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Salt Water

Resort is a cloth that can leave the boat. If it only works on holiday, leave it packed.

Salt Water — the ESVRA Fashion edit
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Resort is a cloth that can leave the boat. If it only works on holiday, leave it packed. The live edit is built from Alaïa, Tom Ford, Magda Butrym, Butrym, Saint Laurent, Etro, Zimmermann, Coperni. That is the only reason these pieces sit in one file. It is not a reason to wear three of them in one look.

Fashion keeps selling a whole look. This page is the opposite: one piece that can stand next to navy, a jean that still looks like a jean, a shoe you can walk in. The rest of the wardrobe should already exist.

The mistake is treating the theme as a personality. Every piece from the same story, the same colour, the same texture, as if the reader needed a costume to understand the edit. One piece. Then stop. Repeat it until it looks like yours.

Buy the investment if you will wear it more than three times. Buy the quieter price if the cut is still a house. Do not buy both in the same week because the photograph was good.

The test is Tuesday. If it only works in a caption, it is not a classic and it is not quiet and it is not worth the money. If you took the trend word off the page, would the cut still be worth it. That is the only question this edit is for.

Mine is the Alaïa halterneck swimsuit and a leather sandal. I do not wear the whole coast. That is the whole rule.

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✦ From the Editor

Mine is the Alaïa halterneck swimsuit and a leather sandal. I do not wear the whole coast.— K.W., Editor-in-Chief

✦ How to Wear It
The day

One piece from the edit. The rest already in the wardrobe.

The evening

The same piece. Less jewellery. A walkable shoe.

The city

Jacket on in the car. Off when the piece is ready.

Leave it

The whole look performing at once. That is a costume.

✦ If You Only Buy One
The one
The piece you would still wear if the trip were cancelled.
The investment
The house linen or the swimsuit that looks like clothing.
The quieter price
A named resort house — still clothes, not a postcard.
The Coverup

Missoni.

Missoni cover-up

Missoni cover-up. Zigzag. Suit underneath plain.

Lurex cover-up

Lurex cover-up. Shine. Night only.

Cover-up

Cover-up. If it is not a house, the cloth must hold.

Cotton cover-up

Cotton cover-up. Pressed. Town.

Cover-up

Cover-up. Last plain layer.

cover-up

Cover-up. You do not need four.

Crochet cover-up

Crochet cover-up. Stitch. Severe sandal.

The Bikini & Two-Piece

Zimmermann, Etro and Coperni.

The set

The set. Wear it as clothes, not as a matching moment.

Studs microkini

Studs microkini. Hardware. Cover that is severe.

Zimmermann top

Zimmermann top. House resort.

Zimmermann bikini

Zimmermann bikini. First two-piece.

Second Zimmermann bikini

Second Zimmermann bikini. One Zimmermann.

Etro two-piece

Etro two-piece. If you have the one-piece, skip.

Coperni top

Coperni top. Separate. Trouser later.

Coperni Sandy set

Coperni Sandy set. Named set — still one idea.

Venti triangle

Venti triangle. Minimal. Jacket in the bag.

strapless set

Strapless set. Neckline. Stop decorating.

Shop the Look

Salt Water

Tap any piece below to shop the whole edit.

The House One-Piece

Saint Laurent, Alaïa, Magda Butrym, Etro, Missoni and Tom Ford.

Alaïa halterneck swimsuit

Alaïa halterneck swimsuit. The house suit.

Alaïa one-piece

Alaïa one-piece. Second Alaïa — pick one.

Tom Ford jersey maillot

Tom Ford jersey maillot. Gloss as clothing.

Tom Ford three-tie suit

Tom Ford three-tie. Ties once.

Tom Ford polka-dot one-piece

Tom Ford polka-dot one-piece. Print once.

Magda Butrym swimsuit

Magda Butrym swimsuit. House.

Magda Butrym crochet-knit Mare suit

Magda Butrym crochet-knit Mare. Craft on a suit. One Magda.

Saint Laurent suit

Saint Laurent suit. Sharp swim.

Etro swimsuit

Etro swimsuit. Print house.

Etro Lilas

Etro Lilas. Named Etro. One Etro.

Missoni version

Missoni version. Second Missoni — one.

The One-Piece

Saint Laurent, Alaïa, Magda Butrym, Etro, Missoni and Tom Ford.

square-neck suit

Square-neck suit. Neckline is the idea.

Grace one-piece

Grace one-piece. Named.

sequined swimsuit

Sequined swimsuit. Evening water. Not a costume pool.

Trentasei

Trentasei. Named. Simple cover later.

Maharani

Maharani. Named.

Gina

Gina. Named.

Sonnet

Sonnet. Named.

Jane

Jane. Named.

The Houses

The Designers in this Edit

Alaïa Tom Ford Magda Butrym Butrym Saint Laurent Etro Zimmermann Coperni