FASHION Magazine

Who better to show you the best of a hot city than the city’s finest tastemakers? To help us navigate Miami’s beauty (hard life, we know) we looked to 5 of the city’s coolest women. At the top of their game in fashion, music and beauty, they’ve certainly got their fingers on the coolness pulse. And as for style? They’ve got plenty of that too.

If there’s one thing Miami’s known for, it’s vacation steez. And lucky for us, hoteliers have answered the call stylishly, time and time again. From South Beach to Bal Harbour and back again, Miami has oodles of seriously glam setups to choose from. So whether the hot hot heat of bustling South Beach is your thing, or you’re looking for a serene palace to catch of on some relaxation, we’ve picked the top 5 ultimate Miami spots to lay your pretty little head.

If the only thing that comes to mind is bikinis and megamalls when you think Miami shopping, think again. Thanks to its booming popularity as a destination for wealthy South American tourists, Miami’s shopping prowess has grown leaps and bounds from its fluorescent days. While designer boutiques were once exclusively situated at the chic Bal Harbour Shops (a haven which still boasts an incredible roster), fashion destinations have now exploded across many areas of the city. While a walk down Collins Avenue may buy you some seriously awesome beachy time shirts, these 5 locales will get you what you really want: statements upon statements upon statements.

The party ain’t hard to find in Miami, but beyond the tourist traps of Ocean Drive, there are plenty of gems to get your food and drink fix at that are not just locally approved, but locally raved-about. For a good time beyond the swanky lobby bars and Vegas-style megaclubs, hit up one of these 6 spots.

You don’t understand America until you drive through it, and then you still don’t understand it. The vastness of the country is matched only by the vastness of differences in its people, in its states—states that become states of being. In Arizona, things are one way (both conservative and banally super-weird), and then the second you cross into California, things are a whole other way (sunnier, desultory, laissez-faire). Accents, attitudes, signage change with the scenery. And oh God, the scenery. As I drove—and when I say “I,” what I mean is my boy lover, because the only thing I can drive is a point home, and sometimes not even that—I took pictures. So many pictures. Pictures of the sky and moons and stunning bridges and unwittingly hilarious signs and myself and more sky. Here are 13 of my favourite things in the U.S. of EHHHHH?

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There’s nothing like the term “limited edition” to get the beauty freaks, well, freaking. What’s more: This collection is beach-inspired, warm and full of what seems like solar energy.

Just in time for the first official week of summer, Stila debuts a series of five limited-edition travel palettes ($18 each, at Shoppers Drug Mart Beauty Boutiques and Murale) inspired by top summer vacation spots—such as South Beach and The Hamptons—to be released periodically from now until the end of the season. Each palette is complete with themed eyeshadows, a blush and a bronzer. As if the makeup itself isn’t enough, it also contains a mirror and face chart with pro tips from Stila’s top experts.

Whether or not you actually plan on taking off to one of the five referenced luxe locales, you can certainly channel the part. Just don’t hurt your fellow shopaholics trying to get to them. It’s not very haute.

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