Style & Beauty Resorts
Style & Beauty Resorts collections T H E L O O K B O O K Here Comes the Sun This summer, it’s all about sophisticated resort wear, from tropical prints in flattering shapes to the perfect accessory. Avril Groom spotlights the designers upping the ante this season Vanda Jacintho’s eye-popping coverup 32 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM
Tropical Flair Riotous prints in vivid colours with breezy, well-cut silhouettes Colombian designer Johanna Ortiz’s elegant styles and bold, richly shaded prints bring local crafts like embroidery, beadwork or basketweave to an international audience. Over almost twenty years, she has developed a distinctive, powerfully feminine style – influenced equally by her homeland’s landscapes and customs and the Art Deco period – that runs from glamorous bikinis to laid-back, silk pareo dresses. johannaortiz.com Founded in Milan by Los Angelesborn stylist, editor and womanabout-town JJ Martin, La DoubleJ is all about fun and maximalism. Martin started selling vintage clothes and jewellery, branched into reviving archive prints from top Italian silk manufacturers and now has a total range from beach- and activewear to great dresses and knits. Think print, pattern, feathers, ruffles and beach parties every night. ladoublej.com PHOTOS COURTESY THE COMPANIES AND DESIGNERS Brazilian Vanda Jacintho grew up surrounded by nature in the unique Pantanal wetland reserve, then studied in London, where she fell in love with contemporary art. Her brand, established in 2014, blends tropical colours and flamboyance with graphic patterns and modernist shapes influenced by artists like Barbara Hepworth and Brazil’s Oscar Niemeyer. The multiway “panneau” made her name. vandajacintho.com From top: joyful, print-led looks by La DoubleJ; Johanna Ortiz’s lighter-than-air evening dress CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM 33
