Social media is a good thing sometimes. “I get Instagram direct messages from clients saying ‘I got this dress from you 10 years ago, but I still love it so much and I’m still wearing it’,” Barbara Tfank explained during a recent appointment. It made the designer realize that if she continues to make beautiful well-made dresses, then her customers will continue wearing them for years to come.
This season, she focused on bright gelato-like colors of yellows, pinks, and chartreuse to create a 12-piece collection of summer-ready looks suitable for everywhere from the Hamptons to Palm Beach. Highlights included a cap-sleeved metallic pink gown that could just as easily work in the daytime as in the nighttime and was made to just throw in your suitcase and go. Tfank also experimented with raffia, but instead of the usual matte and straw-like look and feel, it was dipped in gold by fabric artisans in Italy for a sparkly touch.
