With year-on-year sales up 13% in 2023, Diesel under Glenn Martens—and the OTB Group more broadly—is proving itself a winner in these most divisive of times for the industry. What’s exceptional about Diesel is that rather than hustling for space at the apogee of price point and craft (where most of the other winners are), … Read more
“I’m really designing what I desire. A woman-to-woman collection,” Victoria Beckham remarked, as she whipped through how she came up with her resort offering. “As someone who wears a lot of tuxedos—black, white, or navy—it became a question of how do you change that up?” One idea, as she related in her speedy anecdote-peppered précis, … Read more
Dean and Dan Caten went pragmatic for resort, trading their riotous mashups for “something more straightforward.” Minimalism will never be their darling, yet resort was probably the closest they’ve come so far to a pared-down look. “Where am I going, what do I need?” was the question framing the Catens’ mindset, a preoccupation somehow reflective … Read more
Each year, Philipp Plein hosts a resort show at his villa in Cannes at the tail end of the Film Festival. The reasoning seems obvious: The French Riviera city has become a hotbed for fashion, as models and influencers outdo each other on the red carpet and at events like the amfAR Gala. But for … Read more
For the last few years Lafayette 148 has been involved in supporting the restoration of an early 18th-century oil painting, Virgin in Prayer, by the Venetian painter Giulia Lama, through the Save Venice foundation. The painting became the inspiration for the resort collection, although in typical fashion for creative director Emily Smith and her team, … Read more
“I’m often associated with dresses,” Erdem Moralioglu began, as he was leafing through his resort collection in his London office. “But interestingly, in my store in South Audley Street, it’s also tailoring that people are buying.” While marrying up both sides of his repertoire this season, he spent many hours at the London Library, his … Read more
“We’re trying to put some new life into some of the classics of Goya,” Stine Goya said of her 2025 resort collection. One of those beloved standbys is a padded bomber with a watercolor floral print (developed in-house) that features beaded stamens. The same textile is used for a sleeveless A-line shift here that can … Read more
The ebb and flow of time, measured by the cycles of the sun and moon, and the seasons, were Ditte Reffstrup’s preoccupations for resort. Accordingly, she tapped Norwegian photographer Ola Rindal to shoot the lookbook, with varicolored roaming spots of light marking the pace. Fashionwise, the collection remained within the brand’s comfort zone, with desirable … Read more
A deep immersion in the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition at the Costume Institute has this editor tracing its threads to venues far from Fifth Avenue, such as Baum und Pferdgarten’s 2025 resort collection, which blooms with black roses, just like a section of the new Met show. Rikke Baumgarten and Helle Hestehave are celebrating … Read more
Since Rag & Bone’s Chief Merchandising and Design Officer Jennie McCormick took charge of the ready-to-wear, the brand has been skewing towards a more minimalistic and “quiet luxury” taste. Think Khaite or Toteme, but with more casual vibes, at least most of the time. The resort 2025 collection focuses on easy transitional pieces that still … Read more
