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So What Was That Anyway? The Mystery Of Resort Collections

Posted by Afingo Fashion on June 23, 2010 at 11:30am

Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000

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 The New York Times. 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

“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 Boardman

Posted by Afingo Fashion on June 18, 2010 at 12:00pm

Seems the Fashion-Week stalwart Mr. Mickey 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.” [The Cut]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-cr

“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.”

Posted by Afingo Fashion on June 11, 2010 at 3:30pm

“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.” J. Crew CEO and former Gap CEO Micky
Drexler in a WSJ magazine article that is absolutely required reading. [WSJ]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-

“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.”

Posted by Afingo Fashion on June 11, 2010 at 3:30pm

“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.” J. Crew CEO and former Gap CEO Micky
Drexler in a WSJ magazine article that is absolutely required reading. [WSJ]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-

“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 Boardman

Posted by Afingo Fashion on June 18, 2010 at 12:00pm

Seems the Fashion-Week stalwart Mr. Mickey 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.” [The Cut]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-cr

So What Was That Anyway? The Mystery Of Resort Collections

Posted by Afingo Fashion on June 23, 2010 at 11:30am

Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000

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 The New York Times. 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

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So What Was That Anyway? The Mystery Of Resort Collections

“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 Boardman

“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.”

“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.”

“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 Boardman

So What Was That Anyway? The Mystery Of Resort Collections

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