Carmel-by-the-Sea Girls Trip: What to Wear & Pack (40th Birthday)

Carmel runs cool and foggy even in summer — a water-resistant trench is the layer you'll live in for beach walks and breezy dinners. This one is stretchy and packs down small.

The $50 cashmere that punches like luxury. Throw it over everything when the marine layer rolls in; it weighs almost nothing in the bag.

A high-rise straight in rigid cotton — the do-everything base for wine tasting, village shopping, and the top-down drive down Highway 1.

The birthday-dinner move. Washable silk in a bias slip that dresses up with heels or down with the cashmere over your shoulders.

Clean off-white canvas that pairs with everything and handles Carmel's steep little streets. Plants two trees per pair, too.

The 'look pulled-together while walking 12k steps' shoe — a smoking-slipper loafer with Birdies' seven-layer insole hidden inside.

Wide-brim palm straw with UPF 50+ — sun cover for Carmel Beach and the kind of Pebble Beach photos that actually make the group chat.

Italian-leather mini tote with a removable strap — a day bag in the village, a crossbody at dinner. The quiet-luxury MVP of the trip.

The bag that started Béis — 49L, a separate shoe compartment, and a trolley sleeve that slides over your carry-on. Perfect for a 3-night trip.

Three cubes, a zip pouch, and two shoe bags so a long weekend of outfits actually fits — and you can find them. A girls-trip sanity saver.

Invisible, weightless SPF that doubles as a makeup primer. Coastal sun sneaks right through the fog — wear it every day.