Cynthia Rowley Resort 2010.

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"In this, the most bourgeois season designers do, I liked the contrast of being really conscious about the materials," Cynthia Rowley said at her Resort presentation.

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That explains why she embellished dresses and sandals with ditsy floral fabric and yards of mismatched ribbon, leftovers from seasons past.

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Along similar lines, the designer refashioned newspaper into giant hair bows.

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An outdoorsy theme prevailed (intarsia sweaters with bright tennis ball patterns, gold fishhook necklaces), though an airbrushed "graffiti party" frock nodded to more urban activities.

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Set to a backdrop of pal Marilyn Minter's oversize sexually charged paintings at Salon 94 gallery, the effect was at once sweet, kooky, and edgy—in other words, more or less what one has come to expect from Rowley's shows.

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Yves Saint Laurent Resort 2010.

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Stefano Pilati said he was partly inspired by seashells, but there wasn't anything overtly beachy about his Resort lineup for Yves Saint Laurent.

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Rather, the designer's stated influence informed the collection's subtle prints and the circular cuts of looks like a chic bronze silk cocktail dress (part of a new Editions Soir mini evening line).

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The theme also found a quiet echo in the spiraling Lesage embroidery at the shoulders of printed shifts and a long, gauzy white dress.

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Everything—even the tailoring, which has been such a Pilati strong suit these last several seasons—had a certain fluidity.

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A deconstructed, unlined jacket topped a bustier dress, while the classic YSL trench was reworked with a shawl collar and trumpet cuffs.

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The designer cut an evening bolero inspired by couture in topaz cotton—"it's less pretentious that way," he said. Not to mention more modern.

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VPL Resort 2010.

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"All of this is about layering and playing and manipulating shapes," said Victoria Bartlett as she flicked through racks in her studio filled with clothes in shades of nude, cream, blue, and gunmetal.

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Bartlett might not have strayed far from the lingerie-based label's DNA, but by staying hyper-focused she produced one of her stronger and more refined collections.

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Resort's jumpsuits, pieced and color-blocked tops, chain-trimmed coats, and cowled toppers hit just the right balance between sportiness and fluid drapery.

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