"I went back to my San Diegan roots," Rebecca Minkoff said at a photo shoot for her new Resort range. She was talking specifically about a teenage fantasy in which she imagined herself as one of the West Coast s cool kids, a.k.a. the skaters and the surfers. The designer, who admits to never actually fitting in with either crowd, made her dream a reality, with a beach- and skate park-ready lineup. No detail was overlooked, from the faded, sun-bleached prints on pants and dresses to the board shorts with zipper accents and sorbet-colored piping. Minkoff introduced graphic T-shirts with vibrant animal-print side panels and hand-drawn animation by her artist friend David Cook. The "cheetah print on acid" pattern also found its way onto leather trousers, styled with a laid-back cotton hoodie equipped with quilted leather sleeves. Rounding out the offerings was a color-blocked baseball jacket, also done in leather, and for the first time, jewelry, the highlights of which were fish-spine bracelets and mixed-metal bangles that adhered to the brand s girly yet not too girly aesthetic. Minkettes the world over will be popping wheelies.
