Each season, Norma Kamali approaches her collection with her customer’s budget and wardrobe in mind. For resort, she wanted to continue fall’s layering approach led by fashionable accessories (gloves, shrugs, etc.) blended into a mix-and-match lineup rooted in two hues: foxtrot brown and olive green.
“I decided to just say, ‘What are the colors I want to show?’ I want to have deep, rich, beautiful colors. Then typically you never show one color in a delivery because if they don’t like the color, you don’t sell anything,” she noted. To give her “monochrome” looks the depth and dimension required for the season, she utilized ample rich fabrications, spanning from faux fur and velvet to lace and vegan leather to derive varying shades.
“It’s as if there are other colors, but there are not really,” she said, also peppering in cowhide and houndstooth prints and soft suede fringe to bring more texture to the line.
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The point of the collection was to be able to make two, three, or four looks out of the styles and carry them from season to season, as seen through lacy slip tank tops and hooded bodysuits worn with skinny spat-leg suede trousers or matching Bermuda shorts with throw-on jackets.
“If it looks like it wasn’t meant to be that way, that’s exactly what we want happening,” she added of oversized suede, shearling and vegan leather hoodies, gussied up for holiday atop sheer mesh full or playful paillette skirts.
As always, the vast lineup had something for everyone, including the fan-favorite Kenny balloon pants and a take on her iconic ‘73 shirred swimsuit, which Kamali said is representative of the intergenerational styles her customers keep coming back for, as the look can be worn for the beach, or as an ultra minidress for nights on the town.