Beach Weekend

Top 10 necessities for the beach, darlings!
Numero editorial, June 2008 by Greg Kadel.
Taryn Davidson photographed by Owen Bruce, 2007.
1. A caftan or breezy beach dress.
Matthew Williamson bead-embellished kaftan, at net-a-porter.com.
American Apparel micro mesh mini dress, at americanapparel.net.
Totem Aneto shirt dress, at my-wardrobe.com.
Lace-trimmed dress, at victoriassecret.com.
Missoni Merano caftan, at eLuxury.com.
M Missoni silk caftan, at intermixonline.com.
French Vogue, March 2007.
Backless t-shirt dress, at victoriassecret.com.
Deepa Gurnani beaded and sequined sheer caftan, at intermixonline.com.
Tory Burch Venice caftan, at toryburch.com.
Glam tunic dress, at 80spurple.com.
2. A teeny bikini
Gucci, pictured via style.com.
Australian Cosmopolitan editorial, February 2008.
Trina Turk vintage print bikini, at victoriassecret.com.
Marbella bikini, at jcrew.com.
3. A silk scarf that can act as a tube top/head wrap/belt/etc.
Emilio Pucci scarf worn as top, at eLuxury.com.
4. A sun shield
Hat Attack fedora, at winknyc.com.
5. A beach bag
Emilio Pucci; this and next via vogue.es.
Oscar de la Renta.
Leather mesh bag at calypso-celle.com.
Deal of the Day: net bag, $25 at cooperhewittshop.org.
Tory Burch straw Jane tote, at toryburch.com.
La Vie basket, at jeannebeatrice.com.
Fish print bag, at plumo.com.
Emilio Pucci printed tote, at eLuxury.com.
6. Sunnies [This photo courtesy Fellow Fashionista Absolutely Unique]
Cutler and Gross leather trim aviators, at net-a-porter.com.
7. Waterproof sunscreen (clearly worn by Adriana Lima in GQ, April 2008).
8. Games. Be sure to bring some playing cards or travel Scrabble or backgammon ~ La Lohan, June 2004, Vanity Fair.
9. Trashy novels and glossies.
10. Some fab friends with whom to enjoy the day!
Italian Vogue editorial by Steven Meisel, December 2008.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend, darlings!

xoxox,
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