Sea Resort 2027

Reported by Vogue.

Twenty years into building Sea, Monica Paolini and Sean Monahan could have gone anywhere for their Resort 2027 lookbook. Instead, they went home — specifically to Newburgh, New York, a Hudson Valley river town that raised Paolini and now serves as the backdrop for a collection rooted in maritime labor, romantic dressing, and the kind of elegance that actually works in real life.

The decision was intentional. According to Vogue, Paolini cited the label's 20th anniversary as the reason to pull back rather than chase something exotic — "bringing everything home," as she put it. The resulting collection threads together nautical workwear, dandyish tuxedo moments, and lacy lingerie references with a thesis Paolini frames as "a practical and romantic approach to everyday clothes." It sounds contradictory. It isn't.

From the Dock to the Dressing Room

A new sub-label, Sea NY & Supply, tags select pieces and nods to vintage sporting goods — think camo cargo pants, a daffodil yellow raincoat built for actual rain, a windbreaker, and a cargo skirt set that earns its utility credentials. Fish-print scarves and creel baskets with foulard-wrapped handles translate fishing culture into something a landlocked woman would genuinely carry. A cummerbund apron and a sharp leather version — reportedly a set favorite — blur the line between craft and costume in the best way. The season's standout "one-and-done" dress mimics a polo layered over a shirt with a skirt: the kind of piece that reads effortless because someone worked very hard to make it so.

Then the collection pivots. Lace arrives. Pearls follow. Bloomers and culottes coexist without apology, and a palette of jade and amethyst runs through the romantic pieces like something Paolini describes simply as "freshness." It's the word that lands hardest — because after two decades, freshness isn't a given. Here, it feels earned.

Sea's Resort 2027 makes the case that the most exciting place a designer can go, after 20 years, is back to the beginning.

Read the original at Vogue.