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Fashion and travel; a love story for the ages

The eye has to travel,” said the former Vogue editor and empress of fashion, Diana Vreeland. In 1966 she famously flew her team to a snowy Japanese mountain range along with fifteen trunks of clothes for five weeks to shoot model Veruschka dressed in fur for the magazine at a rumored cost of 1 million dollars. It was an unprecedented gesture...

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Resort 24 print trends: python, checks and stripes: classics with a twist

There are certain prints that pop up every runway season. In particular, animal prints, stripes, checks and plaids can be so varied that designers are free to experiment with them and present fresh looks; plus consumers find such structural patterns reassuring. For the resort season, there were many snake prints, a wide variety of plaids and...

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Paraiso Miami Beach brings forward dates to June

Paraiso Miami Beach is moving its swim week catwalks forward by one month to June 8 to 11 for the first time in two decades due to “market shifts”. In a statement, Paraiso Miami Beach organisers said that the move away from its traditional participation during Miami Swim Week in July is in response to industry requests by designers, buyers and...

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Carolina Herrera heading to Rio De Janeiro for resort show

Carolina Herrera will stage its first-ever catwalk show outside of New York for its resort 2024 collection in Rio De Janeiro. The show will take place on June 1 during sunset at an undisclosed location. The event will be a multi-day celebration, added the brand, culminating with a party for the global launch of the new Good Girl Blush eau de...

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Resort SS23 buyer’s guide: ten key items

At the high end of the U.S. fashion industry, it was once a commercial necessity for designers to deliver a 'cruise' collection. Delivered into stores at the end of the year, it was for wealthy clients who would travel to warmer climes between December and April and needed fresh looks in lighter fabrics. Over the years, most major labels...

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Men’s Resort 2023 key collections

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a first look at the Men’s collections hitting the runways for Resort 2023. The Men’s Resort season began with designers focusing on elevated forms of casualwear in fresh and exciting ways. Deconstruction, embellishment, and hybrid formal/casual/streetwear styles breathed new life into wardrobe staples such...

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At Cavalli, resortwear is a capsule wardrobe extravaganza

As the Cannes Film Festival came to a close, its idyllic setting for resortwear shows that resort collections are no longer just about the holiday season, but are full capsule wardrobes, including the red carpet. At Roberto Cavalli creative director Fausto Puglisi seem to rev on being dressed to the nines for all occasions, be it morning or...

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Women’s Resort 2023 keys collections

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a first look at the latest Women’s Resort collections arriving for 2023. The first shows of the 2023 Resort season showed a contrast of styles and design reference. In difficult times, some designers opted to take inspiration from the past and reminiscences from golden eras and positive memories. For...

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Should cruise and resort collections be back to business as usual?

With the return of international travel comes the return of destination resort and cruise collection shows. Chanel recently unveiled its cruise collection in Monaco. Dior is set to present its cruise collection in Spain after showing in Greece last summer. Louis Vuitton will present its cruise collection today in California. Yes, the jet-set...

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Womenswear resort trends 2022

Resort 2020 kicks off with a focus on new consumer mindsets. Putting sustainability at the forefront of a whole house’s ethos, not just a collection, is an emerging hallmark of the season as designers fully embrace working methods necessitated by lockdown. The coveted youth market, a sector with a strong eco-consciousness are also being well...

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Video: Chloe presents her Resort 2020 collection

In this video, Chloe presents her Resort 2020 collection at The Long Museum in Shanghai, China. Watch the fashion show below. Video: FF Channel via YouTube Photo credit: Chloe, Facebook

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Video: Giorgio Armani presents his Resort 2020 collection

In this video, Giorgio Armani presents his Resort 2020 collection at Tokyo’s National Museum. Watch the fashion show below. Video: FF Channel via YouTube Photo credit: Armani