Always keen to let a good rock ’n’ roll vibe lead the way, Peter Dundas injected Just Cavalli’s Resort lineup with legendary references: Debbie Harry, the Ramones, and Iggy Pop, just to name a few. Their music would form the playlist that Just Cavalli’s club kids would listen to while strolling insouciantly down Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, or New York’s East Village; they’d probably be clad in barely there glam disco minidresses, skinnier-than-skinny denim pants, Western-inspired embroidered shirts, or flimsy, long chiffon numbers. It’s a happy, über-cool posse with not a care in the world.
A dash of the ’70s is always in the cards when it comes to Dundas’s style, be it apparent in a ruffled poet shirt worn under a souvenir jacket, or in a patchworked biker jacket with a vintage surplus flair. Sexy animalier prints are essential too; Resort featured a fashionable zoo of tangled snakes, python skins, and leopard spots, while sequined sharks decorated miniskirts, tank tops, and blousons. To play up the lineup’s upbeat, bold attitude, the designer relied on bright rainbow colors, lush florals, and an abundance of appliqué patches and badges on denim. It all had a mix-and-match, lived-in, carefree attitude.
