Chanel 2014 Resort Collection

Resort collections are always something I like to keep my eye on. Of course, that is because I like to live vicariously through the people who are wearing fabulous clothes and taking holiday vacations to exotic places around the world, while I am stuck in the middle of the Canadian prairies. Don’t get me wrong, Saskatchewan does have a large number of lakes to which one may frequent, but in no way are there hundreds of lavish yachts to jump onto, with beautiful women dressed in Chanel and handsome men in Tom Ford boat shoes. Instead, there is a small handful of ultra fabulous people and an unfortunately larger number of people dressed in “Tap Out” shirts and crocs and white sunglasses. So, you can see why I click my way through countless fashion blogs to peek at all the resort collections.

And speaking of Chanel, that’s going to be my fashion focus today. Because Chanel’s resort collection is ridiculously on point with everything I could have hoped 2014 resort wear to be. The show was presented in Singapore, which was perfect because the weather was hot, humid and exactly what was needed to show off the collection. The line was shown in an exotic yet humble manor in Singapore, a dirt path leading to the venue, huts served as bars and lightly peeling paint. It was the perfect environment for setting the the collection’s ambiance. The line was influenced by a photograph from the 1880s of a Singaporean fisherman. The fisherman was dashing in a Chanel sport coat. The collection was intended to play lightly on the history of Chanel. Classic and dapper, as always.

Women walked the runway in oversized box cut coats of different lengths. Many trouser shorts and mid-length skirts were shown, with most of the detail being worn on the coat, from the neck downward. Sweaters were slouching off the neck, yet fitted, and ranged in length. The colour palette varied, but stuck to a common trend of blacks, whites, cremes, beiges and greys. Nothing too bold in colour; how very classic of Chanel.

The collection is direct reflection of the influence that is to come. We will be seeing a lot of these cuts, colours and styles in the next year. I, for one, will be coloured with excitement. I love the simplicity and class of the colours we are seeing, and I adore the untailored yet put-together looks that are emerging.

Well, I won’t be flying off to Singapore to resort anytime soon, but Karl Lagerfeld did state he designed the mid-season collection to be worn anywhere in the world… I wonder if he had Regina Beach in mind? Either way, you’ll be sure to catch me in some version of this collection. Karl, I am influenced.

Okay, I have daydreaming to do…

Ciao