NEW YORK, June 4, 2012
By Jessica Minkoff
What is Derek Lam to do when his model-muse Hanne Gaby Odiele is injured and unable to star in his latest 10 Crosby lookbook? Hire her equally spunky friend Sara Blomqvist. With a new girl came a new vision for his year-old diffusion line. Last season, Lam imagined Hanne Gaby partying home-alone-style. For Resort, he sent Sara out on the town—specifically, to the corner bodega and back; note the plastic bags with the 10C logo—in fifties-meets-eighties clothes inspired by Molly Ringwald's character in Pretty in Pink. There were plaid blouses and schoolgirl skirts; half-denim, half-leather T-shirt dresses; and jeanlike tuxedo trousers shredded to perfection. Lam also brought back his signature pajama pant. He dressed it up with a bright floral print and a matching dress worn as a tunic, to reflect the Ringwald inspiration. It's a vision that we can really get behind. As for Blomqvist, we can certainly get used to her, too.
