With an office next door to the exclusive club Chez Margaux, Rag & Bone’s Jennie McCormick certainly has a strong idea of what the fashionable young women of New York City really want. Gone are the days of gals strutting around in Manolo Blahniks; these days it’s all about a flat shoe—be they ballerina sneakers from Adidas or barely-there mesh flats from The Row. With that in mind, the brand is introducing the Sadie—a square-toed and slim loafer-style shoe that comes in colors ranging from a sweet cherry red to an edgy crackled silver; it was shown with almost every look from the resort collection. “This season was really about enforcing the idea of ease and getting around comfortably,” said McCormick. “At Rag & Bone, we’re trying to think about the wearability and functionality of pieces, so even if something is a real statement and investment, it’s still quite wearable.”

A similar mindset applied to the clothing: knits came pre-styled with a trompe l’oeil effect, to mimic the look of a layered knit without having to buy and wear two wool sweaters. Unstructured blazers have a built-in vest for that three-piece suit look without all the fuss (the vest can also be worn on its own). The collection’s hero item is a collarless coat called the Phoebe that proves McCormick’s interest in versatility; it includes a quilted and hooded removable liner embellished with faux leather trim that can be worn on its own as well.