Runaway from it All

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Resort 2013 runway favorites, via style.com, and some favorite images with questionable sources...

Resort is such a funny season as a designer. We invent elaborate vacations and extravagant lifestyles for our muse, anything to get her out of the winter slum. It's like the breath of fresh air after designing the madness that usually is a Fall collection, and ends up being short & sweet, with plenty of bright colors and fun prints that make you smile. Why can't every season be this playful?

1. White on White : Mara Hoffman, Jenni Kayne, tumblr mystery geodome

2. Acid Reign : Carven, Jenni Kayne, Sea, Antian scarf via Creatures of Comfort

3. Suno, desktop mystery

4. Tsumori Chisato, Mother of Pearl, Renilde Depeuter

5. Suno, Mystic Mamma

6. Jenni Kayne, Willow, Vena Cava, tumblr mystery voodoo veve'

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Cruel Summer

Louis Vuitton, Zero by Maria Cornejo, Louis Vuitton, Rochas, Preen, Opening Ceremony, Missoni. 

The concept of a spring collection being shipped to stores in the middle of January fascinates me. The fact that fall hits stores in the middle of July, despite no places actually getting cold until about October, is another of fashion's backhanded slaps in the face of reality. Why do we even bother? Why not call this one the January collection, and that one the July collection? Just a suggestion.

With that, here's pre-fall, in all its orange, gold, cobalt, and lime glory. It's like the colors of fall, but without all those extra layers. I love you, June collection. 

All fashion images via style.com, background images are my own.