Typically, fashions for fall/winter annually return to browns, greys, blacks ... a return to 'office fashion', if you will, after a summer where fashion media promote frothy light colorful vacation/party/outdoor party/leisure clothes.

But this fall, there's a bold new color for fall .... think pumpkins, chrysanthemums, autumn aspen leaves .... think Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Nope, not her sleek black dressses, not the trench in the rain chasing 'Cat,' but the bright orange coat from the 'explore Manhattan' scenes with co-star George Peppard. AND for additional classic fashion orange coat heritage, Hepburn also had a fantastic orange coat in the 1963 movie Charades! (Remember Hepburn visiting Walter Matthau at his office in her orange coat and Leopard hat? See video at end of column. For more about Leopard's fashion popularity, click here) Designers clad the iconic Hepburn in orange coats in two movies...surely designers are thinking this look is due for a bigtime return to popularity!

And, with economic woes on every evening newscast, well, if a woman's going to let loose of (or charge) a few bucks on a new fashion addition...who wants more brown, grey, black? So perk up...forget your troubles, come on get happy...get some orange into your wardrobe!

The orange coat began showing up a couple of season ago with the 'cutting edge designers,' those French and Italian designs that mean little to most USA women's wardrobes, but now ORANGE is spreading across more main stream clothing labels and stores until it's a hot look for a new wardrobe addition.

Here's a fun, fashion review of ORANGE! Enjoy

According to color therapy websites, the color orange is a shade you definitely want to consider. One site notes that "orange urges you to get out into the world and create something grand! Orange is a very high energy color. Its creativity juices are extremely intoxicating and sweet tasting. Wearing orange is fun and can make you feel quite playful. Artists love dabbling with orange hues. Orange screams with sexual energy too, not surprising since orange is associated with the sacral chakra. Because of its highly-charged intensity some people cannot comfortably wear this color. Adorning yourself with an orange accent piece can add a hint of playfulness." (About.com/holistic healing)

The high collared, bold buttoned wool orange jacket from Banana Republic has a suggested retail of $130.00. They call the color 'flaming ember orange.'

A very bright orange trench with zippers and over-sized buttons from Nordstrom department stores, in color they call 'burnt orange.' Suggested retail $220.00.

From silouhettes.com, a more subdued orange color boiled wool jacket, $69.00, in color they call 'spice.'

Fourth, from fashion-critics acclaimed designer, Tory Burch, her label's 'equestrian orange' cotton knee length jacket, $495.00. Available from Bloomingdale's.

Below, from the Jones New York label, their "Pumpkin Spice" boucle wool sleek and simple hip-length jacket with hidden button closure. Available at Nordstrom stores, suggested retail is $179.00.

Although the very bright trench above is labeled by its manufacturer as 'burnt orange,' the internationally recognized color experts, Pantone, have their official 'burnt orange' as formula 16-448, a much deeper, browner orange than the trench above. The Pantone company advises fashion designers, car makers, fabric creators for rugs, upholstery, other commercial needs, paint companies, make-up colors, even nail polish makers on the trendy colors for the year, the coming decade, etc. And the Pantone website lists their 'burnt orange' color 16-448, as one of the top ten colors for autumn fashions. Another top orange shade is named 'glazed ginger' by the Pantone company.

Pantone's official fashion color report, according to Reuters news service, comes out at the same time as New York's Fashion Week. Which for Fall/Winter fashions is the previous February. This report on color trends allows commercial buyers for dept. stores, boutiques, home shopping networks, etc. to know how to follow the current trends.

Just think of all the companies that have to dream up names for orange? Blush colors, nail polish colors, lipstick colors, fabric colors...here's a listing of orange toned paint colors from the BEHR paint company. Orange Spice, Poppy Glow, Crushed Orange, Maple Leaf, Florida Mango, Autumn Mist, Orange Zest, Candied Yam, Marmalade, Bright Citrus, Carrot Stick, and Kumquat.

So here are more orange creations, from fashion designers and from nature...enjoy!

One day after publishing this column, a woman frequently noted as a fashion icon 'for her age,' Barbara Walters, appeared in head to toe pumpkin orange on her TV show 'The View.' Perhaps Ms. Walters' stylist read this column??? :)

And the cover of Sept. 2008 In Style magazine with Uma Thurman...she's wearing a Donna Karan slinky caftan-ish flowing creation in Burnt Orange!

This column is Part Seven of a review of current fashion's retro inspirations. For more, a recap of other columns.

Part Eight: The Ruffle! Big, loose ruffles, tight, tailored ruffles...fashion labels and fashion savvy women have embraced the ruffle. See photos of women like Michelle Obama and Victoria Beckham and others, along with fashion label offerings that feature the ruffle. Click here.

Part Six: Leopard prints today and vintage ...from Jennifer Lopez to Paris Hilton to Audrey Hepburn...good, the bad, the ugly and the fun of Leopard! Click here to connect to this column and the others in this series.

Part Five: The Scarf...a great accessory to that can add style even to t-shirts and jeans! See how Katie Holmes, Kate Hudson, Sienna Miller and others "do" a scarf.

Part Four: Is Madonna's 80s ConeBra making a comeback?

Part Three: For more on the heavy influence of the 1980s Cobalt Blue color on today's fashions...check here ! Photos from today and 1980s...Katie Holmes, Dixie Carter, Ali Larter, Kate Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Demi Moore, Cynthia Nixon, Donna Mills, Kyra Sedgwick. Plus fun fashion video!

Part Two: Checking out the fashions from movie Sex and the City and noting the high retro-factor in many of the stars' fashions. Fun photos and video of behind the scenes look at creating the clothes for the four stars. Click here for this fun column.

Part One: The history of this summer's hot trend, white sunglasses. Click here for classic Audrey Hepburn video, photos of Grace Kelly, Princess Diana, Drew Barrymore, and Kate Moss ... all flashing their summer whities!

Enjoy !