PARIS — Chloé and Erès are diving right into a more responsible and sustainable summer with a collaboration spanning swimwear and beachwear.

The 14-piece range, which drops Friday, nods to a number of the French fashion label’s design codes, including eyelet embroidery, winged shoulder flounces and C-shaped detailing.

For Chloé creative director Gabriela Hearst, calling on Erès to create swimwear went without saying, a sentiment shared by Erès creative director Marie-Paule Minchelli, who has “all the time loved [Chloé].”  

“We share the identical values of femininity, attention to detail and love of know-how,” said Minchelli, describing the result as an entire warm-weather capsule of summer essentials that “could just be easy to place in your suitcase,” and would “speak to a contemporary woman who appreciates natural materials.”

The pinnacle-to-toe offering spans one- and two-piece bathing suits, an embroidered linen skirt and long shirt, in addition to a basket bag, bucket hat, sunglasses and slip-on sandals. It is going to be available in solid colours: black, dark “Summer Night” blue, “Iconic Milk” white, a “Red Ochre” hue and “Dark Honey,” a saffron yellow.

Style is one thing the 2 French labels share, and sustainability is one other, be it in materials or design approach.

Hearst lauded Erès’ pattern fit and the “Peau Douce” material, an indication that the swim specialist is “not only true to their woman but additionally to the environment that all of us enjoy — the one option to exist in today’s world.”

Developed exclusively with a longtime Italian supplier over a two-year period, the “Peau Douce” material is made out of castor-oil based polyamide — derived from the perennial flowering castor bean plant — and was introduced in 2020.

For Minchelli, sustainability is “not a trend but a long-term throughline at Erès,” from developing timeless shapes and reusing details or finishes to introducing T-shirts cut from deadstock a decade ago and now codeveloping materials of natural origin.

Other pieces within the collaboration subsequently follow this sustainable and responsible ethos. The eyelet skirt and shirt are cut from linen, which has lower impact than other fabrics because of its lower water consumption and emission of fewer greenhouse gases throughout the cultivation process.

Even the sandals and leather elements on bags and sunglasses were sourced through the Leather Working Group, a corporation promoting environmental best practices throughout the leather manufacturing and related value chain. Meanwhile, the basket bag was made with Mifuko, a World Fair Trade Organization-certified Kenya-based social enterprise that has been making handwoven baskets for Chloé since spring 2021.

The gathering might be sold through each brands’ e-commerce platforms and chosen Erès and Chloé stores, in addition to retailers including Bergdorf Goodman, Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche and Net-a-porter, which can carry the saffron yellow colorway exclusively.

The road will retail between 170 euros for bikini bottoms as much as 1,390 euros for the embroidered linen eyelet skirt. The sunglasses, basket and sandals might be priced at 720, 850 and 590 euros, respectively.