As a way to preserve crafts that are often passed from generation to generation (an inheritance of skill) , every Heirlome collection includes at least one collaboration with a Mexican or Latin American artisan. The artisans are given complete artistic freedom and brand founder Stephanie Suberville doesn’t know what the outcome will be until the work is delivered. The result is an element of surprise and reactiveness in the design process that keeps things at Heirlome exciting and, at least in the case of this resort collection, provides the narrative.

Suberville is not a moodboard designer; rather she works intuitively and considers what she wants to wear. At the same time, she knows how her customers interact with her work so she can be responsive. For example, she knows their top Google search is ‘Heirlome set’—“like a top and skirt,” she explains on a walk-through. So the softly draped Marie top has returned, offered in new colors; ditto for the satin trench. Good designs bear repeating, especially as the brand has so many new eyes on it with the designer’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund bid.

Suberville has once again teamed up with Arturo Estrada Hernandez, who hand-crafts rebozo shawls, and Madres Y Artesanas Tex for a fringed and patchworked tank and dress. New textures are introduced through tussah silk as well as an unusually supple bouclé. When it comes to tailoring, there’s a straight black coat with buttons from throat to hem that has a clerical feel, and Thai-inspired wrap pants with slits up the leg. Continuing that effect, a mocha-colored blazer is slit in the back.

Resort’s print was created by Alex Jurado Mata Ortiz whose work, Suberville explains, draws on the heritage of the indigenous Paquimé of Chihuahua, México. “Once you put the print flat, it’s so angular,” she said. Those geometries inspired her to make square patterns that collapse into beautiful and bold shapes.