Resort 2012

For Suno’s Resort 2012 collection, designers Max Osterweis and fashion veteran Erin Beatty mix tropical-inspired prints and vivid colours contrasted with bold checks and floral prints.

Under the direction of Nicolas Ghesquiere, the Resort 2012 collection had a chic, sport luxe edge, with effortless tailoring.

It’s often a difficult balance to keep resort collections suitably feminine without being overtly fluffy, yet Phoebe Philo, in her latest Cèline Resort collection, has managed the balance — through bright florals paired with edgy sharp cuts.

Christopher Kane made an astounding impression with his Resort 2012 collection. Kane, himself, said, ‘I wanted something natural, but I’m so fed up with florals…and then I came across these images of nuclear test explosions from the fifties to the seventies on the Internet. I like the crazy-bright chemical colours. The way they’re sinister – but beautiful.’ The basis of his resort collection, therefore, lies in the clouded plumes of this smoke and chemical electricity that circles the sky.

Intent on taking the idea of gypsy to the street, Thakoon has created a collection that blends bohemian motifs with a more modern aesthetic.

Capitalising on the preppy cool that has made Marc Jacobs into a household name, this collection amps up the idea of casual by expressing bold motifs with a washed-out nonchalance.

The Erdem resort 2012 collection all started when Erdem Moralioglu had a dream summer at the side of Jane Pritchard while she was co-curating the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929 exhibition. During this time he was able to truly indulge himself, touching and gasping at items that Nijinsky himself had worn. These costumes, ‘like ghosts,’ the designer said, was what stayed with him, and what inspired and shaped the basis for his Spring /Summer 2012 Resort collection.

Alexander McQueen diffusion line, McQ presented a Resort 2012 collection featuring pieces that were a riot of colour and experimental shapes.

Vivid, digital floral prints and basketball accents inspired Riccardo Tisci’s latest Givenchy outing.