With Simkhai's new Resort collection, you can tell he is settled. He notes that he was inspired by his move to L.A., desert landscapes, minimalist architecture, and a little bit of the American pastoral. This collection seemed thoughtful and personal, with pieces that showed off both his technical skills and his eye for strong silhouettes.  As a whole, the lineup felt organic and well conceived. Simkhai hopes to work on his future collections from inside his own L.A.-based home studio, which he’s currently constructing in the attached garage. He built an impressive business in a relatively short amount of time, and as his work gets more personal, as it did this season, there’s nowhere to go but up. Congratulations JS on your new marriage! xo

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Mara Hoffman is dedicated to activism and women's issues and we are grateful for it!

Let's be clear, Mara creates the coolest vibes in her clothes. Now they're even cooler as she seeks to use sustainable fabrics like tencel, cotton, linen. She said the most interesting thing recently, "we don’t need to offer 12 options in one fabrication anymore," she explained. "When you produce all these samples, and a certain percentage of [the pieces] might not even get produced, it just leads to more waste." 

Her lineup continued in the soft, breezy aesthetic Hoffman has been building since last Resort, with an emphasis on clothes you can buy and wear all year round. "This idea that Resort should only be for women going on vacations in November and December . . . 

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Alessandro Michele wanted the Parthenon in Athens for this collection. That’s how high a mega-brand like Gucci will go to create a masterpiece.

The vestiges of the ancient Classical theme were apparent—gilded wreaths, tiaras implanted with silver lyres—but then again, they were only a part of the extraordinary things Michele does to frame and individualize his cast of characters. There were leopard-spot turbans, head scarves, woolly bandeaux, nerdy tinted spectacles, glittery-framed sunglasses (I bought one at the Schipol airport in Amsterdam). Even I, am caught with Gucci again!

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Alexander Wang is partial to casual wear, as many of his runway collections and collaborations with Adidas will show, and despite his penchant for metal embellishments and "going out" looks, his primary mission has always been to make comfortable clothing cool. The Pre-Fall T lineup is the brand’s most direct stab at that, tackling the seemingly impossible quest of making sweatpants chic. 

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