More Resort: Ralph Lauren, Nina Ricci With more designers presenting their resort collections to the media than ever before, it was inevitable that the once-informal presentations would eventually begin to look like yet another full-on Fashion Week. But no one expected it to happen so quickly. On Thursday morning, Ralph Lauren joined the fray with a complete runway show at his store at 888 Madison Avenue, complete with seat assignments and waiters passing Champagne. This was at 10:30 a.m. But there is probably no better designer who epitomizes the sportswear spirit of the resort season than Mr. Lauren, so you had to admire the clothes he showed, including several designs that looked as if they were made for ballet students on spring break. A series of black tank tops, wrap skirts and stretchy bodysuits was shown under cozy tops, like a pink cardigan wrap or a cashmere cropped sweater. For nondancers there were options like a paper-thin suede coat, a look that is becoming an early trend of the resort season, and some items that just said Ralph. Like the tote bag with the designer's name in cursive script along the side. Then it was back downtown to Chelsea for Peter Copping's Nina Ricci presentation, which also turned out to be a full runway show, with the audience seated in rows of concentric circles. The models walked in opposite directions around the circle circuit, to some soporific soundtrack, so much so that some guests felt as if they were being hypnotized. The clothes were really great! Unless Mr. Copping made me say that. But, no, really, the paperweight silk trench coat, the cute scarf prints and the bright yellow dress with a bodice of flower shapes made of cutout lace would have looked nice even in an informal presentation.