We're going to go out on a limb and say Francisco Costa is actually a better Calvin Klein than Calvin Klein, because after looking for Resort 2008 collections to hate on today we were struck by the fact that Calvin's was just solid gold. (And not in a "Solid Gold dancer" sort of way. At all. But thanks for the imagery, subconscious!) It's sophisticated and whimsical, femine-ly androgynous, and aside from one pair of somewhat unfortunate pink pants, almost everything is something we'd buy if we weren't so deeply loyal to Forever 21 and Zara. The most striking thing about the collection is the lines, which actually made us scream "yes, yes, YES!" in a sort of unfortunate way when we saw them. In a layered, ruffled, rosette-beset sartorial landscape, sheer simplicity makes this collection look like the smartest crop of clothes we've seen all year.
