Diva Magazine's spring 2008 top looks

After borrowing rich colors from brilliant painters like Rembrandt and Vermeer for their fall 2007 collections, designers kept an artistic mood and, for spring 2008, they came up with one of kind abstract painterly prints. This trend brings forward a...

Not only Alberta Ferretti was inspired by Ancient Rome for her spring 2008 collection. Many other designers sent on the runway their own versions over the classics. The last season's one-shoulder dress became lovely draped toga-like tunics, mini dresses...

Blickfang Vienna is the biggest design fair in Austria for fashion, furniture and jewellery and this year lasted from 19 to 21 October. One of the exhibitors was Austrian designer Martina Rogy with her spring/summer 2008 collection....

The Adidas-like leggings at Marni were the first sign of a new sporty yet glamorous look.

Like everything in fashion right now, there has to be a little bit of glamour. This season fashion designers, well at...

This is only the forth signature collection for Romanian designer Lena Criveanu and she is already considered one of the most valuable names in Romanian fashion. Among the top three, I'd say. After her debut in 2006, her career went sky high, the designer...

I love this crisp and dynamic trio of red, white and black. It's a classic one but always looks young and fresh. Many designers used it for their spring 2008 collections and I can see why. Neutrals combined with pops of bright red creates...

One rich source of inspiration for fashion designers is the vast cultural heritage of all countries around the world. Reinterpreting the folk costume has always been a challenging task and the folk trend comes back to attention every now and then.

Wood has become quite a fashionable jewelry material. Up till now it was taken in consideration only to complement summery safari or afro inspired looks. But this season, thanks to designers like Fendi, Marni, and Missoni shown here, wooden jewelry add a...

I've recently wrote about what denim styles are in trend this season. As all major fashion weeks ended it's time to review spring 2008 trends for denim jeans. The news is that all cuts are in designers' favors. Skinny jeans are still a strong style but...

I don’t know what to think of this trend, it’s really annoying. It’s like all those awful, ugly clothes I was forced to see or wear in my childhood years are now back to haunt me.

Ok, leggings…are ok, but only in black, grey or navy. Also sequins...

Spring 2008 runways have shown a lot of women's hats. Does this mean we're going back to 'can't get out of the house without a hat' times? Could the hat be as essential as a handbag these days? Well I think the answer...

The latest scoop on what fashion is IN: well, it's about more skin. No, I'm not talking about mini dresses or deep cleavage. Designers gave us more reasons to work the hell out those abs: short, uber sexy dresses featuring naughty cut-outs, with focus on...

These past few seasons I hardly saw any camouflage prints like this coat from Undercover Fall 2007 collection. But for spring 2008 camouflage prints are used for all types of clothes and fabrics from sheer dresses to blazers and whole...

This spring season comes with a new fashion look: clothes that make you shine like a star, literally.

Sparkling encrustations and appliqué on dresses, tops and jackets was seen on catwalk, throughout many spring...

Leatrice Eiseman,...