“Everything is meant to have more than one life,” Tracy Reese said over Zoom. This has long been her approach to design, and it’s evident in a resort collection marked by Reese’s signature A-line dresses and frilled tops, with a smattering beaded separates. “It’s not just for going away, it’s not just for going out,” she elaborated. “It’s important for sustainability that everything isn’t pigeonholed just for one particular moment.”
Reese leaned into her affinity for prints, employing a graphic, triangle design for a puff-sleeve mini, pencil skirt, and harem-pant jumpsuit, among other pieces. “This has all the jewel tones that look rich and beautiful for the season,” she said of a floral design printed on a black shift dress and other hallmark silhouettes, “but it’s hand-drawn, so it feel