Posts Tagged ‘Hermes’

Nothing paints a picture in the sand with deeper, more defined and clearer colors than a beautifully designed beach towel. It makes a statement like a canvas in a bare room, except this time, it’s under, not above, your gaze.

Think of it as a backdrop for your point of focus. The key element in the scene. You, the gorgeous sea creature, the beach girl on display.

You’ve climbed those stairs. Run those miles, swum those laps. Now it’s the world’s turn to see the results of blood, sweat and tears.

Put on your new bikini that follows every girlie curve and swipe that SPF gleam on your skin. Now show off  the goods on a rocking towel.

Try the classiest classic of them all, Hermes.  This towel is a life-time investment at $530 but the intertwined pink and fuchsia seahorses on it will keep the romance going for years.  ‘Hippocampe’ measures 36 x 60 inches. Kikidoll has a pair of matching Hermes towels with Queen Conch shells on them handed down from Granny, they last so long! Look for gently loved Hermes towels on eBay, too!

If that price puts you back a few car payments then opt for the tourist option. A towel that doubles as a postcard. ‘Wish you were here’ declarations like ‘aloha’ and ‘Hawaii‘.
If screaming out your travelling status is not your preference there are designer models that won’t break the budget.  Those Juicy girls offer up a surfboard shaped one at Juicy Couture, measuring  32 x 80 inches at only $32. Adorable, it comes with its own pink sand bucket.

Then there are always those road side- dime store- souvenir shop ones that go for a tenner and never seem to make it outta the hotel into your homeward bound luggage. These are the cheap and cheerful stand-ins for the lost and forgotten. They may not hold up to a hot Tide wash but they sure do scream out ‘holiday’ and ‘beach’ with their tropical colors and designs!  Job done.

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Kikidoll admits to her tote bag fetish.  She just can’t get enough of them.

Forget clutches and lady-like hand bag clobber, Kikidoll collects, piles, then lugs those totes around like they were extensions of her arm!

Canvas, leather, nylon, spandex–heck, she even has a faux-fur baby for that once a year mountain-trek when she can tear herself off the beach to go skiing.

Her all-time fave is of course the classic Hermes Birkin, in palest blue-jean baby blue leather. Loaded with a cashmere wrap, a bean-bag travel pillow, scented room spray–pikake of course–for those pesky airline-seat smells, it stands always at the ready for an unplanned travel adventure.

Just throw in documents, tickets and a clear zippie with 100 ml. toiletries, and she’s good to go.  Pricey but it lasts a lifetime, the Birkin can’t be topped for style, wearability, timeless design and spaciousness. Take a look at Posh–she ‘wears’ one in every available hue of the French house’s rainbow of leathers and skins.

For everyday errands, as opposed to trans-Pacific jaunts, and at a considerably reduced price than the Birkin, Kikidoll grabs for her much-loved and abused Anya Hindmarch £5 shopper ‘I’m Not a Plastic Bag’.

Taking her signature logo print shell fabric, Kikidoll printed it on canvas, made a canvas beach tote and lined it in her shell printed spandex to match her bikinis. With big roomy pockets, there’s place for a wet bikini, towel and everything else a wahine needs to tote to the beach.

Shell print canvas beach tote by Kikidoll