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This fall tips its frayed straw hat to the palm-

fringed languor of Cuban folk traditions. With

the island now reopened to the U.S. its colourful

style is finding its rightful place in the sun. An

old world ceiling fan meant to whirl with all the

haste of dissipating cigar smoke looks like it

might once have decorated Hemingway’s famous

Finca Vigía estate. Cement f loor tiles in festive

patterns were fashioned after heritage designs

from Havana and conjure the splendour of the

Cuban palacio. A raffia-embellished clutch from

Lizzie Fortunato in shades of tobacco brown and

pepper red is dubbed the Port of Call in

Explorers Club. And while Hemingway’s

preferred port of call was a barstool at Havana’s

El Floridita (on which he set sail on vast seas of

daiquiris) you might consider a woven rocker

from Casualife instead. ¡Salud!

1. Clothing Temperley London. 2. Fan by Kendal Lighting
   Lowe’s. 3. Ta b l e runner Tw o’s C o m p a ny. 4. Clutch Lizzie
   Fortunato. 5. Cement tile Villa Lagoon Tiles. 6. Rum
   Havana Club. 7. Book The Splendor of Cuba Indigo.


2. Scrubbers Simons. 9. Rocker Casualife. 10. Beach
   blanket Urban Outfitters. 11. Hat by Sensi Studio Club
   Monaco. 12. Conga drum by Meinl Long & McQuade.

Produced by MORGAN MICHENER and

JEN MASSEAU | Text by OLIVIA STREN

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Photography by Anthea Simms (clothing)/Angus Fergusson (tiles rum book scrubbers)