Keeping Fashion Design Fresh with Patent Leather Accessories

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by Marianne Salina
Fashion School Review Columnist

July 17, 2006

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This year's spring and summer fashion and apparel designers have made dressing up fun again by creating a fresher, glossier finish to their accessory lines--a look achieved by bold colors in patent leather. Cherry red stilettos, shiny black handbags, and wide, multi-colored patent leather waist belts are making their mark on 2006's fashion designs, proving that accessories play a critical role in a fashion design career

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