{"id":173346,"date":"2025-05-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=173346"},"modified":"2025-04-11T11:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T10:33:06","slug":"unfolding-identity-a-radical-new-way-to-wear-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=173346","title":{"rendered":"Unfolding Identity: A Radical New Way to Wear the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e2577962686ed4f0ba17f6f61b2bf3d4 wp-block-paragraph\">We all know the feeling that comes before a decision. Before you reach for the shirt, the scarf, the wrap. It lives somewhere between light and fabric, heat and movement, a whisper of who you want to be that day. Not a costume, not a performance, but a shift. A soft, deliberate step into something just a little more you. Read more in <em>Unfolding Identity: A Radical New Way to Wear the Beach<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e847b96b3652a32c89f0aaa65a216461 wp-block-paragraph\">Image on the left-hand side is The Trish Set from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the87london.com\">The 87 London<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10af6e98e8e01fd8306214f5243730e9 wp-block-paragraph\">Clothes, after all, don\u2019t just dress us. They cross thresholds. Between indoors and out, sun and shadow, old places and new ones. What we wear when we travel, when we pause, when we breathe in salt and let the hours stretch, that says more than we often realise. And sometimes, it all begins with a knot, a fold, a piece of cloth tied just so.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity6.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity6.jpg?resize=580%2C285&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity6.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity6.jpg?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity6.jpg?resize=768%2C377&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f6ebdfd3ea58d7ad1338696f9993d917 wp-block-paragraph\">Enter&nbsp;<strong>The 87<\/strong>, a London-born brand redefining the rules of what beachwear can be, and where it belongs. Launched in 2023 by graphic artist&nbsp;<strong>Zo\u00eb Zimmer<\/strong>, The 87 doesn\u2019t chase trends or seasons. Instead, it offers something quietly radical: two scarf-like panels, fluid in form and designed to be tied in countless ways. Skirt. Top. Dress. Cover-up. Eveningwear, even. The look is what you make it, one piece, one size, infinite possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-beb1c6b1f201de757274bf023a668ebf wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>&#8216;The idea was always to create something you\u2019d want to wear off the beach, too<\/em><\/strong>&#8216;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3423b72325b6909e4b4bd76db16b8f75 wp-block-paragraph\">Zo\u00eb Zimmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6187202a2adc99bdf5364317b37bdc1c wp-block-paragraph\">The concept is as much about&nbsp;function&nbsp;as it is about&nbsp;freedom. Zimmer, who grew up immersed in the creative worlds of music and image-making, wanted to design beachwear that reflected personal style; something that nodded to fashion history but felt relevant now. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity2.jpg?resize=580%2C399&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"beachwear\" class=\"wp-image-173360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity2.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity2.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity2.jpg?resize=768%2C529&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ab710cf8c468622e0769e4dc7d6d8ac wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5ad6492a333fc3d3db2d8083cf3901d2 wp-block-paragraph\">But the magic lies in how you wear it. Each set from The 87 becomes a tool for self-expression, tied and re-tied depending on mood, occasion, or whim. It\u2019s less about dressing for the beach, and more about bringing your full self to wherever you are. The silhouettes can go from barefoot on warm stones to cocktails in the city, no wardrobe change required. It\u2019s a quiet checkmate to the question: why can\u2019t fashion be both striking and smart?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"405\" data-id=\"173362\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity4.jpg?resize=580%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity4.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity4.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity4.jpg?resize=768%2C536&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity3-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"406\" data-id=\"173367\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity3-1.jpg?resize=580%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"beachwear\" class=\"wp-image-173367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity3-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity3-1.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity3-1.jpg?resize=768%2C537&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-028baab3939bb020609c387eb18b8e21 wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond design, The 87 makes a clear and conscious commitment to sustainability. Each piece is&nbsp;made to order in London, avoiding unnecessary stock and reducing waste. Zimmer is quick to note they don\u2019t claim to be perfect, but the brand is determined to do what it can. That means producing&nbsp;only what\u2019s needed, using&nbsp;low-water fabric processes, and ensuring&nbsp;zero ink waste&nbsp;through collaborations with local water authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity7.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity7.jpg?resize=580%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"moodboards \" class=\"wp-image-173366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity7.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity7.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity7.jpg?resize=768%2C692&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f0e5e21c625d7b96c903aee0c9adccda wp-block-paragraph\">Everything; from garment to packaging, is&nbsp;locally and ethically produced, with low carbon output and&nbsp;fully compostable packaging&nbsp;printed with&nbsp;soy-based inks. In a landscape flooded with fast fashion and seasonal drops, this slower, more thoughtful approach feels almost luxurious. It\u2019s a rhythm that asks us to pause. To check in with how we shop, what we keep, and what we let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-587102358a898c1f688175c4b12ed7d1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>&#8216;We don\u2019t need more stuff. We need better stuff&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3423b72325b6909e4b4bd76db16b8f75 wp-block-paragraph\">Zo\u00eb Zimmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56fb66084a569e2a98b9e070a33e9a4f wp-block-paragraph\">In a way, The 87 isn\u2019t just offering clothes, it\u2019s inviting you to rethink what dressing means. What it means to own less, but better. What it means to wear something&nbsp;again, in a new way, and still feel like it\u2019s new. It reminds us that clothing doesn\u2019t have to be loud to be powerful. Sometimes, the softest statements are the ones that last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity5.