With only a few resort presentations under our belts, it’s probably too early to be talking about the central story that’s emerging from the collections thus far. Even that very notion, the grand narrative, seems a little stale these days. After all, isn’t this the season that’s about clothes, pure and simple? Wear anytime, wear anywhere, clothes that simultaneously speak to your need for something Totally New, yet also are not so overly conceptual and tricked out that they look like they’re trying too hard? Well, yes. But at the same time, designers aren’t working in a vacuum, and they’re always responding to both the palpable shifts and subtle nuances of the way that women want to dress.