Hello Sunshine: Welcome spring with bright colors, bold patterns

Vibrant fashions always seem to put us in a spring state of mind, even if the trees are still bare and brown outside. March is the time to change our closets from dark tones to bright colors and lightweight fabrics to welcome the warm sunshine.

Shades of yellow, blue, pink and green give us something fresh to add to our wardrobes and put a spring in our step. These featured looks show how the colors, patterns and silhouettes of the spring runway looks can help you make the transition.

Tropical Punch

Alice & Trixie dress, $340, Feng Chan Luu necklace, $370, Feng Luiza Barcelos wedges, $273, J. Hathaway

Flower Power

Lilly Pulitzer dress, $188, and belt, $38, Under the Palm Tree

Easy Breezy

MM Couture skirt, $249, Hemline Nally & Milly top, $38, Imagery Necklace, $52, and bracelets, $30, Imagery Skemo wedges, $98, Swimwear Solutions

Neon Dream

Cooper by Courtney Warren dress, $172, and necklace, $40, Hemline; Feng Luiza Barcelos heels, $308, J. Hathaway

In Bloom

Elizabeth & James blouse, $245, Standard Style Dynamic tank top, $10, Flirt C. Luce skirt, $54, Imagery Chan Luu necklace, $334, Feng Luiza Barcelos platforms, $338, J. Hathaway

WHERE WE SHOPPED

Feng 5029 W. 119th St., Leawood, Kan.

Flirt 4541 W. 119th St., Leawood, Kan.

Hemline 610 W. 48th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Imagery 4117 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

J. Hathaway 11531 Ash St., Leawood, Kan.

Standard Style 451 W. 47th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Swimwear Solutions 4845 W. 119th St., Overland Park, Kan.

Under the Palm Tree 4823 W. 119th St., Overland Park, Kan.

Stylist: Lindsay Adams

Photographer: Edmée Rodriguez-Hasler

Photographer Assistant: Ryan Hasler

Models: Kris (Seven Management) and Keli Sweetland

Hair: Brook Hixson

Makeup: Melissa Evans

Special Thanks to: Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College, and Cupcake A La Mode