Summer essentials

Sometimes it's nice to take a break from the urban jungle, choose a few essential things to pack and enjoy some relaxing days.
It's also nice to take a break from high heels, make-up and heavy leather bags and enjoy a more relaxed attire, but still chic and refined.
And it's important remeber that on the beach is not elegant to show off a heavy makeup, inappropriate clothing, high heeled shoes or too showy jewelry.
As Coco Chanel used to say "less is more" and it is more true than ever when we are at the beach or in the country side for a relaxing weekend.

Here's a list of the very summer essentials choosen by The avantgarden.

First choose a comfy, elegant and fashionable flats.

1. Valentino Garavani
2. Valentino per Havaianas
3. Underground


If you don't want to feel naked without jewels, you can choose pearls, that go along with the sea water, but remeber to take them off in the swimming-pool!
Or you can you can opt for plastic jewelry, little challenging but fun.

1. Tiffany&Co.
2., 3., 4. Alcozer&J
5. Marih Rovery
6. Zara


Of course you need to pretect head and eyes with hats and sunglusses, that we will repair from prying eyes and curious.

1. Borsalino "Panama"
2. H&M
3. Balenciaga
4. Kuboraum


And you want to take to the beach a touch of elegance, you can you can opt for steel watches, resistant to sun, sand and water.

1. Cartier "Ballon bleu"
2. Rolex "Date just"


For a for a little 'shine on the skin, the pearly creams for summer and a touch of perfume

 1. Garnier Ambre Solair "Golden Touch"
2. L'Occitane
3. Fragonard "Bleu riviera"


And of course, don't forget to take a good read with which to pass the lazy days of summer.

1. Jane Austen "Emma"
2. George R. R. Martin "A song of ice and fire saga"
3. Franz Kafka "Metamorphosis"
4. Jules Verne "Twenty thousand leagues under the sea"
5. Dan Brown "Inferno"