We’re in the midst of the great Australian resort renaissance: home-grown labels leading the world in beachy but refined holiday wear. GeorGina Safe charts our moment in the sun.
They say life’s a beach, but it’s not until I begin to make calls for a story about the Australian resort renaissance that I discover that for some women, it really is. Caftan designer Pippa Holt is having breakfast in Bali, where influencer Lindy RamaEllis (formerly Lindy Klim) is based for much of the year. Jeweller turned apparel designer Lucy
Folk has just checked out of Positano’s boutique bolthole Le Sirenuse after hosting a poolside pop-up store for her eponymous brand. St. Agni designer Lara Fells is working beachside in Byron Bay. Heleena Trahanas and Alexandra Heard, co-founders of Alex and Trahanas, are about to board a plane to Puglia, and Valiánte founder Julz Valiant is en route from Sicily to Montauk. Call it the Down Under designer diaspora: there’s a raft of new resort brands helmed by our globetrotting influencers, entrepreneurs and designers who are devoting their lives to chasing the sun and crafting a new and distinctively Australian vision for vacay wear along the way.
This story is from the October 2018 edition of Harper's Bazaar Australia.
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