For Resort, Nanette Lepore was inspired by the "global gypsy s suitcase." Isn t everyone? To be fair, it was an apt description. "It s about balancing what you wear when you re away and what you can wear right now," Lepore said on Tuesday at her studio. To wit, she offered vacation-appropriate pieces alongside slightly more structured dresses and separates for work and play in the city.
That meant a lace-striped sweatshirt for the plane ride over, and an embroidered tunic and a long floral dress with cutaways at the sides for when you arrive. For those staying in town, there was a fit-and-flare trench, the first Lepore has designed in a while. "I saw girls in Tokyo wearing them, and I thought, This is it, it s time to reintroduce them into the collection," she said. Bi-level, floral-printed sheath dresses were another option—a conservative alternative to the ubiquitous crop top. Also, "it makes your waist look really teeny."
At times it read a little too classic—too pretty-girl in a fashion cycle where a certain amount of boyishness is in overwhelming favor. Lepore addressed that with a culotte suit in a spongy woven fabric that could be worn with Stan Smiths as easily as it could with a pair of stilettos.
