Une Boutique Très Chic

I don’t know what it is about resort collections, but I love them. Probably because the clothes remind me of a Caribbean holiday. Isaac Mizrahi showed his new collection this week and it was full of pastel colors. The colors in a way remind me of the icing on the cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery in NYC - Yum!  The designer himself even told Vogue that “color is the most important luxury in a woman’s life.” I would have to say that a nice holiday, or chocolate, or diamonds, or shoes are the most important luxuries in a woman’s life, but whatever…

Finally, some new runway photos are in. The resort collections of designers such has Calvin Kline, Fendi, Chanel, Dior, Oscar de la Renta, and Elie Tahari have been shown these past few weeks. I always love looking at resort collections because I get in a holiday mood. Caribbean anyone?!

Here is one lookbook for Christian Dior’s Resort 2009 Collection. More to come!

photos: Don Ashby for style.com

It’s all about the ‘mini’ in Miu Miu’s Spring-Summer collection: Mini dresses, mini skirts, and mini shorts. The skirts and shorts are teamed up with sheer blouses to give a very feminine look. Could this be Miuccia Prada’s way of telling us it’s time to get our legs in shape? I’m not entirely sure if I would be brave enough to bare my legs like this, would you!?

Kate Hudson wears one of the runway looks in Elle UK.

Photos: Marcio Madeira/VOGUE.COM

Jean Paul Gaultier, designer for the house of Hermès was inspired to bring back the smoking jacket, hence his reason for having some of the models smoke on the runway. Smoking jackets were particularly popular in the Victorian Era where women didn’t want the smell of smoke on their husbands everyday clothes, so when he went to smoke he would put on the jacket. Also, there were smoking caps to prevent men’s hair from smelling of tobacco.

I like how Jean Paul Gaultier added Western flare by using lots of fringe and high heeled cowboy boots.