A couple of weekends ago I had a hair appointment, which always means a quick pop into my favorite Newbury Street stores either before or after my appointment (at Safar salon on Newbury). After quick scans of
dress and
Reiss (time was ticking), I hurried into
Calypso St. Barth to see what was new.
Whenever I enter Calypso, I am immediately transported to a Caribbean beach and I start to relax immediately. However, when I walked in this weekend, my pulse quickened. Tunics?! Beach tunics?! They are back!!!!
For the past few years, Calypso has been producing great sarongs, of which I have one and have gifted 2 to friends. Kind of like the
Bazo Printed Sarong below, they are great to tie around you while at the beach or pool.
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However, when walking back from the beach after a long day, I kind of like my arms protected from the sun and just a little more coverage if I don't feel like changing before heading to store to pick up something for dinner.
I have a couple of tunics that I've picked up here and there over the years (and one, in particular, is about 12 years old) so I've been looking for new ones. You can imagine my joy when I saw piles of them at Calypso. The right cut, the perfect weight. I talked to the sales ladies, and they said that Calypso was producing more of their classics this spring/summer. I picked up this
Lulu Tijuana Print tunic and knew it would be perfect for my darker bathing suits.
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The
Oiseau print one was pretty fabulous too.
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And this
Toluca print one was so vibrant with a hint of tribal print.
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Throw a tank under any one of these with skinny white shorts or jeans and you have a great apres-beach outfit too! There are 11 prints to choose from. And, in case you have little girls, some of the prints came in girls sizes too, like
the Oiseau Print. Crazy cute!
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Shoppers were scooping them up! The sizing is generous, so if ordering, order a size down. Oh yes, and I scooped one up too.
Fast forward to today: I was talking about this post with a friend at the gym this morning, and she alerted me to the fact that Piperlime is now selling
Roberta Roller Rabbit tunics online! These are another favorite of mine: lightweight, classic tunics. RRR tunics are tough to find; I purchased my one years ago at a store called Trappings in Wellesley center (which closed a while back). You can find them sometimes at boutiques in beach-y communities (think East Hampton). These run smaller, so if ordering, think about going up a size. Here are a couple of my favorite prints of
the classic kurta with border I found on Piperlime.
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Both the Calypso and Roberta Roller Rabbit tunics run in the $90 range, but at least for me, the cost-per-use of a good tunic over a couple summers is about 10¢ a wear if not less. All the beach talk is making me excited for summer, if it would just warm up! ~ JH
Oooh love... Have you seen the cute ones from Rikshaw Design? It's as if someone turned your freshman dorm tapestry into a kaftan. So boho chic. http://rikshawdesign.com/
ReplyDeleteHave not seen the Rikshaw Design site - will visit immediately! Thanks for the tip! ~ JH
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ReplyDeleteThis is one of the best tunics fashion in this year. These women tunics style was taken from Indian fashion industry and embellishment of other designers with laces. Now a day this fashion is very popular.
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