mickey - Fashion Blogs - Fashion Industry Network2024-03-28T15:11:39Zhttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/mickeySo What Was That Anyway? The Mystery Of Resort Collectionshttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blogs/so-what-was-that-anyway-the2010-06-23T15:30:00.000Z2010-06-23T15:30:00.000ZAfingo Fashionhttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/members/AfingoFashion<div><div id="attachment_2166" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width:609px;"><a href="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/resort-flikr3-062310.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2166" title="resort-flikr3-062310" src="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/resort-flikr3-062310.jpg" alt="Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000" height="400" width="599" /></a><p style="text-align:center;" class="wp-caption-text">Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000</p></div><p style="text-align:left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;">No need to take a vacation to wear a piece from a designer resort collection. Gone are the days where the high-class jet setters and socialites hopping on a plane to St. Tropez are the only ones to sport the “cruise” collections, says <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/fashion/17RESORT.html?ref=fashion" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></em>. The reality is, customers now want to shop and wear their clothes whenever and wherever they desire. According the article, a resort collection, also known as a “pre-season”, should now be called “Early Spring/Summer” instead. Does that clear everything up for you? No, well you’re not alone.</p><p><a href="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/featured/so-what-was-that-anyway-the-mystery-of-resort-collections/#more-1958" class="more-link">(more…)</a></p></div>“I never know if it’s Fall or Spring, and just to throw Resort in, it’s such an added complication, and then Pre-Fall? “—Paper Magazine Creative Director, Mickey Boardmanhttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blogs/i-never-know-if-its-fall-or2010-06-18T16:00:00.000Z2010-06-18T16:00:00.000ZAfingo Fashionhttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/members/AfingoFashion<div>Seems the <a href="http://www.papermag.com/mr_mickey/" target="_blank">Fashion-Week stalwart Mr. Mickey</a> is just as confused about all these damned collections as we are. At least he’s man enough to admit it. “There’s all these things, and honestly, I’m a knucklehead and never know what I’m looking at, or when it’s in stores or when it should be shot.” [<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/06/vera_wang_tktktk.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nymag%2Ffashion+%28The+Cut+-+nymag.com%27s+Fashion+Blog+-+New+York+Magazine%29" target="_blank">The Cut</a>]<a href="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/uncategorized/%E2%80%9Ci-never-know-if-it%E2%80%99s-fall-or-spring-and-just-to-throw-resort-in-it%E2%80%99s-such-an-added-complication-and-then-pre-fall-paper-magazine-creative-director-mickey-boardma/">http://www.afingo.com/blogs/uncategorized/%E2%80%9Ci-never-know-if-it%E2%80%99s-fall-or-spring-and-just-to-throw-resort-in-it%E2%80%99s-such-an-added-complication-and-then-pre-fall-paper-magazine-creative-director-mickey-boardma/</a></div>“The customer can tell you a lot. They can give you feedback on fit and specs on operational issues even, but they can’t tell you what’s coming down the road.”https://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blogs/the-customer-can-tell-you-a2010-06-11T19:30:00.000Z2010-06-11T19:30:00.000ZAfingo Fashionhttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/members/AfingoFashion<div>“For that, you are always listening and learning, but when it comes to the fashion part, it’s having a certain creativity; it’s getting a sense of how the world changes.” <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Feature_Assortment/NewArrivals.jsp?srcCode=GGBrandExact_045685&noPopUp=true" target="_blank">J. Crew</a> CEO and former Gap CEO <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Drexler" target="_blank">Micky<br />Drexler</a> in a <a href="http://magazine.wsj.com/features/the-big-interview/retail-therapist/" target="_blank"><em>WSJ</em> magazine article</a> that is absolutely required reading. [<a href="http://magazine.wsj.com/features/the-big-interview/retail-therapist/">WSJ</a>]<a href="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/uncategorized/%E2%80%9Cthe-customer-can-tell-you-a-lot-they-can-give-you-feedback-on-fit-and-specs-on-operational-issues-even-but-they-can%E2%80%99t-tell-you-what%E2%80%99s-coming-down-the-road/">http://www.afingo.com/blogs/uncategorized/%E2%80%9Cthe-customer-can-tell-you-a-lot-they-can-give-you-feedback-on-fit-and-specs-on-operational-issues-even-but-they-can%E2%80%99t-tell-you-what%E2%80%99s-coming-down-the-road/</a></div>“The