Elite Traveler May-June 2017

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TAKE THREE/// NOTICEABLE SWIMWEAR Swimming is one of few areas where guys have an easier time letting their personalities show through with bolder style choices

Left and below: Waris Ahluwalia wears the collection he helped to conceive and design with his friends at The Kooples

ONIA The tropical enthusiast will appreciate these Calder 7.5 trunks

with banana leaf print. $195, available online at onia.com

The Kooples journey through Asia

ORLEBAR BROWN If you have a knack for photography, you can use one of your pictures to design your own custom SnapShorts. $595, available online at orlebarbrown.com

Waris Ahluwalia is a fixture on the fashion and social scenes. His personal style landed him on Vanity Fair ’s 2010 International Best-Dressed List and British GQ ’s Best-Dressed List, International Edition, in 2016. Ahluwalia also designs a jewelry collection, House of Waris, and has acted in a few Wes Anderson films. It’s no surprise that this Renaissance man has collaborated with his friends at The Kooples on the SS17 menswear collection. What started out as being the muse for the season developed into a much more hands-on experience of helping to conceive and design the

collection. This season brings The Kooples man on an expedition from India to Japan. The silhouette is a bit more relaxed and the colors richer with luxurious prints interspersed throughout. The collection starts at $110 and goes up to $1,295. Available at The Kooples boutiques, thekooples.com

AETHER APPAREL Minimal doesn’t have to be boring with these Oceanic swim shorts in bright Poppy. $135, available online at aetherapparel.com

Words Benjamin Liong Setiawan. Photos Kevin Ohana