Elite Traveler January-February 2016

DISCOVER

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TAKE THREE/// CHUNKY-HEELED SANDALS

1 CHLOE GOSSELIN Emerging designer Chloe Gosselin mixes purple water snake with a few shocks of electric blue suede on her Caladium sandal, keeping it from veering into overly-sweet Easter egg or cotton candy pastels. $1,100, chloegosselin.com

CUBA LIBRE With the US ending the Cuba embargo, designers had Latin flair, steamy Havana nights and the tropics on the mind while designing the Resort collections. At Stella McCartney, hothouse blooms covered dresses perfect for tango and at Proenza Schouler, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough showed tropical prints and pieces with unfinished edges, which represent Havana’s crumbling glamour. Proenza Schouler dress (left), $3,250, proenzaschouler.com Stella McCartney dress (right), $1,665, stellamccartney.com

2 PIERRE HARDY Fashion favorite Pierre Hardy fully embraced the chunky-heel trend this season. Patent sandals and platforms offer a 1970s vibe. This sandal with a marbled heel puts all of the focus on the stacked heel and dainty ankle strap. $850, pierrehardy.com

Super-natural color This season, Christian Louboutin was inspired by a futuristic version of nature where colors are extremely bold and vivid, which he calls hyper- nature. Bright colors were seen on shoes, of course, and we love the Sweet Charity bag in an innovative new rainbow-colored python treatment that is

3 BOTTEGA VENETA Somehow perfectly bridging the gap between resort wear and street wear, the black leather paired with ivory and red from Tomas Maier at Bottega Veneta is versatile enough to handle city streets and still fit in on an island vacation. $990, bottegaveneta.com

hand-painted by artisans in Italy. $3,000, christianlouboutin.com