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Resort Collections are a Walk on the Whimsical Side

Stella McCartney Resort 2014 Garden Party | Source: New York Times
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  • Emma Clark

"The resort shows, which won't end until Christmas, are a complete distraction. Nobody can really decide if resort should be a nice reworking of a designer's latest runway line or its own thing. Should it be relaxed and beachy? Or (why miss the boat?) is there an opportunity to create a fresh interpretation of resort, as Raf Simons demonstrated in May with his first Dior resort show?"

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