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Emilia Wickstead Finds Freedom in Vintage Swimwear for Spring 2024

Andrea Bossi

18 September 2023 at 9:43 am·2-min read

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024.<p>Photo: Joe Maher/BFC/Getty Images</p> — Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024.
Photo: Joe Maher/BFC/Getty Images

Emilia Wickstead has swimwear on the mind for Spring 2024 — at least, that's what you think at first glance. But the collection is about something deeper.

In an interview with WWD, the designer revealed that she drew inspiration not just from vintage beach garments — as seen in the bateau necklines, short sets and colorful stripes — but from the women who wore them. With a focus on socialites from the 1930s and 1940s who summered in the South of France, Emilia Wickstead's Spring 2024 is an ode to carefreeness and abandoning typical, gendered clothes. "These women were free thinkers and free dressers, stealing clothes from their lovers' closets," she said. "They didn't have to wear restrictive undergarments and they could finally move around in their clothing."

There are satin-y bermuda shorts and oversized denim jackets, each emphasizing an ease in movement; plus beautifully draped gowns and fun mini dresses. Keeping the mood cheery and free-spirited across the board, Emilia Wickstead is unreserved when it comes to color this season: Rather than solids, she dabbles in vivacious prints, in blues, browns and oranges.

See every look from Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024 below.

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

Emilia Wickstead Spring 2024. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight

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