Resort finds Nicole Miller in the mood to experiment. “It was a real hodgepodge of eclectic elements,” shared Miller at the Metal Shutter Houses, a Chelsea art space that served as her presentation’s backdrop. “We took a bunch of confusing things that didn’t go together, but we made them go together.” Adapting the idea into a series of fail-safe outfits, she simplified the whimsical style made famous by street style photographs. In fact, the lookbook model—blogger Natalie Lim Suarez, aka Natalie Off Duty—is something of a street style star herself.
With striped pants and matching blouses offering a sporty take on pajama dressing and hand-drawn prints providing a splash of color on bomber jackets, the energy was youthful. Asymmetrical skirts with hemlines that appeared to float and jeans with sketches of belts drawn onto the fabric looked like crowd-pleasers. Miller’s wares may seem ready-made for online It girls, but the freewheeling mood of the collection means its appeal should go beyond the Internet. More grown-up dresses were enlivened with brushstroke patterns in shades of citron and jade.