floating problems in IE

[DESI6N]

I am trying to float and image for a webpage - it works in FireFox but not in IE - any ideas what I am doing wrong? Thanks!

}
.photo_left {
color:#660033;
background: #BFCBB1;
padding: 1px;
border-top: 2px double #6F006F;
border-right: 2px double #6F006F;
border-bottom: 2px double #330033;
border-left: 2px double #330033;
text-transform: uppercase;
float: left;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 9px;
font-weight: 100;
margin-top: 2px;
margin-right: 4px;
margin-bottom: 2px;
margin-left: 0px;
clear: left;
}

[Excavator]

Hello DESIGN,
Normally to float an element, you need to specify a width. That width could come from inline styling in the markup, which you don't show, but it's definitely missing in the CSS you quoted.

[abduraooft]

it works in FireFox but not in IE - any ideas what I am doing wrong? Thanks!

Can we have a link to your page?