As [he] slowly described this vision of the sea to me, I felt it being absorbed by all the associations for blue that I’d accumulated over the years, sinking right into their deepest
stratum, as though a piece of blue glass had been implanted inside me.
—Mai Ishizawa, The Place of Shells

With summer comes the brightness of sun and variations of blue sky—

Like dying a garment in indigo again and again, no one shade
appears exactly the same. With washed out stripes and raw edge trims, garments
like the Voile Monsoon Duster and Desert Top are at once wild and moody for summer. 

Gradations of blue appear
in the mountain lakes as well, contrasted against hues of desert stone. As
usual, Homefrocks takes its cues from the landscape herself, incorporating
these soft, bleached tones into dresses like the Linen Mesa and Abiquiu.