In 2020, The White Lotus costume designer Alex Bovaird walked into the Camilla boutique in Costa Mesa, California. She wasn’t shopping for herself, but rather, Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya McQuoid—a rich, single, unstable older woman on a solo vacation at a five-star resort in Hawaii. And Bovaird found the perfect outfit for such a character: a bejeweled, exotic kaftan.
In the first season, Coolidge’s McQuoid wore Camilla—an Australian brand known for their beachy, global-inspired designs—not once, not twice, but five times. In fact, Camilla worked so well within the White Lotus aesthetic that for season two, Bovaird dressed a number of the men—including Tom Hollander and the rest of the “these gays are trying to murder me!” group—in some of Camilla’s silk button-down shirts.
So, for season three, The White Lotus and Camilla have decided to make their symbiotic style relationship official by creating a capsule clothing collection.
Oh, yes. There are V-neck jersey dresses, long pants, button-downs, clutches, scarves, and halter-neck bathing suits. There are kaftans and sarongs aplenty. In summary? If it looks like a chaotic, out-of-touch rich person would wear it on vacation… it’s included.
