Chloé presents the Resort 2024 – Spring 2024 collection. For Gabriela Hearst, creative director of Chloé, the intermediate collections offer a space to develop and improve the maison’s design language.
While last season was inspired by Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi as a representation of female empowerment, Spring 2024 takes a more subtle, abstract approach.
The collection also reflects the maison’s commitment to creating authentic clothing, free of embellishment and artifice, celebrating the beauty of craftsmanship with its savoir-faire, while promoting social and environmental responsibility.
The turtleneck sweater made from recycled cashmere is paired with pants made from recycled cotton and hemp denim, in an exclusive partnership with Italian designer Adriano Goldschmied.
The resort collection also collaborated with the NGO Manos del Uruguay, a collective from Gabriela’s home country focused on fair crafts, which contributed to the production of knitted pieces – including a jacquard wool cardigan with individually dyed multicolored yarn.
Some materials are not what they seem at first glance, encouraging customers to feel the texture of the piece, reinforcing that luxury is in the experience as much as in appearance. A light denim jacket with a fleece collar and flared pants are made from soft suede, which can easily resemble lace, while the crew neck sweater and skirt are actually a mesh made from the contrasting combination of matte cashmere and shiny silk, creating an interplay of different sheen with a feminine fluidity.
Eye-catching jackets in sky blue or beige are crafted from strips of nappa leather and fur with a velvety finish. Classic clothing and finishes, as well as traditional fabrics, are essential elements for Chloé. The brand created a bespoke cotton tweed with multicolored mouliné yarns, used in a trench coat and new versions of the Penelope shoulder bag.
Oversized bows are present in pieces from different categories, such as on the shoulder of a nappa leather dress or on the brand’s new bag model: the Lacey.
Chains are featured in the collection’s pieces, whether sewn onto the lapels of hourglass jackets and low-impact fleece overcoats, or in the shape of buttons on a cape. Hand-braided, they also feature in low-impact knit sweaters.
The Chloé Archive was a new source of inspiration for Gabriela, particularly the work of Karl Lagerfeld, who spent 25 years at the maison, between 1963 and 1997. The party line of the collection is inspired by a piece designed by him and has as a key element an arrow-shaped crystal ornament, applied to a coat and dress, as well as handbags, jewelry and footwear.
Another novelty is that the codes for the Marcie bag, which turns 13 this year, were applied to several product families. Its iconic hardware has been sewn into ready-to-wear, embedded into sunglasses and jewelry, and acts as a centerpiece for belts and footwear.
The Penélope bag, which debuted in the summer 2023 collection, comes with a series of novelties, sizes and materials that reflect the prêt-à-porter of the season, from fur and suede, to tweed and wool knitted by the NGO Manos del Uruguay – all with the line’s signature braided leather and metallic coin clasp. Sustainability was a priority in design decisions for the entire collection.
The Mony bag is crafted from an undyed recycled cotton and linen blend with natural grain leather. The brand’s best-selling low-impact shoe, Nama, is now available in a variety of new styles.
Gayia recycled acetate or ReAce bio-based nylon lenses are available in three new seasonal shapes and colors such as fluorescent pink, cobalt blue and turquoise, spotted beige, plus the evergreen shades of black and tan.