customer can tell you a lot. They can give you feedback on fit and specs on operational issues even, but they can’t tell you what’s coming down the road.”https://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blogs/the-customer-can-tell-you-a2010-06-11T19:30:00.000Z2010-06-11T19:30:00.000ZAfingo Fashionhttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/members/AfingoFashion<div>“For that, you are always listening and learning, but when it comes to the fashion part, it’s having a certain creativity; it’s getting a sense of how the world changes.” <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Feature_Assortment/NewArrivals.jsp?srcCode=GGBrandExact_045685&noPopUp=true" target="_blank">J. Crew</a> CEO and former Gap CEO <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Drexler" target="_blank">Micky<br />Drexler</a> in a <a href="http://magazine.wsj.com/features/the-big-interview/retail-therapist/" target="_blank"><em>WSJ</em> magazine article</a> that is absolutely required reading. [<a href="http://magazine.wsj.com/features/the-big-interview/retail-therapist/">WSJ</a>]<a href="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/uncategorized/%E2%80%9Cthe-customer-can-tell-you-a-lot-they-can-give-you-feedback-on-fit-and-specs-on-operational-issues-even-but-they-can%E2%80%99t-tell-you-what%E2%80%99s-coming-down-the-road/">http://www.afingo.com/blogs/uncategorized/%E2%80%9Cthe-customer-can-tell-you-a-lot-they-can-give-you-feedback-on-fit-and-specs-on-operational-issues-even-but-they-can%E2%80%99t-tell-you-what%E2%80%99s-coming-down-the-road/</a></div>“I never know if it’s Fall or Spring, and just to throw Resort in, it’s such an added complication, and then Pre-Fall? “—Paper Magazine Creative Director, Mickey Boardmanhttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blogs/i-never-know-if-its-fall-or2010-06-18T16:00:00.000Z2010-06-18T16:00:00.000ZAfingo Fashionhttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/members/AfingoFashion<div>Seems the <a href="http://www.papermag.com/mr_mickey/" target="_blank">Fashion-Week stalwart Mr. Mickey</a> is just as confused about all these damned collections as we are. At least he’s man enough to admit it. “There’s all these things, and honestly, I’m a knucklehead and never know what I’m looking at, or when it’s in stores or when it should be shot.” [<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/06/vera_wang_tktktk.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nymag%2Ffashion+%28The+Cut+-+nymag.com%27s+Fashion+Blog+-+New+York+Magazine%29" target="_blank">The Cut</a>]<a href="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/uncategorized/%E2%80%9Ci-never-know-if-it%E2%80%99s-fall-or-spring-and-just-to-throw-resort-in-it%E2%80%99s-such-an-added-complication-and-then-pre-fall-paper-magazine-creative-director-mickey-boardma/">http://www.afingo.com/blogs/uncategorized/%E2%80%9Ci-never-know-if-it%E2%80%99s-fall-or-spring-and-just-to-throw-resort-in-it%E2%80%99s-such-an-added-complication-and-then-pre-fall-paper-magazine-creative-director-mickey-boardma/</a></div>So What Was That Anyway? The Mystery Of Resort Collectionshttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blogs/so-what-was-that-anyway-the2010-06-23T15:30:00.000Z2010-06-23T15:30:00.000ZAfingo Fashionhttps://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/members/AfingoFashion<div><div id="attachment_2166" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width:609px;"><a href="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/resort-flikr3-062310.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2166" title="resort-flikr3-062310" src="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/resort-flikr3-062310.jpg" alt="Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000" height="400" width="599" /></a><p style="text-align:center;" class="wp-caption-text">Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000</p></div><p style="text-align:left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;">No need to take a vacation to wear a piece from a designer resort collection. Gone are the days where the high-class jet setters and socialites hopping on a plane to St. Tropez are the only ones to sport the “cruise” collections, says <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/fashion/17RESORT.html?ref=fashion" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></em>. The reality is, customers now want to shop and wear their clothes whenever and wherever they desire. According the article, a resort collection, also known as a “pre-season”, should now be called “Early Spring/Summer” instead. Does that clear everything up for you? No, well you’re not alone.</p><p><a href="http://www.afingo.com/blogs/featured/so-what-was-that-anyway-the-mystery-of-resort-collections/#more-1958" class="more-link">(more…)</a></p></div>