On Tuesday, Saks will officially launch the Akris 100 Anniversary collection at Saks.com and in select Saks Fifth Avenue stores.

The gathering features dresses, pants, tops and skirts in daring colours, full of life patterns and stylish silhouettes.

Based in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Akris is thought for its double-faced fabrics, cashmeres, St. Gallen embroidery and digital photo printing techniques.

Anna Irving, senior vice chairman, divisional merchandise manager, women’s designer ready-to-wear at Saks, said, “Saks is devoted to offering our clients the best possible in fashion and Akris is a real luxury brand with impeccable craftsmanship and tailoring. Our clients love the effortless style and modern designs that Akris provides.”

Albert Kriemler, designer and inventive director of Akris, said within the book for the brand’s a hundredth anniversary, “I like fashion to surprise. It’s progress, it’s energy, it’s strength. When preparing the shooting of our archive pieces (1978 to 1992) for the 100-year book, I knew straight away we needed to work with them. They were recent, unexpected and in perfect proportions of today. They made me consider something different to rejoice 100 years, something you’d normally not presume. Let’s call it a re-beginning, an incentive to pause, a degree wherein every little thing can reappear or renew itself. A group where past, present and future coexist. A glance back to maneuver forward right into a recent century.”

On April 11, Saks will launch an exclusive Akris Punto capsule with ready-to-wear styles. These can only be purchased at Saks.com and in select Saks Fifth Avenue stores.