Pass the tanning oil. While the rest of us sip icy strawberry lemonades to beat the end-of-summer heat, Bella Hadid is in the Caymans with her bestie. After a long fight with Lyme disease, this is one well-deserved holiday.
Fanny Bourdette-Donon, who works in PR for Dior Beauty (dream job alert), posted a roundup of envy-inducing pics to her Instagram, writing, “Rest, Reconnect, Reset 🌺🥥🥭🌴,” beneath a slideshow of moments at a luxury resort. Yep, that's Bella on the Jet Ski, lounging on a red chair, taking a sunset selfie, and looking like a Greek statue in a (shockingly affordable) white halter dress from Meshki, per Harper's Bazaar, and upper-arm bangles.
Sadly, the dress is already sold out in most sizes on the Meshki site, but there's an option to sign up with your email address to get notified when your size is next in stock. Don't mind if we do!
In the meantime, click through the Instagram carousel if you want to feel insane FOMO.
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(Yes, the Cayman Islands is where Bella Hadid's sister Gigi got busted for marijuana possession earlier this summer, and yes, we're pretty sure they stayed at the same hotel, because the striped towels are identical. Should I work for the FBI? Probs.)
She was first diagnosed in 2012.
Bourdette-Donon opened up about her friendship with the model in a 2018 interview, spilling the story of how it started: “I find it super cute that people love our friendship. I was looking for an ambassador for the house; to me, she has the look of the Dior woman—and she was young, smart, and seemed so confident. Because I was living in LA and we had so many friends in common, I just brought it up. I was like, ‘Do you guys know Bella?’ They were like, ‘Oh my God, yes, you guys should meet—you will get along so well!’ We had an event in the South of France, so I reached out to Bella’s agent to invite her—no strings attached—and he replied that she would love to attend. That was literally the first time we met and we became best friends right away.”
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She added, “It's one of those friendships, like, when you have this instant connection and you feel that you were friends in a past life, maybe? I know that might sound completely crazy, but I swear that's how our friendship feels. I'm very protective of her; she's kind of like my little sister, in a way. Because I know how pure she is and how she only has good intentions. It's really rare to meet those kinds of people.” Hey, can I join your next weekend away?
This story was originally published on GLAMOUR US.
