Remember Abaeté? The line initially started back in 2003 as a line of swimwear inspired by designer Laura Poretzky's summers in Rio. The suits garnered a cult following Poretzky expanded Abaeté into a full ready to wear line shown to critical acclaim on New York's runways from 2007 to 2009. Abaeté quietly shuttered in 2010, Laura Poretzky became Laura Poretzky Garcia (she married musician Diego Garcia and had a baby), and we hadn't heard much from her...until now. Poretzky Garcia has returned to her swimwear roots with a new swimwear line, Été Swim, which made its debut on Moda Operandi this weekend. The line came about thanks to Moda's co-founder Lauren Santo Domingo, who brought Poretzky Garcia together with Lily Dickerson Maddock, formerly the head of knitwear label liDi, who heads up the business side as the President of Été. So what's Été all about? Why another swimwear line and why now? We asked Poretzy Garcia.

• By Leah Chernikoff
  Jun 3, 2012

First, it was Tracy Feith. Then, Lyell. Now, Daily Front Row reports that Abaeté, the dress label best-known for its shoe collaboration with Payless

• By Lauren Sherman
  May 14, 2010

If the fact that it just snowed on the first day of spring is as confusing to you as it is to us, then you know there's only one real response: shop!

• By Natalie Hormilla
  Mar 20, 2009

Beauty inspiration backstage can run the gamut from “English Rose” to “Post-Apocalyptic Bladerunner Chic.” But this season, it looks like the name of

• By Natalie Hormilla
  Feb 19, 2009

• By Natalie Hormilla
  Feb 14, 2009

We don't have to tell you that Fashion Week starts a week from tomorrow, but here's what we do have to tell you about Abaete: The show will include a

• By Natalie Hormilla
  Feb 4, 2009

A few years ago, Tinkerbell got licensed out for a clothing line, famously hyped by Paris Hilton and fused on jewelry and cashmere sweaters at Kitson.

• By Faran Krentcil
  Jun 5, 2008

For Marchesa, Abaete and Erin Fetherston, the 20th century is so nine years ago, and it's time to party like its 1599. With Joan of Arc, Juliet, and

• By Natalie Hormilla
  Feb 11, 2008

A running tally of our favorite Fashion Week sightings this morning / afternoon... Jessica Stam chatting with Patrick Demarchelier backstage at BCBG

• By Faran Krentcil
  Sep 5, 2007

Things Laura Poretzky has that we want: 1. A dress form named “Gemma

• By Faran Krentcil
  Jun 26, 2007

How do you pronounce Gareth Pugh, anyway? You asked and Faran answered (Pugh is said like pew), and then we thought - designers are difficult, and ma

• By Faran Krentcil
  Jun 22, 2007

WWD reports that Payless and Alice + Olivia will team up next year, marking the fourth diffusion line for the mass market brand. Abaete, Lela Rose,

• By Faran Krentcil
  Jun 5, 2007

We’re always looking for the perfect summer dress, and this one is definitely a contender. Mary Kathryn Wells’ new line Smart Fitzjerrell hints at so

• By Faran Krentcil
  Jun 4, 2007

Is fashion an oligarchy? We still don't think it has to be, but if there was any proof on this site that the tastes of a few dictate the choices of

• By Faran Krentcil
  Jun 1, 2007

Here's another little secret, brought to you by Abaete's Laura Poretzky: if you sneak into the Payless Shoe Store on Fifth Ave. and 39th St., you can

• By Faran Krentcil
  Feb 6, 2007