I'm Planning Summer Trips to Cabo and Nantucket—28 Pieces on My Shopping List

Summer shopping.
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This summer, I have trips planned to visit Cabo San Lucas on the Baja Peninsula in Mexico and Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts—both beachside locales known as vacation destinations. Naturally, as a fashion editor, I've been thinking about the pieces I will be packing into my suitcase. I have been holding off on shopping to get special pieces for the trips and have narrowed down my front-runners. Among them are fresh swimwear, A-line dresses, and activewear. Plus, there are so many incredible drops from designers this season I've been considering that would fit into a beach wardrobe.

With that in mind, I made a list of the items sitting at the top of my shopping wish list for the trip. While I'll be packing pieces I already own, vacations are always a great excuse to shop for fun new items. Ahead, see the shopping finds topping my list, from the biggest swimsuit trends of the season to pieces I'm planning to wear year after year.

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Kristen Nichols is the Associate Director, Special Projects at Who What Wear with over a decade of experience in fashion, editorial, and publishing. She oversees luxury content and wedding features, and covers fashion within the luxury market, runway reporting, shopping features, trends, and interviews with leading industry experts. She also contributes to podcast recordings, social media, and branded content initiatives. Kristen has worked with brands including Prada, Chanel, MyTheresa, and Luisa Via Roma, and rising designers such as Refine and Tove, and her style has been featured in publications including Vogue.com, Vogue France, WWD, and the CFDA. Before Who What Wear, Kristen began her career at Rodarte, where she worked on assistant styling, photo shoots, and runway shows, and at Allure, where she moved into print and digital editorial. She graduated from the University of Southern California, where she studied art history and business, and currently lives in New York.