Woman in a belted black high-neck swimsuit and long printed chiffon kimono sitting at the edge of a desert pool

Swim and resort · Summer

Belted black swimsuit with a printed chiffon kimono

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Shoulder pads on a swimsuit. Finally. A black high-neck swimsuit with padded shoulders and a buckled belt, under a long bone chiffon kimono printed in black, almost to the floor. I don't swim in it. I stand near water. Flat black slides past the pool deck.

A high-neck black swimsuit with padded shoulders and a buckled belt, under a long bone chiffon kimono printed in black.

The swimsuit is black and severe: high mock neck, sleeveless, padded shoulders that square off the frame, and a self-fabric belt with a covered buckle at the waist. Over it goes a floor-sweeping kimono in bone chiffon, printed with black chain and paisley bands, open at the front and slit at the arm so it falls back like a cape.

Worn at the edge of a desert pool at midday, where the only sensible colours are black and sand. The kimono is the difference between a swim look and a lunch look: keep it on for the walk to the table, leave it on the lounger at the water. Flat black slides for anything beyond the pool deck. The small hoops and the watch are enough metal in this heat.

"Shoulder pads at the pool. I have never once regretted structure."