Vacation

Cristiano Marcheli: Athens Label of Kaftans and Printed Dresses

Cristiano Marcheli is an Athens label started in 2021 by designer Maria Chelioti, who named it for her late father and built the brand's palette around Milan and the Greek coast. This edit focuses on the kaftans, cover-ups and printed dresses that carry that warm weather point of view.

business & pleasure co. Beach Gear: Where to Start

Business & Pleasure Co. is the Australian label that began with a beach umbrella and grew into chairs, coolers and poolside textiles. I like its seaside nostalgia best when the setting feels lived in, not matched.

BEACH RIOT Swimwear & Tops: Where to Start

BEACH RIOT is the Orange County swim label Nicole Hanriot-Tinkess started in 2012, bright prints made to go from sand to street. I like how far one beach idea stretches, so this edit follows it into sports bras, dresses and layers.

Agua Bendita: The Colombian Swim Label Born From Factory Scraps

Agua Bendita is a Medellin label that began in 2003, when two fashion students started making swimsuits out of factory scraps. I go through the Agua by Agua Bendita dresses, tops, swim and skirts.

Asta Resort Dresses For The Part Of The Holiday You Remember

Asta resort makes the dress you pack for the one night of the trip that actually matters. Hand beading, sequins and crochet, cut into mini and maxi shapes that do not need styling. It is holiday dressing with the volume turned all the way up.

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy Wardrobe: Minimalist Outfit Ideas

Inspired by Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s iconic 90's minimalist wardrobe, these pieces embody clean lines, neutral palettes, and effortless sophistication. Embrace timeless simplicity and shop the edit to refine your everyday style.

Left On Friday: Swim, Tops and Dresses by Two Lululemon Veterans

Laura Low Ah Kee and Shannon Savage, both longtime Lululemon product executives, launched Left On Friday out of Victoria, Canada and Venice, California in May 2018 after a hot-tub conversation about the lack of swimwear built to actually move in. They developed a proprietary Italian fabric, later expanding from swim into wider activewear, and went on to design uniforms for Canada's national beach volleyball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Baobab Swimwear and Dresses: A Bogota Label Born From Scraps

Baobab swimwear began in Bogotá around 2015, when law student Isabella Espinosa started sewing bikinis from leftover fabric scraps between classes. I go through the tops, dresses, swim, trousers and skirts the label makes today.

Éterne Brand: Chloé Bartoli's Tops, Dresses, Knitwear and Swim

The Éterne brand was founded in Los Angeles by celebrity stylist Chloé Bartoli and her partner Adam Bernhard. I go through its basics, from ribbed tanks and baby tees to trousers, dresses, knitwear and swim.

Women's Travel Pants for Long Flights: Rise, Break and Fabric

Womens travel pants for long flights come down to rise, break and fabric weight, and price matters less than you think. I sorted 20 trousers from 14 brands by the decisions that matter most.

Miguelina Gambaccini: Resortwear Lace Dresses and Kaftans

Miguelina Gambaccini launched her namesake resortwear label after struggling to pack for her honeymoon. The brand grew from a cheesecloth experiment into a travel wardrobe of lace dresses, cover-ups and pieces meant to move from beach to dinner. Its best idea is still the original one: fewer clothes, more destinations.

Matteau: The Sisters Behind the Australian Label

Matteau is an Australian label launched in 2015 by sisters Ilona Hamer and Peta Heinsen. I go through its dresses, tops and shirting, and trousers and shorts.

Tropic of C One Piece and Bikinis: Candice Swanepoel's Label

Tropic of C one piece swimsuits center on The C, the signature one-piece Candice Swanepoel launched with in 2018. I go through the bikini tops and bottoms and how the brand grew beyond swim.

Cala de la Cruz: Colombian Resortwear, Dresses and Prints

Carolina López Cruz launched Cala de la Cruz in 2018 in Cali, Colombia, with her mother Liliana as partner, after training in textile design at Savannah College of Art and Design and fashion at Istituto Marangoni in Milan. The label runs on bold, illustrative prints and retro-leaning silhouettes made locally by small family workshops in Cali, often to order rather than in bulk.

Juillet Swimwear: Broderie Anglaise Bikinis and One-Pieces

Juillet Swimwear was co-founded by Whitney Wilkerson and Lindsay Rae Hofmann in Los Angeles in September 2017, after Hofmann's earlier work in brand consulting and celebrity dressing. The label has stayed narrow on purpose, contemporary swimwear cut with the kind of finishing usually reserved for eveningwear, which is presumably why it turns up on January Jones, Hailey Bieber and Bella Hadid rather than only in beach photos.

La Porte Swimwear: One-Piece Swimsuits From a Chicago Label

La Porte swimwear comes from Chicago designer Johanna Davenport Calica, who named the label for the French word for door. I go through the one-piece swimsuits and the tops and shirting that round out the line.

SIR. Dresses: Silk Minis, Gowns and the Bondi Label Story

SIR. dresses come from a label Nikki Campbell and Sophie Coote started in Bondi in 2014. I go through the silk minis, gowns and maxis, then skirts, shirting and swim.

Sea New York: Dresses, Tops and Swim by Monahan and Paolini

Sean Monahan and Monica Paolini, childhood friends from Newburgh, New York, founded Sea in New York City in 2007, running the label out of a converted Canal Street factory that doubled as their apartment before it was ever a real office. Paolini brought design-director experience from Betsey Johnson and Jill Stuart, and that push-pull between her vintage-leaning eye and Monahan's cleaner, more modern instincts is still the label's defining dynamic.

Pucci Dresses: Prints, Swim and Sunglasses From the House

Pucci dresses come from the house Emilio Pucci, a Florentine aristocrat, founded in 1947 after a photograph of his ski outfit ran in Harper's Bazaar. I go through the dresses, shirting, swim and sunglasses.

ROAME Pascal Strapless Maxi Dress and the Melbourne Label

The ROAME Pascal Strapless Maxi Dress sits with dresses, tops, trousers and skirts from the Melbourne label founded by Hollie Sweet. I go through the dresses first, then the shirting, trousers and skirts.

Onia Beach Dresses and Swim: From Two Swim Shorts to Resort

Carl Cunow and Nathan Romano, two native New Yorkers who met in high school, launched Onia in 2009 with just two styles of men's swim shorts made in New York. Barneys discovered the brand early, and Onia grew from a two-man swim operation into men's and women's resort wear built around fit and fabrication rather than the loudest print in the room

The Cotton Shirt Does The Most Work

A cotton shirt works over a swimsuit, under a knit, open as a layer and buttoned as a top. I pair eight cotton shirts and tops with eight pairs of shorts and the shoes that smarten them up.

The Head Scarf Solves Three Problems At Once

A head scarf solves three problems at once: sun on a parting, hair in an open car and three days of salt water. I picked eight silk scarves, eight that are not silk, and earrings that do not catch on the knot.

Cover-Ups That Do More Work Than the Swimsuit Underneath

Swimsuit cover-ups can do more work than the swimsuit underneath, from kaftans to tailored throw-ons. I went through Revolve's resort edit for the ones worth wearing past the pool.