Those who consider trendiness next to godliness should familiarize themselves with Bianca Spender’s Resort collection. Filled with the stuff 2016 shoppers know and love, like accent ruffles, bedroom slip dresses, and wide-leg trousers, Spender’s collection served up today’s style standbys with interesting twists. Look 7, a mossy green dress with loose flounce details, struck the golden balance of cool and new that the rest of the collection aspired to. A marigold midi dress and pale pink shimmer suit came close to the mark, although they looked a touch derivative. Elsewhere things were belabored, with stiff elements that didn’t always fall right on the body. Spender’s languid pieces were her best—and the ones that will find happy homes in the closets of Sydney’s best dressed.
