tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931766.post9098421925755108047..comments2023-10-18T04:07:14.699-05:00Comments on Avaciously Yours: PR: What's a Resort?Abshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04252591191993842032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931766.post-81897942540414550232010-09-13T11:28:48.411-05:002010-09-13T11:28:48.411-05:00Oh! I love that Ruth loves Austin and Santino. I...Oh! I love that Ruth loves Austin and Santino. It makes me feel better too, Ruth!<br />I couldn't agree more with, really, all of your assessments. It's funny you went Athleta with Christopher, because I went Title Nine, which is really the same thing. And your comparison to Caboodles for Mondo could not be more appropriate.<br />Others have been commenting on the PR judges' blind spot with black, as though anything that is black skates through unscalded. I'll be watching that in future.<br />I learned about resortwear from Victoria's Secret, when I'd get catalogs for two hundred dollar bathing suits and more springy colors for boucle sweaters. It's a weird sort of mixture to me. Kors pointed out the element of fantasy, but really the clothes just give you a dimension of mixing fall and spring stuff together in different colors, or selling things out of their proper season. It strikes me as very European, since they take bigger vacations than we do.Abshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252591191993842032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931766.post-62504396621153952662010-09-12T10:21:57.978-05:002010-09-12T10:21:57.978-05:00Very good points on Casanova's look, and the h...Very good points on Casanova's look, and the hypocrisy of Michael Kors! Casanova's look was my favorite. It's classy Grace Kelly resort wear -- apparently not, say, body-proud and revealing Heidi Klum resort wear. I'd be glad to wear it (in a richer palette, perhaps). The shapes were feminine and hip to this season's 70s shapes (see Chloe''s slacks and tops), with some sexy revelation of a woman's beautiful shoulders and collarbone. She could wear this to brunch, to cocktails on a yacht (no diving planned), to an early supper al fresco as you mention, even to cognacs at a ski destination if it were made in winter fabrics.<br /><br />But, what do I know about all that. I've only become aware of "resort" collections over the past few months as I browse fashion blogs. I previously had no idea there was this third official season in the fashion world.<br /><br />Andy: Thank you for using some color! I am reminded of the Venus Swimwear catalogue by the overt sexiness, but the fit and construction were great; as a hippy gal I appreciate the elegant long coverup skirt; I liked the purple ombre for added interest; and again, go you for not doing black and beige.<br /><br />April: It did say dark babydoll lingerie to me more than anything. But again, the fit and construction were great, and the gothy asymmetrical shoulder and neck area was different and intriguing.<br /><br />Christopher: Not much to say except that it looks like it walked right out of an Athleta or Eddie Bauer catalogue. Nothing wrong with those, but it was sporty and commercial, not elegant high design. This is what you pack for a hiking trip when you expect that you might end up at an afternoon winery tour and tasting along your route.<br /><br />Gretchen: it's not for me, but I liked it for its lush simplicity. I appreciate it more with the necklace for texture and glint, though; would probably hate it on a hanger. It fits well with what I see as Gretchen's edgy forest elf aesthetic -- not Keebler elves, but Rivendell elves. The ones who might need to go into human cities from time to time. <br /><br />Ivy: This was her episode to be edited as eeeeveeel, I guess. I wish she'd been axed rather than Casanova -- not for personality reasons, because she did have valid concerns -- and like you, Abs, I understand the tensions of being a disciplined perfectionist in a group work situation. Rather, she should have gone because her garment was boring and unflattering, and she didn't hold to her own initial vision, which might have been just as boring and unflattering.<br /><br />Michael C.: Not bad, but I dislike anything that smacks of lame' cheapness. If he'd found a more expensive-looking matte silk or synthetic...<br /><br />Michael D.: Another mass of all-black that's only interesting and festive if you really look at the details of the shoulder-area cutting work and the black trims. Is anyone going to do that at a resort, or just see a swath of forbidding black? I'm surprised there were no copycat accusations between Michael and April.<br /><br />Mondo: Well-made, but like something out of the June 1991 issue of <i>Seventeen</i> magazine. Totally appropriate for a teen girl...in 1991. I could see it as the outfit in a Maybelline Waterproof Great Lash ad. Or Caboodles cases.<br /><br />Valerie: Talk about matronly! The high-waisted bathing shorts were neither sexy nor classy, and the overcoat was oddly bulgy. The rather corporate matte camel fabric was not apropriate for the sporty racerback styling and little zip (hook?) fastening.<br /><br />Ruth is a big Austin & Santino fan now. She was having a crabby morning today, and was cuddled up beside me for the end of Project Runway. As soon as she saw a glimpse of A&S's faces in their little preview snippet: "We will watch Austin-n-stannino soon, Mama? Oh thank you, Mama. It makes me feel better."Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036079336754189268noreply@blogger.com