Scent of the sea

Summer. The fabric grows thinner, moves with the body, lets the air through. Boundaries become less defined: between inside and outside, between city and sea, between dress and swimsuit. It's an immediate, almost instinctive aesthetic. A light dress over a swimsuit, an open shirt, skin still damp, hair dried by the wind. In 2026, this way of dressing returns with a new naturalness. Fabrics are the true protagonists. Sheer cottons, soft linens, light surfaces that don't construct but accompany. Dresses are worn without structure, following the body without defining it. The swimsuit stops being a separate garment and enters the look, and the brands that best tell this story are the ones that have reinvented the category in recent years: Eres, with its tailored cuts that enhance without ever constraining; Jade Swim and its quiet-luxury aesthetic made of essential triangles and natural hues; Lido with its clean lines and entirely Italian production; and finally Hunza G, whose iconic crinkle fabric moves with every motion of the body. It shows beneath a sheer dress, peeks through fabrics, becomes part of everyday styling. It's no longer just for the beach — it travels, adapts, blends in.Color changes too. Tones are lightened, as if washed by the sun: white, sand, sky blue, faded red. It's a palette that seeks not contrast, but continuity. In Missoni and Johanna Ortiz's collections, this language takes shape through light fabrics and rippling surfaces, while in Melissa Odabash's more essential interpretations, the gesture becomes even simpler — almost reduced to its essence."