Spring and Liberté

Thunderstorms, sudden hail showers and bursts of brilliant sunshine.  It's spring as usual, in Melbourne town.  And a young filly's thoughts turn to fields, frolics, flowers and... frocks!  And there's nothing like a new frock to make a girl feel light on her toes, a spring song trilling in her heart, even as it's pouring outside.

It will be a Liberty print frock for me this year.  Liberty prints are always perfect for spring - pretty but not country kitsch and evokes childhood memories of Ladybird books, school fêtes, tea parties, cupcakes and all things crafty.

APC came out with a few stunning creations earlier this year, for the Northern Hemisphere Spring/Summer 2009.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Tatum Liberty Print Summer Dress, A.P.C."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Poppy and Daisy Print Summer Smock Dress, A.P.C."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Bourton Liberty Print Crochet Dress, A.P.C."][/caption]

Cacharel also celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in April 2009 with a re-edited collection of its original Liberty print collaboration of the 1960s.

[caption id="attachment_373" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Green Liberty Print Apron Dress, Cacharel."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_375" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Halterneck Summer Dress, Cacharel."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_377" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Green Floral Button Through 70s Dress, Cacharel."][/caption]

But I've found a couple of other lovely Liberty print dresses at Nadinoo, a British designer based in Germany.





Or, maybe a frock won't do.  Perhaps a scarf.  Hermés has jumped into the Liberty love-in with a range of Liberty print scarves which will be available soon.

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Honestly! What's a girl to do?