H&M's New Clothing Collection

H&M's new clothing collection is centered around travel and vacation; the perfect theme for summer. Clothes are light, easy to pack, and designed for comfort and usability, as well as style.

Many khaki pieces are featured: women's shorts and button-down shirts, men's vests, cargo pants, and button-down work shirts. To go with the khakis-casual cotton polo tees for men, mock football jerseys for boys, and tanks or tees for women.

And for those not quite so casual occasions, H&M has several practical choices. There are floral printed sundresses for girls, bright ethnic print jersey tops for women, palm tree print button-downs for boys, and plaid button-downs for men.

The colors are consistent with this seasons popular hues-coral, red, yellow/gold, blue, black, and white. Khaki goes with anything, so get a few khaki pieces for summer and mix and match brighter colors and dressier items with them.

An easy pick for a stylish ensemble that reflects the trends of this season is khaki shorts, high heels, a sheer slightly dressy top with an empire waist, a beaded bracelet, and dangly earrings. Or, skip the khaki all together and wear a pair of wide leg sailor pants and one of H&M's Asian print shirts. However you want to mix and match or accessorize, H&M's focus on comfort and functionality gives you lots of options.

H&M is well known for its affordable prices and couture knock-offs. In fact, Karl Lagerfeld and Stella McCartney have produced some designs for H&M in the past. This helps to bring slightly altered re-creations of runway fashions to middle class America. In fact, few items in H&M's new line are over $30, most average between $5 and $15.