Mustique is Crush of the Month

January 15, 2018

Julien Capmeil; Styling by Rachael Burrow; Model Chelsea Rollins of Wilhelmina

An iconic celebrity hideaway marks 60 years of barefoot glamour

By TRACEY MINKIN

Forever in style, this rugged private island thick with scrub and dotted with palm trees and exuberantly designed villas remains a treasured getaway for the rich, the royals, and the rest of us who have caught on to its (literally) barefoot-chic style. It’s been 59 years since Lord Glenconner, Colin Tennant, purchased the island with dreams of cultivating cotton, but what has ensued is a different breed of cultivation. All it took was gifting a lot to Princess Margaret in 1960, and a cult destination was born.

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