Clearly recognizing the importance of this ever-growing season, Fendi almost
quadrupled the size of its resort offering for 2009. Still, Karl Lagerfeld and
co. did so without losing an iota of sophistication. Wide-legged jeans and other
items nodded to the seventies, but—aside from a pair or two of Woodstock-worthy
embroidered shorts with coordinating platforms—the collection deftly avoided
hippie territory. Yachting references (a navy suspender-backed jumpsuit, for
example) added to the sense of confident ease.