Sarongs is Melissa Odabash's beach cover-up collection: the Pareo Black, a rayon-modal tie-over sarong in seven shades, built for beach-to-lunch coverage over swimwear. There's a difference between a sarong bought once and one bought for its colour - the first is practical, the second is a print decision as much as a coverage one. Sarongs leans into that second read, treating the tie-over piece as a colour story rather than an afterthought. Melissa Odabash's design team takes that distinction seriously, treating each shade as its own considered choice rather than a throwaway beach extra. The Pareo runs across seven shades - white, rose, pink, sky, lavender, navy and black - each cut from the same soft rayon-modal weave that drapes rather than clings against the body. The range was built to match rather than clash with whatever swimwear sits underneath it, so the colour choice becomes the main decision rather than the cut. No two shades in the range compete for attention, which keeps the choice simple even with seven options on the table. Tie over a matching or contrasting swimsuit from Swimwear for the walk from the pool to lunch, letting the colour do the styling work a print elsewhere might do. A sarong bought in the right shade tends to outlast the swimsuit it was first bought to match. Buying the right shade the first time saves reaching for a second one halfway through the trip.
