Resort 2012 Michael Kros's inspiration of his journey in Australia

Blending his holiday experience in Australia his resort collection, adding a touch of summer holiday, Michael Kros does infuse those nylon swimwear colours into his renowned minimal designs. We can see he applies nylon yellow and bright pink into the dress made by seemingly swimwear fabrics graphically. With clear color-blocking touches on these clothes, this collection simply reminds me how American Vogue styles the 2007 Fall Collection editorial which is called Color-Blocking. Bright colors in graphics designs, it is vivid and clear when we view it on a model alone.

And, after considering it longer, I soon discover that the model’s beautiful nude face look relatively pale and dreary, and realize that the brighter the clothes, the harder for the wearers to highlight their natural beauty with simple, clean makeup. However, form my point of view this collection only work on beautiful models, who are transformed with the help of makeup artist’s work and photographers’ effort featured in editorial or on red carpet. But there are some thought-provoking pieces. The fluorescent yellow evening gown is a good example. Fluorescent yellow mixed with black graphic, which can shape the wearer’s body in a more triangle-shaped one, making the upper torso more slim and shaped. Its high waist cutting with yellow train do helps this gown standing up in photograph. And other favorite features Kro’s old tricks, applying metallic materials into soft goddess dress, with model’s lovely waist exposed sexily. After all, swimwear like garment may just be a gimmick that catches no customers’ attention as they just want to buy some wearable clothes that make them look beautiful on foreign streets, but not something make them look like a freak who wear swim suit in a mall. But this zebra print, knee-length dress is a beautiful, the knee-length cutting fits short women to bring out their heights, the touch on shoulders making it looked delicately round and wide, and the wideness of chest is exagerated by the cutting on chest, two lines dividing toward the shoulders' points. It overall is clear, simple and elegant. But in this photo, mixing it with a pair of flats may be the style's greatest mistake.