From sunkissed memories to the fantasy of Slim Aarons glamour, Jess Cartner-Morley, Kirsty Wark, Sali Hughes and Sophie Heawood remember their favourite summer dresses
The ideal summer, obviously, is summer as it is in the photography of Slim Aarons. Aarons was the ultimate chronicler of the beautiful people, but what makes his photographs so bewitching is not just that the people are so tanned and gorgeous, or that their houses are so elegant. Its that everyone looks like they are having a really, really nice time. Perhaps they are walking alongside the swimming pool, carefully balancing a recently refreshed cocktail, as in Poolside Glamour. Maybe they are just sitting down to a long, lazy lunch with friends in the shade, like in Acapulco Lunch. Or they might be reading a book in the garden, or playing backgammon on the beach. These are the days that summer is made of. If you happen to have a Palm Beach mansion, so much the better, but its not really the point.
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