Outfit of the Week: Lydia Deetz goes to the beach

If I had a white flag, I’d wave it. I’m finished with winter season even if winter season isn’t finished with me. I thought that picking out an ideal beach look for the getaway that I’m going on in my head might be a good way to alleviate some of the tension associated with knowing that I’m going to leave the office in a few hours and go outside into temperatures in the teens, but then I remembered that I am not exactly an ideal beach-goer, either, what with my pale skin, love for black and tendency to perspire.

I pretty much always look a little like Daria or one of her entertainment-world kin, with my heavy boots and dark wardrobe and creatively colored hair, but that comparison is never much more apt than when I’m put on a beach with hundreds of people wearing bright bathing suits and wildly printed cover-ups. in that context, I am much more or less Beetlejuice heroine Lydia Deetz, made well-known by late-80s Winona Ryder, and dammit, Lydia Deetz wants to go to the beach today. (Fun fact: I’ve never seen little women or read Anne of green Gables or any of that lovable girlchild stuff, but I viewed Beetlejuice literally dozens of times as a kid, which probably discusses some of my present-day sartorial choices.)

Balenciaga Papier A4 Zip Tote
$1,735 through Barneys

Norma Kamali XO bill Mio Ruched Swimsuit
$350 through Net-a-Porter

3.1 Phillip Lim classic Sunglasses
$298 through ShopBop

Alexander Wang Kira ankle strap Sandals
$525 through ShopBop

Melissa Odabash x Julien Macdonald Kelly Coverup
$805 through Net-a-Porter

Nordstrom broad brim Hat
$48 through Nordstrom

Hampton sun SPF 55 continuous mist Sunscreen
$32 through Net-a-Porter

Pendleton North star Towel
$48 through ShopBop