Color! Print! We're off to a decent start.
Apparently, black and white are THE colors to wear on vacation this year. That dress is a little formal for resort wear, no?
Pretty! Tom's mother had a Christmas tablecloth that looked exactly like the dress on the left in 1972.
Simple. Pretty.
Do they have proms at vacation resorts now?
We are holding our collective breath, waiting for the day when this "metallic" phase will be over.
That dress is gorgeous. Love the introduction of the blue into the collection.
Cute.
GAAH! That neon-piss color! Who looks good in that color, we ask you?
That one on the left: haven't we seen this dress at least 3 times in this collection alone? On the right: a little too goddess-y.
Seriously, isn't this all a little formal-looking for resort wear? Pretty, though.
Ditto.
What do you bitches think?
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"GAAH! That neon-piss color! Who looks good in that color, we ask you?"
Garish old red heads (like me).
Their "resort" collection is very formal. Most of the dresses are pretty and I think they would look good on most people, but all I see people wearing when they are on vacation is their goddamn shorts they love so much.
I really didn't like this. Looks like a lot of old nighties if you ask me.
CP
I think women of color (like really, really dark skin) are the only people who can pull off those neon colors well.
We are holding our collective breath, waiting for the day when this "metallic" phase will be over.
Ditto!
Gorgeous collection, even the metallic stuff is at least interesting and not cheap looking. but the models ought to be slapped until they smile a little. It's resort wear, girls, people are on vacation, drunk, whoring around.
"GAAH! That neon-piss color! Who looks good in that color, we ask you?"
CAUTION BITCH signs, to paraphrase from Project Decorator's beach challenge.
This almost-neon violet on #21 seems really popular with designers this year. We'll probably start seeing it at GAP next year.
Second model is FIERCE! Love her and the whole look. She can join me and Michael Kors' "audrey Hepburn" model for brunch.
thoughts: the fourth look, the black and white swimsuit-that black bottom looks a tad diaperish IMHO....
And what is going on with the giant flower on one gown? It looks like a third boob that exploded....
I will say that the Dutchess' collection at least looked suitable for resort wear
SOMEbody's a fan of early 50s fashion.
The suit jacket over the bikini? WTF?
?: What constitutes the criteria for Resort Wear? I really don't see myself wearing the (albeit beautiful--particularly the blue 1) gowns on vacation. But not a lot of cotillions are held where I go to relax.
PS: I'm totally w/ you guys re: the metallic trend. Let's just drape ourselves in Reynolds Wrap and call that look over.
Things that aren't made of metal should never be metallic.
I also think that leopard prints should stay on the leopard.
You are correct, lot's of things I would consider to formal for "resort wear," but maybe in the resorts they were thinking of were all in Monte Carlo.
That yellow/white "goddess" dress - didn't Honor Blackman wear that in "Jason and the Argonauts?"
Marty the Wizard
I am so sick of the metallic nonsense trotting down these runways the past few seasons. For the average woman, "shiny" gives us a F-A-T arse.
I did like this better than the Duchess's snoozefest, if only for the colors. Apparently I don't go to the right resorts! All I see are big, loud American tourists in Tommy Bahama, black socks and sandals......
Anonymous said...
You are correct, lot's of things I would consider to formal for "resort wear," but maybe in the resorts they were thinking of were all in Monte Carlo.
That yellow/white "goddess" dress - didn't Honor Blackman wear that in "Jason and the Argonauts?"
Marty the Wizard
Re: the yellow/white goddess number....I think Badgely/Mischka were channeling Ursula Andress in "She"
Seriously, isn't this all a little formal-looking for resort wear?
Exactly what I was thinking. It was a nice collection, but very few people have that lifestyle, and very few places are that formal anymore. Oh yeah, Caucasian women should NEVER be allowed to wear neon anything, ever. I totally agree with anonymous 11:03 am. Dark skinned women look amazing in it, but no one else ever does.
I like a lot of it, but "resort wear"?? If you are arriving at the resort (read Cannes) on your mega-yacht, not too formal. For everyone else, too formal.
I hate metallic anything. I don't care if it's made by Chanel. It's still tacky to me.
I'm with Kathy. I like the clothes (except for the metallics and neons) but it's not really resort wear.
I must say though that I will need that third dress (black and white gown) for a formal "Black & White" ball I have to attend later this year. Maybe if I sell my house (and my neighbor's), I can afford it....
Color me tacky but I love all those bright colors.
I'm immediately going down to the bottom to respond before I read comments for a reason.
Did anyone else notice that the "Simple. Pretty" comment was reserved for the dress (on the left) that most resembeled a Laura Bennett?
Gotcha bitches! :-)
As for the collection, meh. I think my mother had the same tablecloth (c. 1972). ACK!
The neon colors are a bit too much, but I love some of the short dresses.
