Carolina Herrera’s Resort 2021 collection is out, and it is everything!

Designed by Wes Gordon, modelled by Achenrin Medit and photographed by Josh Olins, the collection is playful and airy, inviting customers to dream of the outdoors and of better tomorrows.

Carolina Herrera resort 2021 collection — **Image courtesy of Carolina Herrera**

“I didn’t want to get so caught up in the pragmatism of this moment that we lost the playfulness of the clothes.” Wes Gordon says of his new collection for Carolina Herrera, but he might as well have been summing up the brand’s philosophy. Herrera has never been a resource for sweatsuits, cashmere or otherwise, and that’s not about to change because of the pandemic.

This season, looking back at the clothes Caroline made at the start of her label in the early 1980s, Gordon incorporated her flair for voluminous and sculptural sleeves into his new pieces, including a pair of dresses, one short and one long, in a fluid allover silver micro-paillette. The lively paper taffeta bows of a pastel party dress and a black jumpsuit likewise felt true to the Herrera heritage.

Gordon still gives a nod to these strange times we are in. The brides who might’ve come to the label for a traditional gown are hosting backyard weddings and other informal affairs, and the dresses they’re looking for are similarly more unconventional. In response, he’s recut six cocktail numbers he’s had success with in previous seasons in white.