Remy Farrell’s coastal grandmother wishlist favors linen and easy polish
Remy Farrell’s summer wish list distills coastal grandmother into seersucker, embroidered shorts and COS linen trousers that cost $139.
Remy Farrell’s summer wish list strips coastal grandmother down to the pieces that survive a heatwave without losing their manners: seersucker shirt sets, embroidered shorts, COS tailored linen balloon-leg trousers, suede sandals and wide-leg wrap trousers. It is a sharply edited kind of polish, built for city errands, country weekends and travel days that demand ease but still deserve a point of view.
The clearest anchor is COS’s white linen trouser, a high-waisted style with softly pleated balloon legs that the label says “capture the nonchalance of summer tailoring.” At $139 on COS US, it lands in that useful middle ground between disposable high street and investment linen, and Nordstrom carries the same trouser with a relaxed-fit description and a 71.3cm inside leg in size EU 36. The shape matters here: balloon-leg tailoring can look fussy when overworked, but the pleating and white linen keep it airy, especially when COS suggests wearing it with tone-on-tone linen.
That instinct for restraint is what makes the whole wishlist feel coherent. Seersucker shirt sets bring the old-money practicality coastal grandmother style has always depended on, while embroidered shorts add just enough texture to keep things from flattening into basics. Wide-leg wrap trousers do the heavier lifting for travel and dinners, offering the same relaxed line as the COS pair but with a more fluid, thrown-on feel. Suede sandals finish the look with softness rather than shine, the sort of accessory that reads quietly expensive without trying too hard.
The mood behind all of it is rooted in the coastal grandmother idea that Lex Nicoleta coined on TikTok in 2022, when she had already posted 17 videos explaining the aesthetic. The look, long linked to Nancy Meyers films such as Something’s Gotta Give and It’s Complicated, along with Ina Garten, has always traded in classic, comfortable, chic dressing with a lived-in ease. That definition still holds in 2026, when style guides continue to center the formula on breathable linen, soft neutrals and timeless, relaxed elegance.
Farrell’s edit works because it understands what the best coastal grandmother dressing has become: not costume, not nostalgia, but a wearable summer uniform. Linen trousers with structure, seersucker with crispness, sandals with a little give. The result is a wardrobe that looks composed in the morning sun and still feels right when the temperature climbs.
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