What is Cruise Collection

Cruise Collections are interim collections, usually released in November of each year. You definitely know about Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer collections that each respectable fashion house releases every year during Paris Fashion Week or New York Fashion Week. Cruise collection comes in between the two. Only big houses offer this collection and not even all of them. Traditionally cruise collection was meant for customers who take entire winter off to spend it at some sort of warm resort. Lately, however cruise collections changed their meaning and are offered for the transitional season between warm summer and cold winter. It's not necessarily Fall, it's just Cruise. Cruise styles are of course, more casual, leisure and adventures as compared to formal back to work Fall. Not everyone is going back to work, right? Some people are just having another season of fun.
Among commons styles are swimming suits, safari style, jeans, military, floral dresses and so forth.

The idea of cruise collection has captured the media attention since last year Chanel Cruise Collection. Presented during the Monaco's Canne's Film Festival in 2011, Chanel Cruise Collection got such a massive media launch that to date it is considered largest and the most successful fashion collection presentation to date. Karl Lagerfeld, the genius marketer, knew that if he makes a film, that would just make sense at Cannes. So, the film "Tale of Fairy" was released at Cannes featuring a controversial topic and cruise collection that actors wore during the film. When collection got released, many people not so deep into the fashion world, thought that "cruise" is just a name. But, turned out, it's is a type of collection. In fact it was around for over 50 years.

This year many brands have Cruise collections, featured at Style.com. It appears that gypsy theme is prevalent through out many of cruises in 2012.