Endless Summer
In surf-side Huntington Beach, California, where she was discovered as a teen, model Selena Forrest makes waves in a cool mix of fluid layers and relaxed tailoring
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
There is a version of summer dressing that has nothing to do with bikinis or boardwalk tchotchkes — and Selena Forrest lives in it. Shot in Huntington Beach, California, where the model was first discovered as a teenager, the editorial captures something rarer than a good tan: the specific ease of a woman who knows exactly how much effort to show.
According to Harper's Bazaar, photographer Jeremy Everett and stylist Matt Holmes built the story around fluid layers and relaxed tailoring — a pairing that sounds contradictory until you see it rendered in Giorgio Armani jacket-and-trouser sets, Phoebe Philo suiting, and a Max Mara tank-and-pants moment cut so cleanly it barely registers as "warm weather" dressing at all. This is not resort wear. It's what happens when you refuse to let the calendar dictate your wardrobe.
The Brands, The Details, The Point
The lineup reads like a masterclass in range: Alaïa jumpsuits against Issey Miyake pleats, a Simone Rocha dress paired with Fforme flip-flops, Comme des Garçons structured and strange alongside the quiet authority of the Row. Van Cleef & Arpels and Messika handle jewelry. Loewe dresses Forrest alongside her mother, Roxanne — a cameo that shifts the whole shoot from editorial to something more personal. Fforme flip-flops appear enough times to feel deliberate, and they are: the brand's minimal silhouette keeps the luxury in check without undercutting it.
What stylist Holmes gets right is the refusal to flatten summer into one aesthetic. Fendi and Junya Watanabe share space. Dior denim runs alongside Sacai layering. Calvin Klein Collection and Polo Ralph Lauren both show up, without irony. The connective tissue isn't a trend — it's a temperature, a looseness in the shoulders, a willingness to let fabric move. Forrest, shot on the coastline that made her, carries it all with the particular nonchalance of someone who grew up knowing that the ocean doesn't care what you're wearing.
Summer dressing at its best isn't about less — it's about knowing which rules to ignore entirely.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
