Photographs By Susanna Howe
Styled By John Vertin

By the time July arrives, who doesn’t want to wear a swimsuit all day? These New Yorkers hang out at their summer homes in the Hamptons, wearing the latest swimwear inspired by the sultry feel of the seventies. Muted colors, like brown and ivory, in slinky maillots and string bikinis, hark back to those long Montauk summers when Cheryl Tiegs and Peter Beard ruled the waves.

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