Resort 2013

All Photos from Style.com

Bottega Veneta
This is how women everywhere should dress on vacation. Colors. Patterns. Light and tailored. Giant coats over swimsuits. Need I say more?
Seriously though, I cannot get enough of this collection. The monochrome suits (including the yellow jumpsuit/coat combo above) show the next logical step for fashion to take after all this colorblocking -- a hint of whats to come with spring 13? Then all the pencil skirts! I'm dying.
The bags! Lets talk about the bags for a hot second. Usually I'm not the biggest fan of big, slouchy bags, but I'll make an exception for Bottega. Some of the bags border on being called enormous and you could probably fit your entire vacay inside them. (Letsbehonest thats not gonna happen. You need several options for what to wear every day! Several suitcases are absolutely necessary for any trip).

I'm obsessed with the blue floral dress. The way the neckline connects with the skirt is too good. The collection is full of nods to the 50s with pencil skirts or cap-sleeves, and pastels. Then came the sleek, edgy last looks. The colors became darker and instead of cute pumps, models wore black strappy, sexy sandals. A great shoe for a night out, and clothes to match.
Women everywhere: Base your next vacation wardrobe after this collection. It'll take you from a day at the beach to a fancy dinner to a night out.

Chanel
Karl Lagerfeld's Resort 2013 line really caught me off-guard. Resort is usually much more wearable than Fall and Spring, yet, in terms of wearability, this felt more like a Spring collection. My favorite pieces, shown above and below, are some of the more wearable looks.
That said, the clothes were stunning. Karl beautifully combined eighteenth-century details with modern silhouettes, fabrics, and colors. The colors and shapes of the clothes referred back to the Spring show - my favorite Chanel show in a while - so I could not be happier about that. And I love it when Karl Lagerfeld works with color (The almost tye-dye dress below -- Dying over it).

My one problem is the inclusion of creepers throughout the whole collection. Maybe it's because I'm a firm believer that every woman looks better with 5-7 inches of height, but I feel like the looks would have been better suited with a heel or espadrille. Oh well, they were still amazing.
These last two looks I picked out though. Absolutely flawless. The floral skirt with gold and a frilly top? Blue baroque embroidered designs on an exaggerated shape dress? Unreal. I just cannot even with how Karl Lagerfeld is able to seamlessly combine eighteenth-century and modern fashions.