Life is too short for bad vibes. A deep red wrap dress from BTFBM, tied at the waist and gathered along one hip, felt like exactly the kind of confident, no-nonsense piece that mood called for.

Roopsi Bansal in a deep red wrap dress, holding a decorative red ornament, on a sunlit pool terrace lined with colourful striped lounge chairs

A row of loungers upholstered in the brightest stripes lined the pool terrace behind me — the kind of poolside that's basically already dressed for a photo before you even show up.

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