Chelsea Hansford has resumed her globetrotting tendencies for Simon Miller’s spring 2025 assortment, this time touchdown in Acapulco, Mexico. The providing is customary fare for the Los Angeles-based model, crammed with knit units, button-through linens, asymmetrical neck- and hemlines, and fringe galore.
Whereas raffia is a year-round staple within the Simon Miller universe, it’s particularly warranted in spring 2025. “We took lots of nature references from the cliffside, the colours of the rocks,” Hansford mentioned. Not all inspiration comes from Mom Earth although; the equipment have been impressed by the “fringed raffia umbrellas” she noticed on the lodge. Knit intarsias and smocked poplin skirt units, in the meantime, nodded to the palm bushes through simple leaf prints in addition to extra summary designs hand-painted by Hansford’s husband.
Simon Miller’s Lock High—a cotton poplin button-up with a again cutout and adjustable tie—expanded to new striped colorways this season: forest inexperienced and white, and a low-contrast tangerine and salmon. Hansford says it’s a constant best-seller for the model. “It offers you a pleasant cinch and [you can] decide the way you need to put on it,” she mentioned of its versatility.
There isn’t any doubt that Hansford is aware of what her patrons need, however it might be good to see her step out of her consolation zone. It’s potential to lean on staples just like the Lock High whereas additionally making an attempt one thing new and dangerous—hopefully one thing she’s going to contemplate in future seasons.
