Taking a cue from Vera Wang and Hervé Léger, whose fall 2008 collections featured this girly detail, designers everywhere are festooning their wares with rosettes. This transitional trend, poised somewhere between summer and winter florals, will take you into the fall with style.


Lust-Worthy
The gleaming dark red leather and tone-on-tone roses of this Valentino Flower-Top Satchel (1) ($1,495) have us drooling. Consider it the ultimate arm candy for fall.

Sell Out
Definitely worthy of being whipped out on the front row during fashion week, this Stila Front Row Look Palette (2) ($40) with a rosette detail is so popular it sold out, but never fear: You can sign up to be notified when it’s back in stock in early August.

Rose Garden
This Rose Ring (3) by Lucid Jewelry is a top seller for the designer at Shecky’s Girls Night Out events—and it’s only $12! Look for them in an array of colors, from pink to black, at Girls Night Out in Boston and the Hamptons.

Devil in a Red Dress
The color red has true resonance this season—especially in dress form. So why not give it that extra feminine oomph with rosette detailing? Find it in this Alloy Rosette Pinafore (4) ($42.50).

Sexy Back
Part of embracing the new rosette trend is getting rid of the old, Victorian-era associations. Fortunately, there’s nothing old-ladyish or little-girly about this sexy T Bags Jersey Racer Back Dress With Rosette Belt (5) ($356.90).

Cut From the Same Cloth
The line between clothing and jewelry is blurring as designers make more and more jewelry items out of fabric and yarn. Case in point is this adorable houseoftelsa Rosette “Corsage” bracelet (6) ($22.50) found on Etsy.

Work-a-Day Blues
While we might quibble with the word “cheap” when it comes to describing these Moschino Cheap and Chic Satin Flats (7) ($475), there’s no denying they’re chic. Slip them on and feel like the belle of the ball, even on a workday.

~Marcy Swingle