The Style Traveller

A fashion editor's guide to the worlds most stylish places

Posts by Bonnie Rakhit

Bahamas – Holiday packing with Asos

Where? The Bahamas Shot at? The Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort & Offshore Island, Nassau Why? This month I was super excited to be invited out to the Bahamas, to party at the Junkanoo Carnival. The trip was split up between days at the luxury hotel and on the beach, to evenings partying at the carnival. But what do you actually wear to carnival? Good question. Luckily my good friends at

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Bahamas Carnival – A Photo Diary

Where? The Junkanoo Carnival, Bahamas When? May 2015 Why? I spent a few days dancing with the dance troops at the Junkanoo Carnival in Nassau, in The Bahamas. Here is my colourful, photo diary of the main days from the vibrant street processions. The day before the festivities, I visited the Carnival Village Project in Nassau, to hear tales and the history of carnival. We learnt how to make the costumes

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Bahamas – Swimming with pigs in The Exumas

Where? The Exumas Islands, Bahamas For the second leg of our Caribbean adventure we took a mini plane to the spectacular islands of The Exumas. The Exumas are comprised of 700 islands (included uninhabited Cays, pronounced ‘keys’) that form a 100,000 square mile archipelago, that extends to over 500 miles of the worlds most clearest waters. We spent a fantastic 2 days discovering all the stunning scenery and history that

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Bahamas – Style Guide to Nassau

Posing by the sea in a Mint Velvet Jumpsuit Where? The Bahamas in The Caribbean Why? I was very lucky to be invited out to The Bahamas by the Caribbean Tourism Board and The Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort & Offshore Island, to sample some of the immaculate beaches, hotels, night life and to partake in this year’s Junkanoo Carnival. Here’s my style guide to Nassau. Group selfie with Yasmina and Inna, on

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Perfect Packing with Butterfly Twists

Where? This summer’s festivals Wellies, floral hair bands, gladiator sandals, tassel necklaces, crochet hotpants. This list of rather unusual ‘essentials’ on my packing list can mean only one thing…It’s summer festival season! One of my favourite times of the year, when I have a valid excuse to wear my full sequin onesie, wellies and Red Indian feather head dress (all at the same time) and venture into the British countryside

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Barcelona – One night at The W Hotel

Where? Barcelona Exactly? The W Hotel Why? From models, DJs, fashionistas to celebs, Barcelona’s beautiful crowd was out in full force, for the William Tempest swimwear launch at The W Hotel. With spectacular views over the glittering city skyline, the turquoise, infinity pool, on the new Sun Deck at The W, created the perfect backdrop to the party. Me posing on the Sun Deck before the party My stunning Wow

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Christy Towels -Packing Special

The Style Traveller Loves…. Christy Towels  One of the most important pieces to pack when it comes to travelling, is THE perfect beach towel. Especially for style travellers, it’s all about the pantone colour, thread count, softness and absorbency. I recently road tested Christy Towels on a road trip to LA. Here’s what I packed in my style traveller suitcase. Above and below – Clockwise from left to right: COTTON USA raspberry

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Triumph ‘Find The One’ Brand Ambassador & Competition

Triumph Find The One Campaign I am very excited to announce that I am one of the new brand ambassadors for the exciting Triumph Underwear #FindTheOne campaign. I’m sure you’ve seen the gorgeous, animated TV ads already, which left the song in my head for days after. In case you haven’t here it is, please double click the image below… The philosophy behind the campaign is that every girl is

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Barcelona Fashion – What to wear when you’re there

Barcelona Fashion – What to wear when you’re there Where? Barcelona, Spain Exactly? The W Barcelona and El Palauet Apartments Why? When British, fashion brand, Wallis invited me out to Barcelona to do a Style Traveller photo shoot, I was very excited to accept. Barcelona in Spain is one of Europe’s most vibrant, cosmopolitan and fun cities, it also happens to be one of my favourite European destinations. The premise of

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Barcelona – 24 hour style guide

View from Park Guell Barcelona – 24 hour style guide 5 stylish thing to do in Barcelona What to do in the day? Barcelona is one of the most cosmopolitan and diverse cities in Europe. It has an impressive cultural heritage. With iconic artists and literary figures from Dali, Miro, Picasso and Hemingway all having lived there, through to the spectacular, modernist buildings designed by Spanish architect, Gaudi, in the early

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