Style with sting: summertime and the fashion is bee-zy

What's black and yellow and stylish all over? If we were to ask designers this season, they might answer, "You!" In nature a flash of black and yellow usually equals danger, but when seen through the eyes of Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, Oscar de la Renta, Miuccia Prada, and a variety of others, the message is pure honey. Just as for years the pairing of pink and green called to mind the WASPy chic of Connecticut country clubs, black and yellow make a sharp and sting-ulating statement. The best part about this color combo is that it's a look you can't really bumble. So whichever way you choose to make your point in black and yellow, you're sure to be the bee's knees.

Joseph Errico is market director for Interview's fashion department. Above: Donald Baechler's Eighty Five Ways to Stay Alive, 2002, acrylic and fabric collage on canvas, 24 x 24 in. Photos: DAN and CORINA LECCA.

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