Vacation

Hunza G Swimsuits: The Crinkle One-Piece and Bikini Guide

Georgiana Huddart revived Hunza G around its Original Crinkle fabric, and I like how the idea now reaches beyond swim. This selection pairs one-pieces and bikinis with skirts, shorts, shirts, and a hoodie for a winter spa weekend or a warm-weather escape.

My Beachy Side Crochet Tops: Dresses, Skirts and Travel Style

My Beachy Side pairs hand-crafted resortwear with founder Gamze Ates’s stated mission to create income for women artisans in Turkey. I’m drawn to the edit’s crocheted tops and skirts, with dresses that give a suitcase a little more personality.

Halfday Travel Bags for Women: Garment Duffels and Carry-Ons for the Long Weekend

Halfday is the travel brand built around the garment duffel, a bag that carries a dress or a blazer without folding it into a ball. This edit rounds up Halfday travel bags for women, from garment duffels and carry-on bags to the small pouches that keep a long weekend organized. Start with the 2-in-1 duffel and pack the rest around it.

Vacation Capsule Wardrobe: Linen, Cotton and Printed Dresses, Sandals and a Straw Bag

A vacation wardrobe is a small group of pieces that all work with each other. Linen, cotton and printed dresses are the base, with sandals and a straw bag. This edit packs the whole trip.

Significant Other Dresses and Swimwear

Significant Other was founded in 2019 in Adelaide, Australia, by Julia Ritorto and Kathryn Forth, both designers who came out of the established Australian label Acler. The brand kept its headquarters in Adelaide even as it built a following well beyond Australia, working from a design philosophy built around ease and confidence rather than a single signature print or silhouette. It's a personal favorite of mine

Johanna Ortiz Dresses and Swimwear

Johanna Ortiz launched her namesake label in Cali, Colombia in 2003, starting with a small resort and swimwear collection before building it into a full ready-to-wear house. The brand still produces more than ninety percent of its pieces in-house in Cali, and its 2014 Moda Operandi debut is what first carried the ruffled, tropical-print silhouette out of Colombia and onto the global stage.

Thierry Colson Dresses

Thierry Colson founded his Paris label in 2005 on hand block prints, embroidery and French-made poplin shirting. Colson died in August 2026, WWD reported, and the romantic cotton dresses and blouses below are the work he is known for.

Karla Colletto Swimwear

Karla Colletto was founded in 1981 by Karla Colletto and her older sister Lisa Rovan, who began with apparel that ran from bridal to sportswear before turning to swimwear. Karla learned couture dressmaker techniques while working for designer Alfred Fiandaca and applies them to swimsuits, an idea she calls aqua couture. This edit gathers floral-appliqué, ruched and ruffled one-pieces, Tess and Rosetta styles, beach cover-ups and bikini tops, ending on a ruffled jersey miniskirt and wide-leg pants.

Melissa Odabash Swimwear

Melissa Odabash launched her swimwear label in 1999 after working as a swimwear model in Italy, and she now bases the brand in London. Vogue called her designs the Ferraris of the bikini world, and she is known for fine Italian fabrics, archive-inspired prints and fittings she runs herself before each launch. This edit gathers Panarea and Rio swimsuits, Bel Air bikini pieces, kaftans, crochet and broderie anglaise dresses, cotton shirts and wrap skirts.

Third Piece Outfits: Knits, Scarves and Belts That Finish a Look

A top and a bottom is clothing. Add a knit, a scarf or a belt and it reads as an outfit. Twenty four pieces that cost almost nothing in luggage space.

Honeymoon Outfits: Maxi Dresses, Swimwear and Jewelry for a Longer Trip

Longer than a normal trip, more swimming, and most of it photographed. Eight maxi dresses, eight swim pieces from $90 and eight pieces of jewelry.

Minimalist Sandals: Flat Sandals, Walkable Heels and Slides

With almost no upper, everything depends on where the straps fall. Eight flat sandals, eight walkable heels and eight slides, from $200.

Motel Margarita Tops & Hats: Vacation Pieces to Know

Motel Margarita makes graphic tees, hats and party goods that smuggle a little vacation into a regular Tuesday. It started as a party idea between friends, and I love any label with that origin story.

Les Vacances D'Irina: Mediterranean Holiday Dresses

Les Vacances D'Irina brings Mediterranean holiday dressing into everyday life through natural fabrics, sailor inspired details, and expressive accessories. Founder Irina Moroșanu built the label around a wicker basket found in a French flea market and a wish to revive the relaxed spirit of Mediterranean summers. This edit moves from the dresses to the separates to the small pieces that carry the holiday reference.

Resort Wear for Women: Long Dresses, Linen Separates and Flat Sandals

No lobby, no dress code and usually a kitchen. Eight long dresses, eight linen separates and the flat sandals that survive a stone terrace.

Donde Esteban Dresses: Esteban Cortázar's Resortwear Prints

Donde Esteban is Esteban Cortázar's resortwear label, known here for printed maxi and mini dresses. I go through the ruffled silk-chiffon, silk-blend and cotton styles.

Deiji Studios Pajamas: Linen Sets, Shirts and Easy Dresses

Deiji Studios makes linen pajama sets and daywear, and it began with linen bedding in a Byron Bay garage in 2016. I look at the shirt and shorts sets, floral pajamas and dresses that keep the same ease.

Ay Que Calor Swim: Colombian Resortwear by Maygel Coronel

Ay Que Calor swim is Colombian resortwear designed by Maygel Coronel, from halter triangle tops to ruched strapless shapes. I start with the swim, then go through the tops, skirts and dresses.

When Is Resort Season: Dresses, Cover-Ups and Straw Accessories

Resort season is when resort collections reach stores in November, for trips taken in January. I picked eight resort dresses, eight cover-ups and the straw accessories that go with them.

The Resort Casual Edit: Five Lessons for the Dinner Reservation by the Pool

Resort casual comes down to five lessons: pressed linen, a maxi dress, polished flat sandals, a light knit and a straw bag with gold. I would pack all of it for the dinner reservation by the pool, with approximately one extra scarf.

Terry Puesto: Poolside Crochet and Cotton Terry Resortwear

Terry Puesto builds its resortwear around a specific nostalgia: 1960s and 1970s poolside dressing and long European summers, rendered in crochet and cotton terry rather than costume fabrics. That reference point keeps the line from tipping into fancy dress even when the silhouettes get playful. This edit gathers the crochet coverups, terry shirts and halterneck dresses that carry the idea from the pool to lunch without a costume change.

ROCOCO SAND Dresses: The Best Pieces Right Now

ROCOCO SAND is the resort-minded label from designers Hemant and Nandita, who started it in Noida, India, in 2014. I like clothes that look like a holiday without being stuck on the beach, and this is my pick of the dresses and separates.

Pleats Please Issey Miyake: Plissé Dresses, Tops and Bottoms

Pleats Please Issey Miyake turns a technical pleat into everyday clothing, from plissé dresses to jumpsuits, blouses and bottoms. I go through the dresses, tops and easy bottoms, and how the line grew out of Issey Miyake's fabric experiments.

Eugenia Kim Hats and Scarves: Raffia, Straw and Crochet

Eugenia Kim's hats and scarves bring sculptural brims, raffia, straw and crochet to warm weather dressing without tipping into costume. The label started in millinery, which is why the shaping and trims still read as considered rather than decorative filler. This edit separates the sunhat and visor shapes built for actual daylight from the scarves and bucket hats that finish a plainer outfit.