Seductive Shapes and Psychedelic Prints Send Spring Fashion Sky-High

DONT HOLD ME BACK Model Akon Changkou takes a dip in a Michael Kors Collection dress michaelkors.com. Leigh Miller...
DON’T HOLD ME BACK
Model Akon Changkou takes a dip in a Michael Kors Collection dress; michaelkors.com. Leigh Miller earring.  Photographed at East Winds Cove, Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica. Fashion Editor: Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.
Photographed by Nadine Ijewere, Vogue, April 2023.
Care to take a trip? Spring’s best looks—all coruscating colorways and sylphlike silhouettes—head off the beaten path in Port Antonio, Jamaica.
RIPPLE EFFECT Alive with the textures of the crashing sea a Louis Vuitton tank top and pants   feel perfectly apropos—or...

RIPPLE EFFECT
Alive with the textures of the crashing sea, a Louis Vuitton tank top and pants 
(select Louis Vuitton boutiques) feel perfectly apropos—or, dare we say it, topically tropical?


TAKE A BOUGH In lush Portie as its known on the northeast coast of Jamaica Changkou leans into the island breeze dressed...

TAKE A BOUGH
In lush Portie, as it’s known, on the northeast coast of Jamaica, Changkou leans into the island breeze, dressed in a jauntily printed Bottega Veneta top, skirt, and earring; bottegaveneta.com.


LA VIE EN ROUGE Model Amrica Gonzlez wears a Botter dress. Agmes earring.

LA VIE EN ROUGE
Model América González wears a Botter dress. Agmes earring. 


GREAT LENGTHS When youre already going long consider a psychedelic motif—or two—to double the impact. Model Amrica...

GREAT LENGTHS
When you’re already going long, consider a psychedelic motif—or two—to double the impact. Model América González wears a Botter dress; botter.world.com. Model Kai Newman wears a Louisa Ballou dress; louisaballou​.com. Both wear sandals from Hermès.


THROWING SHAPES Theres no time like island time for a flash of statementmaking color—in this case a fetching Marni dress...

THROWING SHAPES
There’s no time like island time for a flash of statement-making color—in this case, a fetching Marni dress; marni​.com. Ulla Johnson shoes. Leigh Miller earring.


JUST ADD WATER Rick Owens dress. Hugo Kent earring.

JUST ADD WATER
Rick Owens dress. Hugo Kent earring.


THE LIFE EXOTIC Tiedyed pleated and finished with a twist an Altuzarra dress  evokes torchlit nights at East Winds Cove....

THE LIFE EXOTIC
Tie-dyed, pleated, and finished with a twist, an Altuzarra dress (altuzarra.com) evokes torch-lit nights at East Winds Cove. Necklace from Panconesi.


PARADISE FOUND With its warm tone and modest silhouette theres something appealingly timeless about Changkous...

PARADISE FOUND
With its warm tone and modest silhouette, there’s something appealingly timeless about Changkou’s paper-delicate Prada dress and shoe; prada.com. Earring from Panconesi.


JAMAICAN PASTORAL Isabel Marant top saksfifthavenue.com. Valentino skirt Valentino boutiques.

JAMAICAN PASTORAL
Isabel Marant top; saksfifthavenue.com. Valentino skirt; Valentino boutiques.


LIVELY UP YOURSELF Bra top from Theophilio x JBlanc by Jeniece Blanchet. Polo Ralph Lauren jeans ralphlauren.com....

LIVELY UP YOURSELF
Bra top from Theophilio x JéBlanc by Jeniece Blanchet. Polo Ralph Lauren jeans; ralphlauren.com. Grainne Morton earrings; grainnemorton.co.uk.


COVER TO COVER Its almost impossible to believe but salty sea air and a little sandy skin make the dizzyingly pretty...

COVER TO COVER
It’s almost impossible to believe, but salty sea air and a little sandy skin make the dizzyingly pretty florals of a ruffled Dries Van Noten dress and top (driesvannoten.com) even more beguiling.


In this story: hair, Joey George; makeup, Yumi Lee. Produced by Maxine Walters, Walters Productions.