The other night was a big one for me as I attended the Sheryl Crow concert at Red Rocks. Having seen other shows, I was prepared for the “Sherylites” in their traditional garb of tank top with turquoise jewelry, boot cut jeans, boots and straw cowboy hat. But like all ladies of rock, Crow had a brand new look.

The dangling “love” sign over the stage made one remember the “J5” sign of long ago. And Crow’s opening ode to Motown while wearing skinny jeans, sequined jacket and low heeled boots made the vision complete. As I said to my friend, the only thing missing was the sequined glove.

Yes, Sheryl Crow is paying homage to the King of Pop on her latest tour and who better than one of MJ’s former back-up singers. But the look doesn’t harken back to Jacksons’ glory days; rather it is quite fashion forward in delivery. The sequined jacket (hers was silver) is everywhere. Doncaster showed a black version in its spring collection and Nordstrom is showing a gold one this fall. The shiny look is perfect with hair that is long, lose and flowing — an ode to ‘70’s dancing queens. And taking the boot to a flat heel gives the look a fairy quality rather than the hard edge of a stiletto heel.

Crow’s latest album may be “100 Miles from Memphis” but her style is groovy NYC.

Last night was the annual Emmy Awards. This show always presents a great opportunity to see fashion trends and assess their value for the average working woman.

There were a few trends that I spotted that were of interest. First was the flower in the hair. You may have seen this on Keri Russell and Mariska Hargitay. Wearing a flower in your hair is a timeless accessary (think Coco Chanel’s white camellia) and almost always works. Except in the case of poor Miss Hargitay. While she wore a lovely dress by Vera Wang, the combination of a hair flower and drop earrings was a fashion oops. Now, I love a great pair of dangling earrings and hers were probably lovely. It was just that my eye balls couldn’t stop moving between the dangle and the flower. Should I look here, or look there? Here? There? Well, you get the point.

Remember that accessories at your neck and above are designed to frame your face. Don’t distract from it and thus make people turn away.

I’m not sure if the fashion shows give an award for best neckline and sleeves but if so it should go Archie Panjabi, winner of the best supporting actress Emmy for her work on the wonderful Good Wife series. Miss Panjabi wore a beautiful black gown by Tadashi Shoji. What struck me immediately what the deep, rounded neckline — flattering on almost any woman of any age — and the soft, wrapped sleeves. For those of us who don’t have the ability to get Jennifer Aniston arms, sleeves can be a wonderful flaw fixer. However, the right sleeve length and fit is critical to slimming the upper arm. The draped arm on this Shoji dress was a dream and something every women should look for in any season.