Tracy Reese’s Hope For Flowers model is 5 years into manufacturing, and when she offered the spring 2026 assortment in New York on the Designers & Brokers commerce present, a number of consumers made some extent to inform her, “that is your greatest assortment ever,” Reese stated over Zoom from her workplace in Detroit. Reese known as the vary “a quintessential Hope For Flowers assortment; it’s totally female [and] very colourful.” However whereas previous outings leaned closely on signature items and anticipated prints—smocked shirting, block print florals—this one launched a wider vary of materials, and a shade story that ranged from subdued to dramatic.
Reese sourced an EcoVero georgette for a frilled maxi gown, a shell prime, and a midi gown with a draped neckline. “Sheerness has eluded me till we discovered this cloth as a result of there simply aren’t quite a lot of sustainable sheer materials,” she stated. The items, together with strapless A-line and ruched mini clothes, had been in a subtle watercolor print—a fairly mixture of pinks, peaches, blues, and a brownish-orange shade Reese likened to marmalade. Just a few of the designer’s favourite silhouettes bought an replace: harem pants had been structured and tailor-made; shirting fell off the shoulder; and a brand new iteration of the Hope For Flowers pom-pom pant got here in linen with espresso-colored cross-stitch embroidery. “I feel it is a time for brown,” she stated, noting an espresso floral bustier gown and halter jumpsuit. “Typically persons are intimidated by brown prints, but it surely’s time for it. It simply seems actually stylish.”
Whereas the candy-colored concentric squares on a pair of shorts and the colourful stripes of a spring trench would pop on the runway, producing a present shouldn’t be a grind that Reese misses; she’s glad to be constructing Hope For Flowers outdoors of the normal model playbook. “I beloved it, I actually did,” she says of her days helming her namesake label and being on the official New York Trend Week calendar. “However I don’t miss sacrificing my life for the runway. And I additionally assume that it’s great to move the baton to the following era. I’m glad to yield the stage, and to be in Detroit the place the tempo is completely different, the place our impression is extra felt.”
