Emma Cook’s collection had a sophisticated air for resort, a change-up from the sporty direction of seasons past. “People have been asking us for a slightly more elevated product…I think the customer’s evolving and wanting more feminine [designs],” said Cook.
Fluid, floaty shapes were the focus of this modern-yet-romantic lineup, such as a knee-length silk crepe dress with tiered skirts, done in a hand-drawn print of floating jellyfish and swirling coral, or another silk chiffon tiered dress in a bold coral print, designed to evoke a camouflage pattern. Cook said she’d looked to the “late Seventies, early Eighties,” for the collection’s mood, citing a “modern Zandra Rhodes” and Sarah Moon’s photographs among her inspirations. As a foil to the flou, she worked sleeker silhouettes inspired by men’s tailoring, such as a black slipdress done with tuxedo-style pleating, in peach, copper and duck-egg blue.