Kaftans can be worn out in the evening before you wear them over your swimsuit and denim shorts can be worn on sightseeing trips or dressed up for a night out with a pretty top and heels. Flat embellished sandals work for both day and evening if you want to give your feet a rest!
Helene Berman Trilby £35. Splendid Tank £40. Anya Hindmarch Beach Bag £85.
Wear your Trilby when travelling or fill with underwear to keep its shape if you prefer to pack it.
A white vest is essential and can easily be dressed up for evening with the use of costume jewellery, just team with a silk skirt or shorts.
Use your beachbag for the journey, it will be large enough to hold all your essential carry on supplies, such as water, magazines, make-up etc
Gold Haviana flip flops £19.99. Diane Von Furstenberg oversized Sunglasses was £115 now £80. Warehouse maxi dress was £100 now £70.
Havianas are the perfect poolside accompliment and will last you for years. Go for a metallic or neutral colour that will match all your kaftans or swimsuits.
If you only take one pair of sunglasses make them a classic Jackie O style for optimim eye protection. A maxi dress is this years holiday must have and works with both flat sandals and heels perfectly.
By Malene Birger Bikini was £85 now £42.50. Isabella Oliver Summer Dress was £109 now £76.30. DVF wedges were £260 now £130.
If you buy a patterned bikini like the stripe one pictured, then pick up either a cheap plain navy or white bikini, or both, and mix and match! 3 bikinis would give you at least a weeks worth of different looks!
As with the white vest, a simple white dress is just as easy to dress up or down.
A pair of wedges are the easy option to take simple daytime outfits into evening glam.
What do you consider to be your essential holiday pieces?
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Now that is a nice few items to pack! xx
ReplyDeleteI love that Per Una kaftan. I pretty much live in my bikini and sarong in the day plus perhaps a vest top and denim shorts. But always insist on taking lots of dresses and loads of shoes for the evening. Mr Style Eyes prides himself on packing light so I wouldn't want to waste his unused baggage allowance and if I didn't wear all my summer dresses on holiday they would hardly ever get worn.
ReplyDeleteWOW! that Kaftan is bloody gorgeous! Love the abstract design on it. Definitely something I would wear! xo
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I love the kaftan. I just went to have a look and bagged a slightly different one in the sale for £25.
ReplyDeleteI don't have one essential item but it would definitely include sunglasses, kaftans and flip flops.
We've postponed our holiday until the end of August because of my aunt so I intend to be organised for once! I'm always overweight on my baggage. The Actor gets the hump as I'm always trying to stuff things in his bag xx
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People who just take carry-on's are not real I swear it is a lie!!!! I can pack light but usually only get to go away for conferences so need to take stack loads of crap. I would love a beach holiday when all I needed was a cossie and a frock in my bag!
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Great packing....happy holidays.....xv
ReplyDeletethat warehouse maxi is gorge xxx
ReplyDeleteHi my dear-fabulous pieces and great tips, I love flip flops and denim cut offs, definitely my go tos for summer dressing!! Hope you're well and have a nice week ahead xxx
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