Vivid verdant backdrops dominate March’s Anthropologie catalog, which showed up in mailboxes last night, and the tropical fever dream carries right into the clothes: Hothouse flowers splashed on swimsuits; palm-leaf print dresses. The shoes, however, should be burned like kudzu.
I don’t know about you, but I always roam the jungle barefoot and in yellow pleated shorts. Sometimes I even sing “Bare Necessities.”
In all seriousness, the location is gorgeous. And it’s not that planet where the blue people live in Avatar. It’s Mexico!
As a fan of brights (and enemy of neutrals), I dig the “Saltaire blouse,” even though my rack is not designed for straplessness. $78? Ok. Sure.
Did anyone see The Ruins? Here’s hoping those vines don’t get any ideas. And perhaps there’s some water nearby, so this $228 bathing suit gets some use?
Though the “Wind Catcher dress” ($168) is breezy and pretty, the “Many Roads heels,” with that fug leather whipstitching, are ugly. And $198.
The “Leaflover Espadrilles”: Also nasty.
So torn! I didn’t like this idea when it was a dress on Jennifer Lopez at the 2003 Grammy Awards, so why would I like it now? And yet: Add a white wide-brimmed hat, some jangly jewelry and a beachy bungalow (not to mention a cabana boy) and I’ll take it. Gladly. Now where’s my margarita?
This here is a $188 swimsuit (“Accommodating Malliot”), a $48 “Flutter-By” necklace and a $128 “Ruffles & Ripples” skirt. It pains me to say: I love every stitch of it. Although I definitely think you can recreate this look with an $80 swimsuit and $30 sarong. Use your savings towards airfare to Mexico.
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