Gabrielle Union showed off her preppy side at the Paris Olympics earlier this month. Her enviable spectator wardrobe included preppy, sporty essentials like tennis skirts, exercise dresses, striped button-up shirts, and white jeans Now that August is almost over, Union has changed up her style to celebrate the midsummer days, also embracing the naked dressing trend.

The star extended her vacation in France and is currently vacationing with her family on Ile Sainte Marguerite in Cannes. She shared photos of two glamorous seaside looks on Instagram yesterday, the first being a bright purple textured bandeau bikini. The other is a cover-up that represents a Grecian goddess meets beach babe.

Union wore a metallic gold knit crochet set from Retrofete with a matching maxi skirt and cropped off-the-shoulder long sleeve top. A simple white bikini was layered underneath, and minimalist brown sandals and a beige raffia hobo bag made the cover-up the centerpiece of the look.

The “cover-up as evening attire” trend has taken off this summer. Just this week, Dua Lipa wore a cover-up as her birthday outfit, further fueling the cover-up craze. Ripa was pictured sitting poolside in an $850 tangerine-colored Gucci logoed string bikini, layered under a sparkly gold crystal-covered mesh mini-dress.

Earlier this summer, Jennifer Lopez transformed a sheer crochet beach maxi into a date-night look by pairing it with a rare crocodile Birkin bag and Elie Saab's crushed velvet peep-toe platform heels; in June, Kaia Gerber wore a little black vacation dress and watched the sunset over the ocean with Camila Morrone in a skin-baring cream knit set.

How celebrities are styling glamorous cover-ups is a sign they will continue to carry them through summer and into fall. Mesh and macramé beach dresses are perfect for cocktails on warm evenings in early September.

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