Forward planning … It’s worth putting some thought into your holiday style. Film stars can look chic at the airport and on the beach, so why can’t we? Imogen Fox explains what to pack for your holidays – thongs and kaftans not included.
There are those who believe that the simple approach to dressing works equally well on holiday. Pack 10 T-shirts in a suitcase, throw in some swimwear and flip-flops and that’s about it. But then there are those who believe that you will have a better time on holiday if you feel right. Clearly “feeling right” differs from person to person and holiday destination to destination. That said, there are some guiding principles that can help to up your style ante as you escape the cold weather for a summer sojourn overseas. We’ll leave it to you to think laterally and adapt to suit.
- Have an airport/travel look that comprises of warmish layers and your heaviest holiday shoes. This is not the time to channel Angelina Jolie in a black silk mini dress as seen in a Japanese airport this week. You’ll be cold and grumpy and desperate to buy a bad cardigan from a second-rate duty-free shop in no time. Instead, this is the time to wear a rolled chino, a light knit, knockout sunglasses and a pair of leather sandals.
- Speaking of footwear, unthinking loyalty to thongs is a style copout. It takes minuscule extra effort to choose a pair of sandals to take away with you, yet they add a style dimension to even the most basic shorts-and-vest holiday look.
Angelina Jolie arrives in Tokyo with her brood in tow, (from left) Shiloh, Pax, Maddox and Zahara. Photo: Reuters -
Don’t have a holiday wardrobe, have a holiday style philosophy instead. One that means you wear your usual summer clothes but in a crafty holiday-ish way. Not only does this save cash and time spent in badly lit changing rooms, it is the fast track to looking more stylish. This means admitting that the summer dress you bought for a party can easily be your sightseeing dress. A blouse you normally wear with jeans will look good with shorts for an alfresco lunch. This isn’t wardrobe downgrading, this is wardrobe multitasking. And your holiday snaps will thank you for it. - Take into account your holiday pals and the kind of look they will be rocking at the check-in desk. In terms of how right you feel on holiday, it’s up there with reading an accurate weather report ahead of time. - No one of any style repute actually wears a kaftan or a sarong. Beach coverups are for Liz Hurley to design and then tell us about on the pages of an August issue of Tatler. Sarongs are for soap stars doing photo shoots. They are completely unnecessary, if you need to cover up on a beach, then just get dressed. Pull on your shorts, button up your silk blouse, shove on a sundress – whatever. But don’t fiddle about with a useless piece of floral-printed sheer fabric. - There is no need to buy a dedicated beach bag, unless it is along the lines of a Marc by Marc Jacobs bright canvas shopper: ie, something that you will want to shake the sand out of and use again. Failing that, use your Monday-to-Friday leather bag, provided it’s a decent size. It gives the impression that you are more nonchalant about beach style and is infinitely chicer. - Jewellery in the form of overly fancy earrings or a big, shiny bangle will add kick to your style quota but almost nothing to the weight of your luggage. - The secret of holiday hair. The keenest eyes will have already noted that the scruffy top-knot has silently become the hairstyle to have this summer. Its reach has extended out from the standard Hollywood pap shot of celebrity-plus-Starbucks-plus-scruffy-top-knot, to the parks of east London and beyond. Basically, it is a high bun with loose tendrils of hair pulled out to frame the face. It’s super easy to do so there is no need for a patronising explanation and it makes for the most perfect holiday hair. Great for the beach, great for a windy ferry crossing and great with a brilliant pair of sunglasses. - What does your luggage says about you? Too much luggage, even on the super-deluxe scale, is a bad thing. Consider the picture that Paris Hilton tweeted of her pre-World Cup packing. Genius and iconic yes, but testament to her superior holiday style, not at all. It doesn’t suggest that she has a huge holiday reading backlog to get through, it says she’s indecisive and not particularly confident in her holiday-styling ability. Ditto Coleen Rooney and the clutch of suitcase minders she recently had to employ after her most recent hols. Coleen’s cases also highlight another luggage truth: suitcases (barring Vuitton trunks and The Queen’s stamped Globe Trotters) are ugly. If you really want your luggage to say you are stylish, then you need an unbranded minimal leather holdall. It suggests that you are pretty loose with the packing, and thus well-travelled and effortlessly chic. Sadly not the most portable option.
IMOGEN FOX Guardian News & Media 2010
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