Not to mention that resort clothes also spend the longest time on the full-price selling floor, typically until mid-winter when spring merchandise moves in.

The name “resort” is a holdover from the days when brands would offer a few key pieces for their wealthy snowbird customers who’d flee cold climates at Christmastime. The modern definition, however, has evolved to be more of a code word for new, fresh merchandise.

“I’m happy to see designers really paying attention to resort, and to really put into it design and style,” Downing says. True fans of fashion know that this transitional period also gives a clue where designers are heading in the future, he adds.

And brava to the most stunning lady of the night, my darling Catherine Zeta-Jones . I have never once seen her look anything but Hollywood royalty!

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Well from Hollywood royalty to true royalty, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have the most lovely taste in clothing, Kate (formerly) Middleton , is the most delicate and stunning beauty in this gown of glowing paillettes and blush tones, STUNNING!

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