The beach club — Nikki Beach, Nammos, Bagatelle, La Reserve Ramatuelle, the One&Only beach — is the most socially observed daytime occasion in the resort luxury circuit. It is distinct from the beach itself in its formality register: the beach is natural, the beach club is curated.

The beach club wardrobe principle. A white PP linen shirt more fully buttoned over natural swim shorts is the correct beach club daytime wardrobe. The transition from the water to the beach club table does not require a change of clothes.

For the most formally observed beach clubs. Nammos Mykonos, the Eden Rock beach in St Barts. The white PP linen shirt fully buttoned over natural swim shorts for the table; more open after the main course.

For women. The PP ladies linen set in white for the beach club table. The Amelia linen dress shirt in Hibiscus or Coral Orange for the beach club afternoon aperitivo — the social energy of the afternoon rewards the most vivid and most occasion-celebratory Amelia colourways.

The transition to evening. Button the PP linen shirt fully, add linen trousers and leather shoes; the white shirt carries the transition from the beach club to the marina restaurant without change.

What to Wear in Mykonos  ·  PP Natural Swim Shorts Guide