Diane von Furstenburg Resort 09

We've all the glorious exits from the DVF Resort show, which took place last week in Florence. Diane von Furstenburg's personal elegance might just be the perfect example of what it means to 'Resort' in the traditional sense of the word. To do so, from a style standpoint, the efficiency of one's suitcase is as important as the destination or the dinners. So her collection, being that she understands this process better than most, pivoted on the 'Petite Valise' and the ability of a DVF gal to go from airplane to beach to formal affair with one well-packed bag.

For this reason, the collection included many different nods to historical vacation wear. Namely, 1950's inspired swimwear, 1970's inspired silhouettes, and those easy, modern cotton shirt dresses from today's fashion world. In DVF's mind, the point is to evoke glamour without having to spend hours in the bathroom, and this thesis, necessarily, is without a relative era. This what we'd call timeless, in other words, and it goes without saying that DVF is woman who knows about such things.