The first days of summer in New York City have an indescribable energy. Yes, they are hot, and sticky, and humid; but the air is buzzing with an electricity that mixes freedom and possibility. Walking into the Kallmeyer store on a recent muggy afternoon, where the designer was showing her resort collection and celebrating the … Read more
Pragmatism, in the vocabulary of Armarium, is a concept with potentially infinite interpretations. With her first cruise collection, creative director Giorgia Gabriele transports those who wear Armarium to an “elsewhere,” that is not an imaginary place but a reality with clear boundaries. “I imagined the wardrobe of a rigorous woman with a cosmopolitan spirit, who … Read more
At a resort appointment, Alejandra Alonso Rojas admitted she was feeling homesick for Madrid—the city in which she was born, and where much of her family still resides. To counter that feeling of longing, she created a resort collection paying homage to the Spanish capital. “I really had Madrid in my head, and the first … Read more
For resort, Coperni’s Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer were in an American state of mind. “I wanted to pay tribute to a place I love, which is Silicon Valley,” explained Meyer at a makeshift showroom in Manhattan where the pair briefly decamped to show their latest collection. It’s a very specific, very fitting choice for … Read more
“We’re coming out of that understated luxury moment and looking for a little bit… more,” declared Veronica Swanson Beard as she and her Veronica Beard co-founder (and sister-in-law) Veronica Miele Beard walked through their resort 2025 collection. They titled the lineup “Modern Lady,” a play on their ’60s mod inspiration. “It was the beginning of … Read more
Around a year ago, Chris Leba mentioned that K-Pop artists had developed an affinity for his work at R13. He found out about it on TikTok, as it often goes these days, when a TikToker was reporting on what these musical “idols” were wearing. When asked if the discovery had influenced his work then, he … Read more
Tibi’s resort 2025 collection began with a search for meaning. “We were searching for things that had meaning to us even when we didn’t know why,” Amy Smilovic explained during an appointment in her Manhattan office. “All of a sudden, our board was filled with Korean formal traditional dress, 1920s tennis players, and artwork by … Read more
Resort, cruise, holiday, pre-spring. As Ulla Johnson rightly pointed out, this season goes by a lot of names. “It has to encompass so many things,” she said, “but I decided not to be constrained by it, and instead feel liberated.” That’s not a bad motto for life, come to think of it, but how do … Read more
Cult Gaia designer Jasmin Larian Hekmat took a walk outside to get her creative inspirations flowing this season. “My constant source of inspiration is nature,” she said. Here, that resulted in a cool palette of earthy tones—blues, creams, and greens—that were incorporated into her signature mix of easy, vacation-ready pieces. “With this collection, I really … Read more
Maria McManus delivered a smartly edited collection for resort. Perhaps a reason for its concise point of view was the fact that she was inspired by the Atacama Desert—not its mystical beauty, but rather the fact that its vast terrain in Chile has become the dumping ground for clothing manufacturers around the world. “What’s crazy … Read more
