Strictly frills; IT'S TIME TO GET OUT THE FROCKS AS BALLROOM GLITZ PUTS GLAMOUR BACK INTO FASHION.

Byline: BY ZOE CHAMBERLAIN Lifestyle Editor

GIRLS will be girls this spring as Strictly Come Dancing fever hits the high street.

It'll be time to put away your androgynous skinny jeans in favour of the sexy femme fatale look.

That's not to say the new look is all about being curvaceous, although if you have curves, all power to you!

Many of the tunic dresses are skin-tight and some of the smocks hide all traces of figure.

This season is all about having fun and being girlie in frills, bright colours and florals.

Think cabaret, ballroom and ballet and celebrate all that is womanly. Enjoy!

WE LIKE: River Island's fashion frock

COME DANCING ESSENTIALS

1 Wallis silver and black silk organza dress - pounds 75

2 Dorothy Perkins purple satin babydoll dress - pounds 35

3 Wallis jaffa and beige broderie coat - pounds 85

4 Dorothy Perkins silver metallic skirt - pounds 25

5 Wallis yellow bead bag - pounds 18

6 River Island black 'Fashion Frock' - pounds 69.99

7 F&F Florence red full-skirted bustier dress - pounds 50 (from Tesco)

8 Primark black floral smock dress - pounds 8

OTHER FASHION MUSTS

THE WHITE STUFF

For those who can't face bohemian florals, go for minimalistic pure white with a cheap but chic white tunic shirt dress (pounds 10) from Primark, right.

SCI-FI METALLICS

Fashion's love affair with metallics continues.

Anything gold, silver or bronze will continue to be de rigeur. Primark silver metallic coat (pounds 20), left.

OVERSIZED BAGS

A Godsend to every woman who likes to carry everything but the kitchen sink, enormous laundry bags are now trendy thanks to Louis Vuitton. Here is a much more affordable oversized bag from designer Julien MacDonald's diffusion line at Debenhams (pounds 40).

FASHION NO-NOs

SEVENTIES SUNGLASSES

Huge shades the size of dinner plates are being replaced by much more sensible classic shapes.

SKINNY JEANS

It's time to chuck out your Kate Moss-style skinny 26 jeans to make way for tailored trousers.

GREY

Let's face it, grey is just dull when the sun is out and the birds are singing.

CAPTION(S):

GLAM ROCK: Matt Dawson and Lilia Kopylova on Strictly Come Dancing; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8

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Publication:	Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Date:	Feb 4, 2007
Words:	366
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