Tropical prints take on a sexy and dangerous edge with dark colors in the background and bright pops up front.

Fashion designers took a page from the great novels when thinking of their fall 2012 looks.  Fortunately for us, we can take bits and pieces of the fur and damask from the Russian elite and the dripping jewels and glitz and glam of the roaring 20's and merge them to find our own decadent looks for fall.