the trends to watch from resort
In keeping with the season's main message—ease—we've sorted through 100+ shows to come up with a user-friendly guide to Resort 2010.
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1. skin is in
Proof that Cruise is now an all-weather season: Leather was everywhere this go-round. For her debut at Celine, Phoebe Philo cut the stuff into a coat of minimal perfection, while Christopher Kane and Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquière left the biker jacket in the dust with their fitted leather toppers.
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2. the diving belle
Jacques Cousteau, fashion icon? A scuba theme surfaced at Proenza Schouler and Phi, where graphic elements were combined with aspects of body con and active sport dressing. Richard Nicoll's Cruise debut also made a splash.
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3. graphic content
Designers mixed prints every which way. At Prada, there was a mash-up of primary-colored scarf prints, while bouquets of florals were delivered at Lanvin, Erdem, and Zac Posen.
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4. boys' department
You don't need to raid your man's closet anymore, as womenswear got a tomboy makeover for Resort. At Burberry the look had slouch appeal; there was more of a schoolboy air at 3.1 Phillip Lim.
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5. marrakech express
Picture Yves Saint Laurent and his crew in North Africa, and you've got the idea. Dropped-crotch trousers were shown with a scarf head wrap at YSL and with a sporty, boyish jacket at Givenchy.
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6. wild on
Resort offered options for the hunter and the hunted: Tory Burch and Alberta Ferretti worked classic khaki up into safari looks with an urban edge, while some fierce animal prints were spotted at Chloé and Christian Dior.
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7. sheer entertainment
Designers embraced transparent accounting. Subtle reveal/conceal details added a frisson to cocktail dressing at Calvin Klein Collection and Oscar de la Renta, while Alexander McQueen designed a dress with an overlay as fine as that of an insect wing.
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8. the shining
Lamé lent some holiday sparkle to the season. Marc Jacobs not only reprised Kate Moss' shimmering Costume Institute number for Resort but offered gilded separates that can stand the light of day. In London, Roksanda Ilincic took a shine to copper.
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9. big red
Designers' love affair with look-at-me red continued from Fall. At Donna Karan the hue gave a summery skirt some tango kick; the MO at Bottega Veneta was clearly not business as usual—natty suits weren't shown in basic black but tomato red.
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10. now on deck
Apparently, it's not called Cruise for nothing. At Louis Vuitton, the nautical look was given a coquettish French twist (and topped with a beret). We're also on board for the mix of stripes and prints at Marc Jacobs and Derek Lam.
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