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Ibiza essentials
Not every island in the Med has the same dress code, warns fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley
Friday February 27, 2004
We are three 25-year-old Spanish girls who want to spend five days in Ibiza next summer. We want to go clubbing at night and, of course, the daytime will be devoted to suntanning in the beach and shopping. What shall we take with us to be the hippest in the nightclub and the beach?
Meri, Eva and Marta
Dear Meri, Eva and Marta,
You are very wise to take advice. It is all too easy to get the Ibiza look completely wrong: contrary to tabloid reports, it is no place for showing off your sunburnt tummy in a too-tight crop top. You are going to Ibiza, not Faliraki - it is (if you go to the right places
) actually a rather chic place. So think Jade Jagger, not Jordan. (Do you have Jordan in Spain?)
You do not need a designer wardrobe to do the Ibiza look. (Although this summer's new Stella McCartney butterfly-motif sunglasses are a good investment, since in Ibiza you wear sunglasses until sunset and then take them out for the night for when the sun comes up.) It is not Faliraki, but nor is it St Tropez. The look to aim for is boho-luxe (Jade again), not Paris Hilton flash.
The aim of Ibiza dressing is to look like you're a local (at least for the summer), rather than one of the just-off-the-plane brigade. For this, all you need for the beach is a perfect body, an all-over honey-coloured tan and a thong, and you'll pass for a podium dancer at Pacha. Failing that, get yourself a really flattering underwired bikini and don't, whatever you do, forget to fake tan before you go. Add to that a denim miniskirt, a few halterneck tops and a pair of beaded flip flops or wedge-heeled espadrilles and you have your whole day to night wardrobe.
Jess
( http://travel.guardian.co.uk )
any comments?
Not every island in the Med has the same dress code, warns fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley
Friday February 27, 2004
We are three 25-year-old Spanish girls who want to spend five days in Ibiza next summer. We want to go clubbing at night and, of course, the daytime will be devoted to suntanning in the beach and shopping. What shall we take with us to be the hippest in the nightclub and the beach?
Meri, Eva and Marta
Dear Meri, Eva and Marta,
You are very wise to take advice. It is all too easy to get the Ibiza look completely wrong: contrary to tabloid reports, it is no place for showing off your sunburnt tummy in a too-tight crop top. You are going to Ibiza, not Faliraki - it is (if you go to the right places
) actually a rather chic place. So think Jade Jagger, not Jordan. (Do you have Jordan in Spain?)You do not need a designer wardrobe to do the Ibiza look. (Although this summer's new Stella McCartney butterfly-motif sunglasses are a good investment, since in Ibiza you wear sunglasses until sunset and then take them out for the night for when the sun comes up.) It is not Faliraki, but nor is it St Tropez. The look to aim for is boho-luxe (Jade again), not Paris Hilton flash.
The aim of Ibiza dressing is to look like you're a local (at least for the summer), rather than one of the just-off-the-plane brigade. For this, all you need for the beach is a perfect body, an all-over honey-coloured tan and a thong, and you'll pass for a podium dancer at Pacha. Failing that, get yourself a really flattering underwired bikini and don't, whatever you do, forget to fake tan before you go. Add to that a denim miniskirt, a few halterneck tops and a pair of beaded flip flops or wedge-heeled espadrilles and you have your whole day to night wardrobe.
Jess
( http://travel.guardian.co.uk )
any comments?
