Kate Spade just debuted photos from the Spring / Summer 2010 collection and once again they’ve hit it out of the park. If you haven’t visited a Kate Spade shop lately, or browsed the fall collection online, you’re missing out because the brand has experienced an overhaul injecting girlie glamour into an already feminine brand.

Kate Spade’s Creative Director Deborah Lloyd’s inspiration for her spring collection was, as she put it, “If you took the train to the end of the line and ended up in Coney Island.” The result was a playful retro-chic line that harkened back to simpler times.

The collection includes dresses in whimsical sunglass prints, along with tweed jackets and striped sweaters done in a faded red, white and blue color palette that recalled the boardwalk. A ruffled neck dress in carnival shades of red, white and blue is playful and elegant, updating a vintage style cut for today’s woman.

Standout pieces include a nautical striped sleeveless top paired with girlie swirled ruffles, making the masculine print feminine chic as well as tee-shirts embellished with a huge floral detail on the front. My personal favorite look is the cropped tweed jacket in tan / white accented by hot pink piping. Paired with a long white tee, skinny jeans rolled at the cuff and red flats, this look offers sophistication and playfulness. The fantastic jacket can easily be paired with pants for work or jeans for evening. This fashion must-have will be on my list for spring.

Great accessories are also on the agenda with multicolored, oversize woven leather bags, faceted-gem clutches, charming colorful bauble necklaces as well as bright flats and high heels in color blocks and with adornments.