This summer, the New York City-base Canadian-Taiwanese designer Jason Wu decided it is high time for him to take a step back and recalibrate. To help facilitate this said recalibration, Wu took himself on an end-of-summer month-long trip to the islands of Mykonos and Mallorca. Going there with a clear intention to let down, laze around and luxuriate in the heavenly sun and sands of Italy, he realized how important it is to press pause on the grind from time to time, recharge and figure out exactly where you stand and where you want to go in the future.

Who: Jason Wu in the studio, Sara Grace Wallerstadt on the runway, Adriana Lima and Eva Gutowski in the front row

What: after half a year of absence, Wu showed his Spring/Summer 2020 collection

When: September 8, 2019; 6 p.m. EST

Where: in a postindustrial venue at Pier 17, looking over the Brooklyn Bridge

Why: let the color palettes inspired by Irving Penn’s fruit photos and old travel posters promoting the French Rivera will take you on an ambrosial vacation to Mediterranean islands