A cruise collection or ''resort collection'' or resort wear sometimes also ''holiday'' or ''travel collection'' (''collection croisière'', in French), is an inter-season or pre-season line of

ready-to-wear Ready-to-wear (or ''prêt-à-porter''; abbreviated RTW; "off-the-rack" or "off-the-peg" in casual use) is the term for ready-made garments, sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made-to-measure or bespoke clothing ...

clothing Clothing (also known as clothes, apparel, and attire) are items worn on the body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials and natural ...

produced by a

fashion Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion i ...

house or

brand A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising for recognition and, importantly, to create ...

in addition to the recurrent biannual seasonal collections —

spring Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season) Spring, also known as springtime, is one of the four temperate seasons, succeeding winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of ...

/ summer and autumn (or fall)/

winter Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultur ...

— heralded at the

fashion shows A fashion show (French ''défilé de mode'') is an event put on by a fashion designer to showcase their upcoming line of clothing and/or accessories during a fashion week. Fashion shows debut every season, particularly the Spring/Summer and Fal ...

in New York,

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Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

and

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. Originally meant for wealthy customers or "more seasoned jet-setters" going on cruises (e.g. North Americans) or vacationing in the warm

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa ...

area (e.g. Europeans) during the

months, cruise collections offer light

or summer

when the

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at the point of sale, points of sale actually calls for

apparel.
Get your vacation wardrobe shipshape
', Rod Stafford Hagwood, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, June 2, 2008 These days, they are targeted at customers who have "finished buying their fall wardrobes and are looking ahead to vacations". These "warm-weather designs [...] arrive in the shops in the United States, US in November", after the autumn/winter collections and before the

/ summer collections, or generally between November/December and February in the Northern hemisphere. In the high fashion retail landscape, often resort and cruise collections are more commercial expressions of ideas developed in Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer collections. High fashion company, houses like Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Marc Jacobs, and Ralph Lauren Corporation, Ralph Lauren offer cruise/resort collections. Although originally intended for women, lately many high fashion brands such as Dolce & Gabbana produce cruise and resort collections for men and women. Yves Saint-Laurent (brand), Yves Saint-Laurent presented its first men's cruise collection in 2006, and has offered it every year since. Across the fashion industry, "Resortwear" has been embraced as a specific product category. Several upstarts like Devereux have created entire brands around relaxed, resort-style athletic motifs.Resort wear is growing in popularity across the globe, especially in tourist destinations like Dubai, Costa Rica and the Greek Islands. It has become a cross-cultural style that signifies relaxation, affluence, and appreciation of nature which displays a sense of style to the wearer. From walking shorts, caftans and sandals, to full-length evening gown, evening dresses for women and light dinner jackets for men, resort wear is unique in its design and function. Resort wear is generally constructed with materials are easy to pack, lightweight, and breathable, such as cotton, silk, denim, linen, rayon, and poplin. It is often inspired by sailor and yachting themes, tropical motifs, mediterranean motifs, and classic Hawaiian prints of palm trees and hula girls. Often, the ensembles are accessorized with open toed shoes, large sunglasses, and wide brim hats. Resort wear also encompasses swimsuits and bathing suit cover ups, with brands like KIINI specializing in this segment. Sometimes, brands such as BIASA from Bali, Psylo from Ko Samui, and Vilebrequin, Villebrequin from Saint-Tropez, Saint Tropez will emerge from the very locations that resort wear is designed for and is worn year round.

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