Fashion designers could have a part-time job as bartenders: They’re skilled at blending the most incongruous ingredients into delicious concoctions. For Resort, Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi tried their hands at a special summer cocktail, mixing up Joan Miró’s vibrant primary colors with Rudi Gernreich’s extreme sense of geometry. It had a captivating flavor.
For Resort, their recipe included a little bit of au courant sporty inspiration; a dash of ’80s tailoring; a zest of Milanese restrained chic; a soupçon of modern art and ’60s dynamic style; and a sprinkle of Geoffrey Beene’s dressy yet practical elegance. “He’s one of the most underrated fashion designers; for us, he has always been a great inspiration,” they said in unison.
Beene is a fitting reference for the designers’ grown-up, classy style, which for Resort revolved around a feminine take on sharp shapes smoothed by a fresh approach. Crisp cotton and poplin were molded into round volumes; bright solid colors added energy and visual impact. Their white shirts, one of the designers’ staples, came in almost virtuosistic variety, with plenty of creative solutions; they looked feminine with volants, flounces, and bows; innovative and minimal with asymmetries and rounded cuts; romantic with puffy sleeves and sensual décolletages. They were paired with high-waisted palazzo pants with an ’80s flair, which complemented structured and masculine pin-striped blazers, precisely cut with the designers’ signature tailoring prowess. These were counterbalanced by midi or maxi dresses with bold graphic prints in black-and-white or in vivid block colors. They had a feminine, sporty vibe.
