Southampton’s Flabelus boutique has long been a bellwether for the summer tastes of the eastern Long Island set. This season, the shop welcomes Juan de Dios, the Colombian luxury resort wear brand known for its polished swim silhouettes and breezy ready-to-wear.
The shop-in-shop, running from May through October, features the brand’s Solana spring collection — a lineup defined by linen separates, hand-embroidered details, and a color palette drawn from Cartagena’s colonial architecture and Caribbean light.
For the Hamptons shopper navigating a season of crowded ferry lines and overbooked reservations, the collection at Flabelus arrives as a reminder that summer dressing can be both polished and unhurried. The Solana pieces ask little of the wearer and give much in return.
Juan de Dios has built a following around swimwear that moves beyond the beach. Structured one-pieces with architectural cutouts, high-waisted briefs cut to flatter, and cover-ups that function as dresses comprise an edit curated for the Hamptons lifestyle, where pool, beach, and dinner coexist in a single afternoon.
The partnership signals a broader appetite for Latin American resort wear in the US market. As American shoppers increasingly seek brands with distinct geographic identities, Juan de Dios offers something the established European resort houses cannot: a first-person perspective on tropical luxury.
