Beach Cover Ups

A cover up is an open knit with a job: it goes on wet, it dries on you, and it makes a swimsuit into an outfit for the walk to lunch.

Crochet is the material of this department. An open stitch dries fast and lets air through, and it also lets light and sand through, which is the whole point and the whole limitation.

The bottoms here are the surprise. Crochet trousers and maxi skirts over a bikini bottom cover more than a wrap and stay put in wind, and they pack into nothing.

None of these are sun protection. An open stitch gives the sun a route to your skin, and a dense shirt from Tops & Vests does that job better.