Resort 2013 = Helmut Lang

Honing in on the austere textural qualities of cinder blocks Michael and Nicole Colovos put together a line, that is as safe as the fortress in which it was photographed. The gradient grey scale on the pleated tapered pants was probably the only item that brought this collection from uniform boredom to somewhat interesting despite it's extreme commercial qualities. 

Resort 2013 = Gucci

Goth girls beware, Gucci has come to share your turf. With the wild vines and flowers blooming on them, they are I will admit much more optimistic than any goth I've ever met. However, the Pamela Love styled jewelry and poses of these girls are two contradictory moods that I can't quite place. It seems like subdued 70's celebrity Italian glam at it's peak and blogger ready.

Resort 2013 = Givenchy

Obsessed with this leather work. The hip-py liciousness of these silhouettes re-calls the big pocketed pants of Jean Paul Gaultier a few years back. The collection, while a bit goth and a teeny bit Game of Thrones (Dothraki style) is on-par with what all the high end bloggers will snap up and snap photos of. This is a collection is leaving me star-struck with it's well endowed sleeves and sell-ability. 

Resort 2013 = Derek Lam

Derek Lam's Resort 2013 collection probably put a lot of retailers shaky hearts at rest for a few months. Knowing that they'll have a few deliveries of great items coming just in time for x-mas is always a good crowd pleaser, well at least when the crowd is made up of Bloomingdales, Saks... etc.. The easy breezy separates styled in such a no fuss way scream cool city mom that just started making more mulla than dad. With patterns sparse and sprinkled throughout the collection in an easy to layer way you can easily imagine on your clients. There was a bit of play with the x-model girl who made it on her "own" in NYC and wears a leather jumpsuit to go grocery shopping and the nice girl who's parents live on the Upper East Side who thinks edgy is wearing a sharp lined blazer. But after all of that, the outerwear in the collection was fantastic and the lines were great. And, as we all know in design, it really is ALL about the lines.

Resort 2013 = Chanel

With Lagerfeld on the rise in almost every known price point of the fashion industry, the opening of the Chanel Resort 2013 show seemed right in lieu of his Macy's line. By mixing the light washed and oddly bright blue denim into silhouettes that MIA would have worn after stealing Pink's wig from her first music video he really set a stage I'm not sure I would have paid to attend. The golden rays of the New Jersey sun screamed out in need of some of these pieces, as well as the Harajuku girls of Japan's youth. The garish and transsexual vibe was very Gaga-esque and seemed random and tasteless.  Despite all of that these party dresses will probably be swept up by every party "it" girl on pre-orders before they can hit the stores. The boyish proportions of Karl's designs don't allow for femininity in a sexy way, however smother a woman (or as seems much more appropriate for such a collection), a girl in an idea of femininity that only an aging gay man would find attractive. The last suit of wrapped black and mesh is so garishly hideous in everything from design to fit that I couldn't pry my eyes away from it.. All of that being said, I can't help but enjoy, smile to myself, at the complete lack of taste and complete dismissal of all of the cleaned up monochromatic trends that are happening at EVERY other fashion house for Resort 2013. 

Resort 2013 = Celine

Celine was angled for Resort 2013 this year. Using planes of black and white with dotted, spotted highlights the collection struck all the right notes for the right clientele. A queen of the monochromatic look, as is the Celine client, utilizes color-blocking as it is demonstrated in this collection. She layers her look in a censored and graphic way, instead of in the "hippy" boho way. In the haste of her daily life globe trotting from chic party to chic gallery to remote islands in the summer we can only dream of, a wardrobe that oozes cool such as this one, is necessary.