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A flirtatious tomboy. The great style of West London girls inspired Zac Posen for his secondary line, Zac Zac Posen. Highlights included easy black and gray denim looks, a metallic leather biker jacket and Prince of Wales suitings, countered by pretty florals that made their way onto blouses and dresses. Posen also offered some evening looks, the richest being a delicate lace gown. wwd review of ZAC zac posen resort 2014

A flirtatious tomboy. The great style of West London girls inspired Zac Posen for his secondary line, Zac Zac Posen. Highlights included easy black and gray denim looks, a metallic leather biker jacket and Prince of Wales suitings, countered by pretty florals that made their way onto blouses and dresses. Posen also offered some evening looks, the richest being a delicate lace gown.

wwd review of ZAC zac posen resort 2014

Zac Posen was plastered all over the front page of the New York Times’ style section this Sunday in a piece about his business peaks and valleys. Thanks to a primetime position on Project Runway, and perhaps more importantly, to his business team, the designer has been enjoying a prolonged upswing of late.This Resort collection should keep the buoyant mood afloat. Posen explored the softer side of structure, adding draped ruffles and overlays to his signature anatomical-seamed construction for results that felt more romantic, less aggressive than his work sometimes tends to be. The floral-print chiffons he used surely played a part in that.This isn’t to say, though, that Posen abandoned his flair for the dramatic. On the contrary, there were evening showstoppers galore, be it a draped peplum-top strapless cocktail number in a soft shade of peach (modeled expertly by Pat Cleveland; “I’m breaking the lookbook age barrier,” Posen joked), or a bustier mermaid gown in palest gray with a matching net overlay. Exuberance is Posen’s stock-in-trade, but to this editor’s eye, at least, restraint could turn into a growth area for the designer. An hourglass dress in sea-moss scuba-stretch duchesse looked great. Ditto a long-sleeved shirtdress in delicately ruffled navy chiffon. style.com review of the zac posen resort 2014 collection by nicole phelps

Zac Posen was plastered all over the front page of the New York Times’ style section this Sunday in a piece about his business peaks and valleys. Thanks to a primetime position on Project Runway, and perhaps more importantly, to his business team, the designer has been enjoying a prolonged upswing of late.

This Resort collection should keep the buoyant mood afloat. Posen explored the softer side of structure, adding draped ruffles and overlays to his signature anatomical-seamed construction for results that felt more romantic, less aggressive than his work sometimes tends to be. The floral-print chiffons he used surely played a part in that.

This isn’t to say, though, that Posen abandoned his flair for the dramatic. On the contrary, there were evening showstoppers galore, be it a draped peplum-top strapless cocktail number in a soft shade of peach (modeled expertly by Pat Cleveland; “I’m breaking the lookbook age barrier,” Posen joked), or a bustier mermaid gown in palest gray with a matching net overlay. Exuberance is Posen’s stock-in-trade, but to this editor’s eye, at least, restraint could turn into a growth area for the designer. An hourglass dress in sea-moss scuba-stretch duchesse looked great. Ditto a long-sleeved shirtdress in delicately ruffled navy chiffon.

style.com review of the zac posen resort 2014 collection by nicole phelps