The long lunch lasts all summer

The Resort Issue. Terry-cloth sets, striped awnings, and eleven towns along the coast where nobody checks the time.

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A villa, a vintage caftan, and Odile Laurent at eighty

The former model on her summer uniform: one silk caftan, worn every day since 1974, repaired eleven times.

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Stripes, ranked

From Breton to awning-wide, which stripe suits which beach.

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The terry-cloth revival

Towel fabric left the pool and went to dinner. We approve.

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