing lapel, double-breasted jacket and paired with straight-legged, pleated pant.

Above: Mark Montano's circus-inspired mini-dress has block appliques on front, frayed hemline and whimsical wide ruffles around collar and cuffs of detachable sleeves.