Cover Ups is Melissa Odabash's swimwear-layering collection: lace-crochet, open-knit, cotton and viscose pieces, built to be thrown on over a swimsuit once the midday sun sets in. The light changes first - by the time the sun moves past midday on the Riviera, a swimsuit alone stops being enough and something needs to go over it before lunch. Cover Ups is Melissa Odabash's answer to that exact hour: something loose enough to throw on without a second thought, worn open over a swimsuit rather than buttoned up like a shirt. Most of the edit leans into texture: Petra White Flowers Kaftan and Nina White Flowers Kaftan bring a lace-crochet finish, Ursula White Dress and Antonia White Dress offer a finer pure lace, Josie Sand Knit Kaftan, Daria Sand Knit Shirt, Maddie White/Gold Dress and Casey Bronze Dress run in an open knit - Casey's crochet-inspired - and Coco Bronze Dress completes the story in a true open-weave crochet. Olivia Sand Knit Trousers and Charlotte Sand Knit Dress add a Sand Knit colourway to the same textured family, while Brianna Blossom Kaftan and Sara White Dress offer the plainer cotton and viscose alternative for the days a flat fabric suits better than texture. Layer over any silhouette from Swimwear, Bikinis or Swimsuits and finish with a bag from Accessories and sandals for a complete beach-to-bar look. A cover up should earn its place in a suitcase by doing more than covering up - it should be the piece that makes lunch feel like part of the holiday, not an interruption to it, a transition Melissa Odabash has been refining for more than two decades of the same Riviera afternoons.
