Woman in a black cut-out bodysuit, white linen trousers and a marbled-print kimono seated by a desert infinity pool
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Swim and resort · Summer · Autumn

Black cut-out bodysuit with white linen wide-leg trousers

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White trousers. Brave, I know. A black seamed bodysuit with cut-outs at the waist, white linen drawstring trousers with a wide leg, and a long silk kimono printed like marbled stone. One print is plenty. Two and I'd be wallpaper. Flat leather sandals, or none.

A seamed black cut-out bodysuit and white drawstring linen trousers, under a long kimono printed like marbled stone.

The bodysuit is black stretch jersey with a racer neck, corset seaming through the bodice and cut-outs at the waist, held by a thin strap across the back. It tucks into white linen trousers with a drawstring waist and a wide, straight leg that breaks over the foot. The kimono is the loud part: long, loose, printed in taupe, rust and black like marbled stone, with a patterned border at the hem and sleeves.

Worn at the edge of a desert pool at the end of the day, iced tea in hand, the dunes flat and gold behind. Black and white keep the print in check; the linen stops the bodysuit from reading as gym kit. It is a summer outfit that survives into early autumn if the kimono stays on after sunset.

"The desert does colour. I just brought black."

the pieces

  • Black seamed bodysuit with waist cut-outsbodysuit · black
  • White linen drawstring wide-leg trouserswide leg trousers · linen · white
  • Long marbled-print silk kimonokimono · silk · tan

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styling notes

  • Tuck the bodysuit so the waist cut-outs show
  • One print only, and let it be the kimono
  • Flat leather sandals or none

palette

White#F2EFE8 Black#1E1B18 Tan#C69670 Chocolate#5E4539

details

Swim and resortSummerAutumnDaytimeBeachMinimalSoftSilkLinenBodysuitWide-leg trousersKimonoDesertCut-outFitted

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