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"407\" data-id=\"173363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity5.jpg?resize=580%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity5.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity5.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity5.jpg?resize=768%2C539&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"411\" data-id=\"173359\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity1.jpg?resize=580%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity1.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Unfolding-Identity1.jpg?resize=768%2C544&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-68884558fd67cd988ad8047bcfa003d5 wp-block-paragraph\">So as borders blur, between home and holiday, inside and outside, art and wearability; it\u2019s worth asking: what carries you through? What wraps around you when the day shifts, when the breeze picks up, when the light begins to change? Maybe it\u2019s less about what you wear to the beach, and more about what you carry away from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9a388d4af6a266e8d8531f863d536331 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read our exclusive interview with Zo\u00eb Zimmer here<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-0974954683565092bd5442fb330a6a1f wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What\u2019s your earliest memory of experiencing art?<\/strong><br \/><strong>Was there a moment; a painting, a sound, a sculpture, that truly stopped you in your tracks?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-eebea70d20ee87195ca10b03b44291bc wp-block-paragraph\">My father is a musician, so I grew up in recording studios and on scoring stages. As a really young kid I would sit in the studio for hours and watch how an orchestra worked together to create something &#8211; it\u2019s real art being made in real time right in front of you. To this day my favourite sound in the world is of an orchestra warming up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b57b22ea69ee89445e628ddddef19206 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How do different forms of artistic expression shape your work and daily life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-801379b0f284fd312209e3f0278d6ea9 wp-block-paragraph\">I think art plays a function in all creative work, we\u2019re all influenced by the art around us, whether we\u2019re aware of it or not. For me, there are certain periods of art\/film\/music\/literature, that I feel impact the creative decisions I make on a daily basis, in how I dress or decorate my home, and definitely in my own work too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-df74f9f6d632e40433229ccd16ae6a3e wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the driving idea behind launching your beachwear line, The 87?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9b51e387de0c775b7962b4c888dc6f45 wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to create something that I couldn\u2019t seem to find on the market at the time &#8211; I was looking for something that still reflected my style off the beach, but everything was always either really brightly coloured or floral print, or alternatively it was completely plain and boring.The idea with The 87 is that you can tie the two scarfs in various ways to create different looks that work for everyone, they\u2019re also one size fits all and made to order in London which were both things that were important to me from the start.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d34c5d58753ce9071a094c9fd0740833 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Can you tell us about the inspirations behind your collection, themes like Bauhaus and 80s YSL?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2b47179a28efb63a76647b8bc2b683ed wp-block-paragraph\">I never really know what references are going to influence what I\u2019m working on at the time, it\u2019s really more just about things that I love and working out how I can incorporate that into what I\u2019m designing. I\u2019ve always loved Bauhaus design and architecture and using that in textiles worked really well. I also love all things YSL, and some of the colour combinations from that era felt really fun for beachwear. I\u2019ve actually always been inspired by different eras, the overall concept for The 87&#8217;s two-piece tie beachwear came from Cher\u2019s Bob Mackie outfits in the 70s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-11c541717a1703bdfdec11f9e77293d8 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Form versus function; how do you navigate that balance in your work and life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c424f27b4d1c7afab0c7a65f08696d9c wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>I think there is solid case for the importance of both! Do I have many beautiful yet desperately impractical things? Yes. Do I also have many useful but hideously ugly things? Also yes. I think the sweet spot is when something is impeccably designed to be both beautiful&nbsp;<em>and&nbsp;<\/em>useful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e8676fb4172fdaf93a311dd6b7824c7a wp-block-paragraph\">Find out more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the87london.com\">www.the87london.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b53577e253af9f96cef63e2a0245d740 wp-block-paragraph\">If you enjoyed reading&nbsp;<em><\/em><em>Unfolding Identity: A Radical New Way to Wear the Beach<\/em>&nbsp;then why not try&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/vanilla-tastes-divine-and-works-wonders-on-the-skin\/\">Vanilla Tastes Divine and Works Wonders On The Skin<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c33d7c53002b7f89954cfde037064d56 wp-block-paragraph\">.Cent Magazine London.&nbsp;<strong>Be Inspired;&nbsp;<em>Get Involved<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know the feeling that comes before a decision. 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