Chloé is in between designers. Natacha Ramsay-Levi was installed not long after her predecessor Clare Waight Keller’s last show, but her debut is scheduled for September. The brand must go on—judging by the bustling showroom set up at Milk Studios today, the changing of the guard has not quashed retail interest in Chloé—so the task of designing the Resort collection fell to the design studio.
This lineup touched on many familiar Chloé-isms and included a surprise or two. First, the familiar. Nothing says Chloé like a bohemian dress. Among those on offer here, the block-printed version was the standout. Ponchos came crocheted and loomed, and the navy-and-white blanket coat looked great. Tailoring came to the fore during Waight Keller’s tenure, and it had a loosely naval look here, thanks to the buttons marching up cropped jackets.
As for the surprises, it’s rare to see a logo on the runway at this label’s Paris show, but considering they’ve become all but de rigueur in the last year, the Chloé logo was splayed across the shoulders of a blouson turtleneck paired athleisure-style with knit sweatpants. The placement of the upside-down “h” saved it from banality. All in all, this will keep Chloé humming along just fine until the Ramsay-Levi era begins.
