Your shortlist for the best of summer — sculpting one-pieces, cover-ups that actually earn their spot in a suitcase, and dresses worth packing for every trip. Less stuff, more pieces you'll actually want to wear.
Sections
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Swim & Beach
Beach Tops & Basics
Destination Dresses
Swim & Beach
The swim & beach edit I'd text a friend — no styling degree required.
From a swimwear label that knows how to dress a body — this soft modal mini lives in the sweet spot between poolside and dinner. Throw it on over your suit and you're completely done.
Lulu Modal Mini Dress in Frosting
From a swimwear label that knows how to dress a body — this soft modal mini lives in the sweet spot between poolside and dinner. Throw it on over your suit and you're completely done.
Lulu Modal Mini Dress in Frosting
Easy cotton jersey from Frankies — the label that made swim chic — in a simple mini cut you can actually go places in. Beach bar, dinner, early drinks, all of it.
Mirage Cotton Jersey Mini Dress in Midnight Wishes
A playful mini from BEACH RIOT in a colour that earns its name — just bright enough to make a statement without trying too hard.
Libbi Mini Dress in Guava Jelly
The smartest thing in your beach bag: a packable crochet pullover that takes you from the sand to a post-swim cocktail without changing.
Packable Pullover Coverup in White Crochet
A swim piece you'll be glad you saved.
Staycation Coverup in Sunset Cove Chiffon
A swim piece that looks pricier than it is.
Bonnie Contrast One Piece in Radiant Pink
The swim piece that earns its place in your closet.
Melanie Contrast Rashguard in Fresh Green
The swim piece that earns its place in your closet.
Swimsuit in Multicolor
Beach Tops & Basics
A soft, gathered bandeau in the prettiest buttermilk — easy with linen shorts now, under a blazer later. The top that quietly pulls everything together.
Topshop gathered bandeau top in buttermilk
The plisse texture and twist front do all the work — minimal effort, maximum polish. Throw it on with linen trousers and call it a look.
ASOS DESIGN plissé twist bust bandeau top in cream
Tailored linen in a neutral stripe that makes this bandeau feel elevated, not beachy. Wear it to dinner with wide-leg trousers.
Miss Selfridge tailored linen mix bandeau top in neutral stripe
A clean longline tube in a rich berry tone — the easy layering piece you'll reach for on repeat. Pairs with everything, costs almost nothing.
Cotton On hold me longline boob tube in blackberry
Destination Dresses
Seaglass stripes on a mini cut that means business — the brand's name says exactly what this is built for. Wear it everywhere from the boat to dinner.
Cora Mini Dress in Seaglass Stripe
A crisp white maxi with a defined waist — fresh, polished, endlessly photogenic on holiday. Add gold accessories and let the dress do its thing.
FARM Rio Manoela Off White Sleeveless Belt Maxi Dress | Shopbop
Ruffles, mint-green maxi length, and zero effort required — this Mumu does all the talking while you focus on finding a good table.