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In the Swim

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Justin Fox Burks

The day we caught up with 22-year-old Chelsea Day was the first time she had worn this breezy aquamarine … dress? shirt? thing?

“My best friend gave this to me last year,” she says. “She used to wear it as a bathing suit cover-up. She’s like 7 feet tall and she said this would be a good dress on you.”

Memphis, this is what we’re talking about: Unique, personal style, where you can wear a dress as a bathing suit cover-up, or a bathing-suit cover-up as a dress.

We liked the color and the scalloped edges with the floral embroidery. It’s just so … fluttery (is that a word?) and easy. The sides have two small slits that caught the breeze, and the day we met Day, it was — is this not the refrain of this blog or what? — stiflingly hot, so any breeze catching was very welcome.