Beach Café

Pre-holiday shopping can be a headache, so it's great to find a site like Beach Café, which combines a trendsetting swim and beachwear shop with magazine style travel pages, reviews of resorts, news on the latest boutique hotels, as well as the hottest travel books and music tailored to different destinations.

DESIGNER SWIMWEAR

Most women hate stepping onto the beach for the first time and struggle to find beachwear that really flatters, but at Beach Café life is made easy. Simply search the range of designer bikinis, one-pieces, kaftans, tops and dresses by FIT looking for pieces that support or enhance the bust, flatten the tummy, elongate the legs or work with the fuller figure. An impressive cluster of designers such as Seafolly, Letarte and Lenny, as well as cool ready-to-wear brands such as J Brand, Lauren Moshi and Michelle Jonas ensure quality across the range, including the menswear section, where shorts from Ever and Hartford and shirts from 120% Lino can be found. Meanwhile a selection of accessories including hats, bags, jewellery and sunglasses complete the holiday look.

BEACH LIFE

We all love to read and relax to music on the beach; that's what beaches were made for. It's why Beach Café has teamed up with the famous Notting Hill shop, The Travel Bookshop to provide a tailored selection of guide books and travel novels, as well as Rough Trade record shop in Notting Hill to provide the perfect musical soundtrack to your holiday. Watch out for the travel pages, which feature the pick of hot destinations such as Istanbul, Santorini and Sardinia and tips on the best beaches, restaurants and cocktails plus tailored style advice. 

ALL ABOUT

Beach Café is the brainchild of Rosi Farrow, a long time swimwear and travel aficionado, who grew up in beach resorts all over the world and who now owns Studio 13 fashion showroom in Notting Hill and buys for luxury hotel boutiques, such as Eden Rock in St Barths. The first Beach Café store will open in Barbados in early 2010.