Woman in a black belted halter swimsuit, rust linen kimono and rust wide-leg trousers resting on a lounger by a pool
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Swim and resort · Spring · Summer

Belted black swimsuit with rust linen kimono and trousers

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Reading by the pool. Mostly the same page. A black halter swimsuit with a funnel neck and a belt in the same fabric, rust linen wide-leg trousers and a rust linen kimono open over it. Barefoot. Rust, which counts as colour in my wardrobe. Poolside, a book, no phone.

Reading by the pool: a black funnel-neck halter swimsuit with a self-fabric belt, rust linen wide-leg trousers and a matching kimono.

A black halter swimsuit with a funnel neck, a side cut-out at the waist and a self-fabric belt with a covered square buckle, so the one-piece reads as a top with a waist. The trousers are rust linen, wide and long, and the kimono is the same linen in the same rust, cut loose with wide elbow-length sleeves.

A matching set in linen is the easiest way to look dressed by a pool without being dressed. Summer, late spring if the terrace faces south. Lounger to lunch without moving the belt. The kimono stays on the lounger for the water and goes straight back on; linen does not mind creases, it prefers them. Barefoot, a paperback, lilac nails.

I do not read by the pool. I hold the book so nobody talks to me.

the pieces

  • Belted funnel-neck halter swimsuitbodysuit · knit · black
  • Rust linen kimonokimono · linen · bronze
  • Rust linen wide-leg trouserswide leg trousers · linen · bronze

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styling notes

  • Kimono open over the belt
  • Trousers long enough to cover the foot
  • Barefoot or a flat slide
  • Small hoops only

palette

Bronze#B55F3C Black#121212 Chocolate#8A4A2E

details

Swim and resortSpringSummerDaytimeBeachMinimalSoftKnitLinenBodysuitWide-leg trousersKimonoCoastCut-outBelted

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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