In the span of a few seasons as Ports 1961’s design director, Francesco Bertolini is finding his footing exploring the vast but not necessarily directional legacy of the brand founded by Canadian entrepreneur Luke Tanabe, with an original focus on travel.

Bertolini is still a subtle voice whose work is starting to shape up as one playing in same league as the quietly edgy and somewhat intellectual brands, à la Khaite and The Row, sitting at the intersection of craft and minimalism with a luxe urban spin.

The spring collection repeated some of Bertolini’s key tropes, from his technique-obsessive use of fabrics to the restraint and posed attitude of his statuesque concoctions.

In an apparent attempt to propose a full wardrobe running the gamut of occasions of use and demographics, the lin

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