The Butterfly Effect, 32
When the Heat Changes the Rules
As the thermometer climbed past 90 degrees this week, we all did our best to stay cool. And honestly? This week left me questioning what to wear—a place where I don’t normally find myself.
But my go-tos—jeans, denim cutoffs—were too structured, unforgiving even, for the heat. When the temperature climbs, structure becomes the enemy, and I was forced to rethink summer dressing.
Heavy waistbands and structured dressing? Hard no.
Instead, I craved movement, weightlessness, barely-there, diaphanous fabrics.
Enter dreams of poplin skirts, weightless cotton cargos like LeSet’s Kyoto Carpenter pant, Cou Cou Intimates’ new poplin pantaloons, and Paige DeSorbo’s Daphne Drift Capri. Yes, please. And the Drift? On sale, no less.
Tank tops and linen button-downs were the order of the week. Nothing too constricting. I wanted to float in relaxed silhouettes.
Somehow, they carried me through the week. Next week? It’s looking brighter. Eighties here we come…
Spring 2027: The Luxury of Ease
Perhaps that’s why Jacquemus and Marc Jacobs’ Spring 2027 collections felt so timely. Different aesthetics, same conclusion: when the heat arrives, ease isn’t a compromise. It’s the luxury.
Jacobs approached his collection with a focus on acid brights, sequins, and sheer barely-there silhouettes. Jacquemus, in contrast, offered a more romantic, whimsical take.
Set against the rocky bluffs, Jacquemus’ models drifted down the Corsican runway in sumptuous shades of white, aqua, marigold, and red. The fabrics? Diaphanous. The palette drew inspiration from ice cream and the designer’s Corsican summers.
Look 15: an aqua sundress, cinched below the bust line, blooming into a gentle bubble through the waist before tapering just below the knee and culminating in a ruffled hem. The shoes? Barely-there bright yellow ballet slippers—a silhouette that was repeated throughout the show. Chef’s kiss.
Look 44, a strapless column of poured blue jersey, slit on the side and flaring slightly at the ankle to reveal matching ballet slippers—the slippers, the breakout runway star.
Jacquemus Spring 2027: the antidote to summer’s drenching 90-degree days. We’re ready to ride the wave.
