A.L.C. is for a girl who fills her carry-on with lightweight, layer-able pieces like a patterned jumpsuit and white leather jacket - the obvious choice for a long flight and weight restricted luggage. Andrea Liberman, and her eponymous brand, are selling the dream. You can be chic, it's easy; you can be comfortable and stylish and you can do it all if you buy our S/S 2013 collection. It's true.

On a recent Friday midday at Neiman Marcus in Coral Gables a gaggle of gals from their mid-twenties to, ahem, considerably past their mid-twenties, are sipping on champagne and, in my case, helping themselves to the passed hors d'oeuvres. Andrea Lieberman is making rounds in the showspace, a set-up nestles between the other high-end contemporary designers in this section.

She's wearing leggings and a striped caftan of her own design and she looks refreshingly normal. Her hair swept into a quick French twist and she's wearing flat black leather sandals. It's worth mentioning her flat sandals because in a world where designers are like Donatella and Posh Spice, it's freeing to think that there's some reality to a stars-they're-just-like-you mentality. Andrea (she seemed more like an Andrea, not something more formal like a Ms. Leiberman), like most designers with such clear vision and palpable spirit in their design, is clearly designing for herself - this is an outfit that would be light and easy to pack on a carry-on.

A quick look at the A.L.C. display and you too would be sold on the vision of a traveling girl, whether on a work trip, styling a magazine spread in an exotic destination, on a festival road trip or family vay-cay. This is clothes you want to wear. It's clothes I really want to wear. And not just on vacation. The lightweight maxi-dresses and silk jumpsuits with tribal print inspiration are the most perfect wardrobe choices for a Miami girl I've seen in a long time. The collection looks like a lookbook of what I'd like my summer wardrobe to be, really, my year-round wardrobe, because what's the difference?

Andrea started designing after a bit of a gypsy-spell, leaving New York City for Paris and Africa. There's the sensibility of a city gal with the simplicity of Parisienne fashion and the cultured inspiration of tribal patterns. This is clothes with a real appreciation for the artisanal. Pleats on a breezy white dress are done by hand by a fourth-generation artisan in LA who's worked with all the Hollywood greats. A sweater is twisted in the traditional Japanese style. Everything that can be made in the states, is, but somethings, like twisting Japanese yarn, is better left to the experts.

She gets excited about each piece as a model shows it off in a casual presentation. "There are a few things I have obsessions with - jumpsuits" she says. She also loves prints. And pants over dresses, "When I'm working with customers and they're like, but Andrea, I don't like my legs - I'm like put some pants on!" Whether or not this is a strategy to sell more pieces (smooth move Andrea) it's good advice. Go ahead, wear that leather legging under a short dress. She urges you to consider a pair of silk pants that you can swear with a blouse or a t-shirt, "it's like wearing sweatpants but you look so much better."

One of my favorite things shown is a modern linen pant - hallelujah. You heard it here first folks, the search is over.

buy the dream: fill your suitcase with A.L.C