The Color Purple: Lilac for Resort 2010

A look from Dior Cruise 2010 from The Fashion Spot

If you think you’ve tired of the It color of fall 2008, purple, think again, because it’s back all over again in a different hue. Miuccia Prada’s inspiration for resort 2010 was Art Deco Miami Beach, and while designers are claiming inspiration from all over the globe for resort 2010, Miami Beach pastels are popping up in many major collections, like Dior Cruise 2010, left.

In particular, lilac has infiltrated its way into several resort lines. It’s a welcome respite from fall’s jewel-tone purple, and if you’re doing the ’80s thing right now, this was also a big color in the era of Valley Girl.

Narciso Rodriguez Resort 2010

Diane von Furstenberg Resort 2010

Yigal Azrouel Resort 2010

If you want a little dose of lilac while the flowers are still blooming, OPI has the perfect purple nail polish out now, “A Grape Fit!” Despite the somewhat cheesy name, it is exactly the right color purple.

OPI "A Grape Fit!" in the bottle...

...and on my so-not-a-foot-model feet