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GO Fashion Icons 2009

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It’s a fundamental problem with spring fashion in magazines: All the great stuff comes out when it’s still winter, leaving models looking sunny and bright indoors, under a flat, slate sky or next to piles of snow.

Which is why, this year, we took our Fashion Icons shoot to Wickman’s Gardens, the mammoth local greenhouse where it’s spring all year round. We took photos literally standing in planters, surrounded by exotic blooms that were outshined only by the clothes and the people wearing them.

And of course, for the third consecutive year, the models for our spring fashion issue are the eight women and four men chosen as GO Fashion Icons. They were nominated by you and dressed by us, and threw in some personal touches here and there for good measure.

We think all the natural, flowering beauty in this photo spread will do wonders for your mood as you get ready for spring.

And, oh yeah—the flowers were pretty darn beautiful, too.

Continue reading to see more photos and learn more about each Fashion Icon!

Click through to page 9 for information on fashion providers

click through to page 10 for our style coordinator's three-day adventure where she let her husband dress her for work!

Photo above: On Jenna Garrett Red strapless dress ($18) from Vintage Vice.