Warm weather is coming sooner than expected (if you're on the west coast, it's the hottest winter on record), which means it's time to reevaluate the closet. I know you were just settling into lighter layers and sheer tights. Well, buck up, the summer clothes are coming out of storage.

If you're seeing an influx of vacation-inspired attire that is somewhere between Blue Crush and Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun tour, that's not by accident. Fashion often swings the opposite way of the sociopolitical...