Orange ya' glad I didn't say "honeysuckle"....

Now, I'm not one to follow the world of fashion (unless you count Project Runway),

but I was in the B&N the other day with some time to burn and found myself flipping through Vogue's runway issue.

It was pages and pages of runway shots from the Spring 2011 collections.

And, I found a disturbing trend....

orange.

Now, I will be the first to admit that I loathe the color...it does nothing for me and I can honestly say that I own not one bead of this little menace.

But, I realized that I had never really seen it en contexto.

So, I've chosen a few of my favorite orange-y designs for you and created a little color palette to show off their georgeousness.

The first is from the designer Alquilano, and I'm a huge fan of the muted tones that he uses, and even the geometric print. It's kind of like orange mixed with a little gray.

The next is from Stella McCartney and it's a typical summery color palette, bright orange with bright yellow and leafy green.

This is basically the color that comes to mind when I think of orange.

The last is from Sonia Rykiel and yeah, you're right, this is more honeysuckle than orange, but I really liked this palette for some reason.

And again, the geometric prints were everywhere.
It's a great way to mix colors and add points of interest to your palette.

(Think about adding a little charm or unexpected color pop in your jewelry)

If you want to see all the runway shots from Spring, you can go here and just go to the Spring 2011 season and start scrolling (or if you're really adventurous, Fall 2011 is already up!)

So, what about you, what's the color that scares you off?

Are you gonna challenge yourself to use it this year?

Don't forget about Bead Soup this Saturday! (I have yet to start mine!)