I couldn't resist saying it to Isa Arfen designer Serafina Sama inside her presentation at the Standard Hotel: "You do love a ruffle."

"I do!" she conceded happily in her lovely Italian clip. (And, of course, all of fashion does right now.)

Isa Arfen designer Serafina Sama; all images and video by Jessica Carter

But more than a ruffle, Sama loves a journey. Lots of designers take fantastic trips for the spring season, but as the Londoner shared with us, hers had a few especially thoughtful and nuanced layovers. And a really good soundtrack.

Sama described her travel as escapism, and on Saturday it was presented as a seamless three-part adventure. One expedition-rendered in black and white monochromatic and smartly checkered pieces-was inspired by Bali, but more than that it was about interaction. Sama likes clothes that require that the wearer do something. Wrap a sash, tie a tie-connect and collaborate with the garment. These pieces adapt and change, and move.

The second stop included a sort of "tourist uniform"-a heavily embellished yet mostly straightforward dress code.

Sama explained that she likes her precious and intricate textiles (see the army-green tunic dress and open-front white shirt pictured here) to be relaxed, and she likes to use cleaner, more simple fabrics in complicated ways.

As far as a uniform goes, we'd basically go anywhere in the world in those ruffle-hem short pants (above, left).

The third leg of Sama's spring '16 trip has to do with '70s hedonism and "poisonous colors." An adventure for sure.

She called it a "tropical rave," which is exactly what the presentation itself felt like. As the muggy day continued to threaten rain outside, songs by the Meridian Brothers, Dur-Dur Band, Lizzy Mercier Descloux and Ray Lema played in the window-box room, and we were all transported.

See if you can't get a little liftoff yourself with this video.

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-Laura Cassidy and Jessica Carter