Cult Gaia Resort 2026

Every season, Cult Gaia designer Jasmin Larian Hekmat transports her customers—through clothes—to various far-flung vacation destinations. Her feminine, easy-breezy pieces are built with beachy getaways in mind—but this time around, Hekmat wanted to evoke a different mood with her upbeat assortment. “I kept coming back to the word charming,” she said. “For me, the word charming meant that everything has a touch of sweetness.” While one could argue that Cult Gaia always leans a tad sugary, for Hekmat, that new direction meant infusing her signature dresses with a fun, quirky sense of whimsy. “They’re all a little distorted—they’re not so perfect,” she noted. Take her interpretation of the enduring polka-dot trend: Hekmat designed a high-neckline dress with a stomach cutout and knotting details, all ruched with an all-over pleated effect. The frock felt elevated, a more design-forward take on a classic pattern that simply won’t go away.