SWEET ESCAPES
The thought of classic Kiwi summers elicits such fond memories — toes semipermanently coated in sand, buckets full of pipi, the childish joy of running from the waves at the water’s edge, that distinctive scent of sunblock. While we press pause on adventures abroad, we thought we’d revisit such nostalgic joys with members of the local fashion set. On the following pages, we roadtrip with Yu Mei’s Jessie Wong, Marle’s Juliet Souter, Ruby’s Deanna Didovich, Kathryn Wilson’s Julia Ford, Maggie Marilyn’s Maggie Hewitt and Twenty-Seven Names’ Rachel Easting to their best-loved beach spots — and find out what they’ll be wearing when they get there.
HONEYMOON BAY
ABEL TASMAN NATIONAL PARK
JESSIE WONG
My number-one holiday spot is Honeymoon Bay, a picturesque, secluded miniature beach — it really is tiny! — at the southern end of the Abel Tasman National Park. I discovered it as a child during one of many family stays at the DOC campground in nearby Tōtaranui. The water there is so clear and beautiful to swim in. At the time, this was
