Show Review: Proenza Schouler Resort 2016

Now that relations between the United States and Cuba have improved and American tourists are allowed to fly directly to the country, the warm-weather destination has been on the minds and lips of many. This was the case for the Proenza Schouler guys as they used Cuba as inspiration for their Resort 2016 collection: a particularly poignant and important influence as one half of the duo, Lazaro Hernandez, is Cuban-American with parents who emigrated from the country in their teenage years.

Hernandez always had a desire to know the country of his roots and the land his parents had left so long ago. As one might imagine, the trip aroused a wealth of emotions, the most moving of them being the imagination and vision for their Resort assortment.

The duo avoided all artifice and posturing and went straight for functionality. Clever and eye-catching detailing was on high including crisscross straps, tweed fringe, oversized buttons, and more.

Ruffles are a cornerstone of traditional Cuban garb and those were present on cap-sleeve dresses with handkerchief hems, frocks with plunging necklines, and a high-neck crop top and high-waist skirt combination.

Pops of color came through with tropical prints on slit-accented frocks and the brand’s signature Lunch Bag clutch.

Hernandez and McCullough pulled the edgy grommet detailing from their Fall collection into this assortment, covering red carpet-ready frocks, a zip-front jacket and ruffle skirt pairing, a knee-length coat, and leather shoulder bag in the embellishment.

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