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 [1] 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 [2] fashion show, which promises to parade looks from the Cliché [3] and Local Motion boutiques across the IDS Center's fiftieth floor, is going head to head with the stalwart DIVA MN [4] 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 [5] (whose only local connection, really, is that she keeps an Edina boutique) and Joynoëlle [6] (a certified Twin Citian) at the soon-to-open Ivy boutique hotel.

In the meanwhile, stay reasonably warm, will you?