NEW YORK (AP) - The holiday season is a time for fashion to take a vacation. Resort collections, which hit stores during the season the greatest importance Christmas shopping holiday, are a growing business as consumers move towards designer styles they can wear all year round.
The idea that people completely switch their wardrobes from season to season has passed, agrees Ken Downing, senior vice president and director of fashion retailer Neiman Marcus. Shoppers want clothes they can wear on the day they buy them, he says, resort wear and usually responds to this request.