Nothing defines the summer season quite like the weekend (and occasionally week-long) getaway. You know, that minute of (hopefully) balmy days that bookend the work week and keep you going Monday through to, if you're lucky, a half-Friday grind? That, and the paraphernalia that goes hand-in-hand with our laundry list of activities:
supple leather sandals
, sunscreen-streaked noses, sangria in hand. And so with visions of Pamela Love's
handy-dandy guide to Montauk
(and royal blue ponyhair
Céline
espadrilles
) dancing in our heads; we've thrown together a little guide covering a few key getaway essentials to last you all summer long, whether you find yourself at the beach, in a park or on a patio.
First things first? Your weekender wardrobe. We like to portray with our inner Hanneli Mustapartas (er, at least attempt to) and trot out a pail of
short overalls
—or, in the sage words of Lena Dunham,
shorteralls
. Something in
chambray denim
, an
all-over print
or even
corduroy
will do just fine. Pair with a
well-worn tee
and alternate between
low-top sneakers
for day and
strappy sandals
for night. Throw in a solid rotation of
bathing suits
from
Lisa Marie Fernandez
,
Wildfox
or good ol'
J.Crew
et voilà: your requisite bumming on the beach (or lakeside) look.
But wait—did you actually think we'd leave you sans accoutrements? First and foremost:
sunglasses
. Because, like, what better way to disguise both dark circles (courtesy of the aforementioned sangria, usually sipped on over at
The Drake Hotel
) as well as avoid awkward run-ins (again: thank you, sangria). We're partial to this
tortoiseshell pair of Miu Mius
, the new
Maison Martin Margiela x Mykita collab
and those
J.Lo-in-Saint-Tropez mirrored cat-eye lenses from Tom Ford
. Otherwise, an all-over eye-print pouch,
Dannijo choker
a
wide-brim hat
or a
pavé Eddie Borgo bracelet
will do just the trick when you find yourself between a rock and strained small talk.
And for good measure? We like having the following on hand, too: a cozy Hudson's Bay blanket (hashtag home-and-native-land), GlamGlow's latest and greatest face masque (essential for girl talk, while transforming from mud to cleansing oil as part of our never-ending quest to turn our bathroom into a beauty science lab), an engraved flask and a bottle or two of kombucha (we're advocates of balance, you guys). Oh, and a retro-feel Diana camera, highly-hydrating Bobbi Brown lipsticks for when all other cosmetics will melt off the moment they make contact with your face and a Peter Thomas Roth cucumber gel masque to cool and heal skin when someone (not naming names) fails to load on the SPF. Throw it all inside an azure-hued Valentino tote—after all, it probably beats those freebie canvas ones, right?
