Design Tag

"I've been looking for a denim skirt for about eight years, and there is not much selection," said Tracy Reese of her decision to make a denim skirt for Resort. "And I know that my customer is looking, too." But this is Reese—an unabashedly girly designer—which meant the classic workwear fabric had been feminized. For the season's denim midi skirt and high-waisted flares, she used a stretchy denim jacquard in herringbone and python prints. A fitted denim dress was done in an oversized floral eyelet and looked anything but casual. The designer moved away from her typical florals this season and played with butterflies instead, both literally (on a printed linen-silk jacquard dress) and figuratively (on a series of silk-crepe dresses...