I've always liked the prettiness of B-M, and it is infinitely prettier than the Dutchess's work. But goodness gracious, have you ever seen a more narrow runway? One leg twitch from a Social X-ray in the front row, and one of those models would have been drop-kicked into the back row on the other side. Scaaary.
Depends upon the resort. If you're staying at Paloma, some of that stuff is UNDERdressed. In freaking Tucson, no less. But of course our resort season is everything BUT summer, really.
While I like some of the metallic fabrics, I like them in small doses. Really small doses. As in accent pieces. A whole dress? Jeez, it's like some of the worst dresses from original Star Trek. (Theiss had some nice pieces, but some were just blech.)
I think part of the thing with the formalwear is the complete popularity of cruises. Depending on the length of the cruise, you have between 1 and seventy billion formal dinner nights, which those dresses would look absolutely fab at.
These clothes would be suitable for Los Angeles pretty much year-round. We simply cannot wear the tweeds and leathers and wool layers that are featured in Bazaar and Vogue, so I always assumed the name "resort wear" was some sort of code for "places outside of New York where people aren't dressing for a blizzard 6 months out of the year". You know, like Miami and Dallas and Atlanta, too.
Aren't you being a little parochial defining "resort wear" as literally for wearing to a resort only?
I agree with damaris about the formality of the dresses -- I was thinking "cruise" as well. Cruises are a great opportunity to work that fierce evening wear that one just never gets around to wearing in Orlando.
When I retire I'm going to cruise-hop, and I will wear nothing BUT evening gowns. Yeah, I watched too much Love Boat as a kid. It shows, doesn't it.
I like the collection. I hesitate to admit it but I particularly liked the tablecloth dress. I'm going to run and hide in my cabin now.
The problem with that neon-piss color is that the 85% of us who don't look good in that color REALLY don't look good. In fact we look "Quick! Get that girl a new kidney!" bad.
Rosie's Girl
Thank you, Thyrza, I actually liked that tablecloth dress, too, I've always liked the solids-with-prints-at-the-hem thing, and the cut looks wearable and fun. Also, I love me some red clothes!
However, that's kind of it for me with this collection. I agree with previous posters that "resort" collections are a lot about private yachts and really high end cruises. I have instructed my friends and family to just shoot me in the head if I ever even talk about going on the kind of trip on a boat where I have to wear a formal gown to dinner. Cruise in the Caribbean? GAAAK!
"Aren't you being a little parochial defining "resort wear" as literally for wearing to a resort only?"
We're not 'defining" anything. We just cracked a couple jokes.
I think the more neon prints would look good on latin or african women, with dark skin.. All I know is I look good in those colors! :) Accentuates the fine features of our skin tones.
I really like this collection. Classic looks, but has a bit of splash of colors here and there.
And on another note entirely. I'm still trying to get over the fact that they used Mary-Kate Olsen and her twin sister, Ashley in their ad campaign.
They said and I quote ""Ashley and Mary-Kate have grown up to become America's young style icons."
Really?
I am just proud that they someone is still designing for "The Golden Girls Go To Prom." I seriously heart me some Golden Girls. Though the bathing suits are probably just for Blanche.
MNO
Apparently, the term "resort collection" is a fashion code word for "another opportunity to sell lots of stuff," so comparing these collections to stuff the masses would wear on their summer vacations doesn't quite compute. That said, joke on!
fashionfanatic said...
They said and I quote ""Ashley and Mary-Kate have grown up to become America's young style icons."
Really?
Yep.
Another reason why a good PR person is money in the bank!
There's nothing wrong with having formal dresses in a resort collection. What if you were going to a very important dinner by the beach? You wouldn't want to wear short shorts and a tank top. Also, having repetitive silhouettes in a collection isn't a bad thing. It helps make the collection cohesive, and also cheaper to produce because of the familiar shapes. I also agree with anonymous that women of color can pull of neon colors, but other races can pull it off as well. I do agree with you though that some of the dresses were a little dated though although the "nostalgic" look is very in this season.
Well, honeys, it's what I wear after SCUBA diving in the Caribbean! Yeah, right.
"Tom's mother had a Christmas tablecloth that looked exactly like the dress on the left in 1972."
And someone, please feed that model a ham sandwich. My god, you can see the bones poking through her skin! Not a good look, even for a walking clothes hanger.
Just a note about the gowns--'Resort' (with its leisure-class origins when people really went away in the Winter) is shipped to stores in October and November and December, which is the height of the social/party season in most large cities-they are doing gowns for these women (who cant wear the same thing twice--unlike men who can wear the same tux yearround). (I'm in the rag trade so i need to know this stuff)
Darlings, I don't go to resorts, so I wouldn't know what they wear there. But I have to admit, I have a soft spot for BM because at least they acknowledge that girls have tits and hips.
Oh, at least there's some fabulosity here!
Oh, how meh!
Fabulous! I love this collection!
I like it...better than the other resort collections, oddly enough.
I don't usually like Badgley Mischka either...too frouffy (is that a word?) usually.
But this is nice...not very resort like, but nice
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