Sardine Summer: the June Mood

A shoppable mood-board of shimmery silvers, Mediterranean blues, and ensnaring nets in the Gulf of Naples. Get in; we're going to Italy.

I’m craving salt. I need a crunch. I want to sip a Spritz. Let’s amble down to the rocky docks, wade into the iodine water, and be swept just offshore into a silvery fishing net. Look down—we’ve grown shimmering scales in the sun.

Welcome to your sardine summer. Get in; we’re going to the Amalfi Coast.

1. This sexy silver net bucket bag is something we’d find trolling off the side of Anna Wintour’s fishing boat, if she had one—off the Sorrento Peninsula, but of course.

2. We’ll need some silver earrings to ground our look in organic shapes straight from the sea.

3. This is actually a tiny blue net of chocolates wrapped in tin foil to look like sardines. Your next hostess gift for your most creative friend? Bingo.

4. Add this slinky golden fish charm to your collection for a little seaside talismanic boost.

5. Nothing says summer gamine like a gigantically oversized raffia bag. Straight off the boat at a Saint Tropez dock circa 1965.

6. A whimsical tin of sardines dangling from your shoulder on a long silver strap unclasps to reveal itself as the most clever little handbag; one we’ll look forward to setting out on the dinner table next to our plate for all to see.

7. This small still life painting off Etsy feels straight from contemporary art genius Francisco Clemente’s imagination when he was drafting the portraits of Gwyneth, Ethan, and the humid south Florida nature-scape for “Great Expectations.”

8. A necklace of a tiny unfurling sardine tin reveals little blue fish dangling from an indigo rope. Clever little winks of jewelry are always a rush.

9. These silver mesh sandals wrap around our instep like a futuristic fisherman’s net around his arm.

10. Swim meet athletica vibes are made cool in this sardine print one-piece maillot.

11. An embroidered box of sardines is in fact our secret compartment for phone, keys and lipstick when out for a Spritz with this incredible pink handbag.

12. Shimmering the night away in soft scales of silver with this epic cocktail dress.

13. We are straight off the boat somewhere near Capri for a dock-side aperitivo in these striking ocean blue mesh espadrilles.

14. Top-siders are replaced with these woven silver sandals ready to walk a tote bag filled with iced rosé down to the boat for a salty happy hour on the water.

15. Like scales on a fish, this soft ivory leather bag is a woven organic being of its own.

16. Mariner stripes make a break for the Côte d’Azur in this knit striped set that Jackie herself would have paired with her Capri sandals and silk scarf headgear.

17. Look down to notice intricate little silver braids—like thin little boat ropes—on the block-heel perfect summer night sandal.

18. A sailor’s life for me in this coordinating set of silky castaway pants and a blockprint blouse.

I’m thrilled to share these shoppable mood-boards on an at least monthly basis. Do you like the format? Which themes would you want to see? Do you use the “shop the edit” button or the individually listed links? Drop a comment, please!