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Sick of winter much? Can you bear another cold day of having to bulk up? Me either! That's why I'm checking out for Mexico, yo. Feast your eyes on this: the adorable, but nonetheless scanty, romper I procured for the occasion (as modeled by the much thinner-than-me office floor).

The romper is by Michele Henry, originator of House of Henry line (check the website if you care to see the above on an actual person). Here's another of her warm-weather rompers, which is made from the same stretch cotton and modeled by a lovely size-eight dress form.

I'll mark my return in early March with coverage of three local fashion shows:

MARCH 8: A TWOFER
Methinks it's marginally interesting that the all-new Envision fashion show, which promises to parade looks from the Cliché and Local Motion boutiques across the IDS Center's fiftieth floor, is going head to head with the stalwart DIVA MN show. Among the DIVA designers, by the way, will be Ms. Henry, mastermind of the rompers above.

MARCH 9: BREAK-THE-BANK BEAUTIES
The brand-new "Runway Luxury" show will feature unattainable clothes by Monique Lhuillier (whose only local connection, really, is that she keeps an Edina boutique) and Joynoëlle (a certified Twin Citian) at the soon-to-open Ivy boutique hotel.

In the meanwhile, stay reasonably warm, will you?