Anchors Aweigh {Akris Resort 2013}
21/08/2012 § Leave a Comment
Before we get all wrapped up in NYFW, I have been meaning to mention the lovely resort collection that Akris showed a few weeks back. A Swiss label, Alice Kriemler Schoch founded Akris in the 1920s when she began manufacturing polka-dot aprons. Today her grandsons run the brand, which is favored by some very powerful and very chic women — Dianne Sawyer and Condoleezza Rice are rumored to be among fans of the label, along with Charlene, Princess of Monaco, a good friend of designer Albert Kriemler — who need elegant, tailored clothes that can take them from board meetings to press conferences to the red carpet and back again.
Akris is definitely a label I have evolved toward. After dealing with the somewhat limited offerings available to professional women, it’s become something of a personal mission to find labels that manage to be tailored without being too boring or boxy. Akris hits this sweet spot and has the high-powered fans to prove it. Luckily that same clean, tailored sensibility met understated nautical influences for a resort collection that is sporty, yet adult — personal favorites in this collection include that white suit and the beautiful silk shirt with a print that looks like sunlight on the water. Well done indeed.
Images via Vogue.
