Looking at Lauren Manoogian’s confident and accomplished resort collection, you’d never guess that the designer was pulled in two very different directions in its making. “I was thinking I just want to be in bed and all covered up, and I was also thinking about occasion outfits, which is the opposite of that,” the designer said on a walkthrough.

One of the things that distinguishes this offering is the harmony achieved between knits and wovens. The velvet softness of suede (a new material for the brand) is akin to that of cashmere; an alpaca bomber has an angora-like fluffiness. The suit in the second look, explained Chris Fireoved, “is a woven fabric made with the yarn that we’ll typically knit sweaters out of.”

Manoogian’s use of linearity creates visual complements throughout the offering. These striations are achieved in any number of ways. There’s a white cotton and silk mix dress featuring rows of pleats so fine as to almost look tucked, and a lichen-colored topper made of a sun-dried nylon ripstop that has the finest lines in it. The crushed-pleated effect on knits was achieved by washing and shrinking, while the orderly lines in the opening look were created using a quilt-knit stitch that was long in development. These slightly padded pieces are meant to convey a sense of protection, while a series of “skewed” looks (see the offset and asymmetric sleeves of a marshmallowy white turtleneck) cling to the body like a soft hug.

“I feel like people are looking for a way to be super comfortable and have that lounge feeling, but it’s not like you are wearing Lululemon,” Manoogian said. Frequent fliers should look into the collection’s terry-like knit; this is just one of the myriad touch-me textures that make this collection a waking dream.