“Resort,” mused Tanya Taylor, “is one of those seasons that’s definitely between moods…it has to be a lot of things.” The opening look of her collection, a cheery explosion of texture, color, and graphics, does indeed embrace a sense of muchness. “I love mixing stripes, I love playful color combinations, and the spirit of resort feels like it’s starting there,” she said of an ensemble of spliced shirting cottons consisting of a pocketed shirt and pleated skirt.
She followed this up with a reissue of the much-requested Marina balloon-sleeved blouse, paired with slightly high-waisted tailored denim that looks “a little bit more elongated and dressed up” than your usual pair of jeans. This slim line carries over to a fitted brown-stitched chalk-white denim midi dress with center-front zipper. Add a sweater and you can wear it all year round. “I feel a responsibility to design things that will make a customer’s life more beautiful, better, give them more confidence. And then I also want to surprise them. It’s balancing practical and fantasy,” she said. “I don’t feel successful if I design something that everyone loves in a lookbook, but nobody buys.”
Hybrid looks, like a cotton/knit shirtdress or a one-piece-that-looks-like-two sweater-topped dress with pleats, continue Taylor’s interest in a kind of easy yet polished day “uniform.” Of a finer vintage is a slightly flared column dress with black sequin embroidery in a delicious color combination of fuchsia and merlot.