https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:21:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-490347 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:53:01 +0000 MsMaven 490347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm trying to remember if I've ever bought anything from resort collections. Nothing comes to mind. I do know in the past I've had a hard time finding new things for a winter trip to the southern hemisphere. I generally don't go to "resorts" though. We did go to Hawaii at Christmas a few years ago, but it was not that warm. I've got photos of me wearing long-sleeved tops and cotton cardigans. </p> <p>Perhaps resort is a chance to look at early spring clothes. I'll be going on a cruise early next year, but my closet still has many items from the last two years I will be taking for one last outing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-490265 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:50:19 +0000 HelenInCanada 490265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't seen tried-and-true "resort collections" here in years. (I DO have vague recollections of "cruise wear" at The Bay &amp; Simpsons - dept stores, one now defunct. Basically it consisted of dressier-type summer clothing &amp; swim wear.) Could Resort be an umbrella term in the fashion/retail world for out-of-season summer clothes, sold in locations where we experience cold weather 7 months of the year and need stylish summery stuff to wear for yes, tropical trips...? </p> <p>I've been to several resorts in winter months, and guests are usually just in summer clothing (and fancier stuff at night), although the more senior-aged guests seem to be very well-pressed and matchy-matchy beyond what you'd wear lounging around in the sun/buffet-eating/latin music listening - so maybe true "Resort" wear is for the older generation...? I just brought sun dresses, coverups, bathing suit, and dinner-appropriate items (always a dress code). Cuba is HOT. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-490252 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:19:44 +0000 lyn* 490252@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To my imagination, a very wealthy woman who has a yacht and a private jet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-490158 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:23:06 +0000 catgirl 490158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know. A salesgal at Nordstrom pointed out the Resort collection to me the other day. To which my response was, "Does it include a tropical vacation?" j. crew does it too and it just makes me cranky to look at people in bathing suits, for so many reasons. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-490049 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:06:12 +0000 Mellllls 490049@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i also find resort collections odd. i am from the east coast and also much more likely to go skiing in the winter...now a new ski hat? that i need! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-490044 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:02:52 +0000 velvetychocolate 490044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A few years ago, my husband surprised me with a cruise - I was happy to find some board shorts and a pretty bathing suit cover-up in January. These were found in a section of a dept.store that had some 'resort-wear'. Other than this, no ....can't really say I buy things from resort collections. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489916 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:48:10 +0000 Nadya 489916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Afew years ago I was going on a warm weather cruise in early Feb, and needed clothes for it. The resort collection didn't hit the shops here until right when I was leaving, leaving me out of luck, the one time I needed it! Or maybe they skipped reset and went to early Spring? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489699 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:39:45 +0000 rachylou 489699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ja, I agree. Ski trips are much more West Coast.</p> <p>But I must be getting old. I'm going back and forth on how new Resort is. I think Resort as RESORT!!! has been pushed in recent years to drive sales. Like starting X-mas before Halloween. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489584 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:04:24 +0000 CocoLion 489584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have that many retail shopping opportunities, I shop on line and I am seeing a lot of resort collections being launched right now. I do agree it is an Eastern seaboard thing, the tradition of going to FL or to some island over the holidays.</p> <p>Being from the West Coast, I am much more likely to go skiing during the winter.</p> <p>I am surprised so many designers bother to make a resort collection. Go to Shopbop, you will see what I am talking about. I see some doing a "holiday" collection, again makes more sense to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489565 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:02:48 +0000 rachylou 489565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mm. You know, I think Resort is actually for the winter holidays. My dad was from Jamaica, so we'd go at X-mas and do New Year's at one of the beach resorts. I'd be shopping for bathing suits in December. A lot of big families seemed to gather at the resorts. I think it's an Eastern seaboard kind of thing.</p> <p>ETA: Oh yeah, I wanted to say that I also don't think I've actually seen Resort collection stuff in stores in years. Except for the service of providing a bathing suit in winter, I think they're usually pretty jarring - all acid yellow in the middle of winter. And I'll tell you what, Jamaica at least is NOT that hot in winter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489543 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:08:59 +0000 Anonymous 489543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a good one. I suppose people who hate winter and have another motive to buy summer clothes when sunning in Caribbean?:)<br /> Or have to attend destination weddings?<br /> I never been sunning in the winter though. I'm just speculating. I don't even see resorts collection in the shops I go. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489532 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:05:04 +0000 rae 489532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Even when I vacation, I hardly live a "resort" lifestyle... I guess I'm not in the target market. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489524 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:56:10 +0000 Marley 489524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No - for some reason its just too frou-frou for my taste. But, I already live in a semi-tropical region, so I don't feel like I need anything that is specifically "resort wear!" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489512 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:46:55 +0000 modgrl 489512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Someday I want to go somewhere that requires "cruisewear" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489501 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:27:33 +0000 Anonymous 489501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I go on tropical vacations in the winter--so nice! I don't buy "resort" clothing, though, and don't understand the purpose of it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/curious-who-buys-things-from-the-resort-collections#post-489497 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:21:52 +0000 CocoLion 489497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't, unless I pick something up later in the spring, on sale. I don't go on a tropical vacation in the winter.</p> <p>Another thought -- is one of the purposes of "Resort" to determine what sells, so buyers can buy right for spring? </p>