At her newly opened Wanderlista boutique, Andria Mitsakos is showing Miami how to dress with a confident edge.
Andria Mitsakos in her Mid Beach boutique, Wanderlista.
Outfitted in black leather shorts and a printed 1981 Lacroix blazer that could easily hang in Balmain’s current collection, Andria Mitsakos exudes that effortless chic only the truest of fashion icons can pull off. Lucky for Miami, Mitsakos—whose career encompasses international-travel public relations, fashion, and furniture design—recently opened Wanderlista, her shop at the Croydon Hotel in Mid Beach.
After nearly 20 years traveling the world for her PR clients, curating a bit here and designing a bit there, Mitsakos was tapped to co-create Dea Rosa, her line of luxury leather handbags and accessories, in 2012, and launch Wanderlista boutiques. The Miami outpost marks the third location, after seasonal shops in Mykonos and Santorini, along with the online commerce component, shoplatitude.com.
Born into a stylish family—Mitsakos’s mother was an interior designer and her grandmother a shoe designer—Andria’s propensity for globe-trotting developed at a young age. “My mother always taught me that I should buy one thing from wherever we were,” she says. “I would always try to seek out a new designer. You don’t need so many things, just really special things.”
These globally sourced “special things” now line the shelves at Wanderlista, where you’ll find the Magic City Capsule Collection, her latest Dea Rosa clutches. Other unique pieces range from fine jewelry from Greek designer Elena Syraka (Wanderlista is the only store to carry the line in the US) to gold-threaded frocks from New York couturier Jes Wade; turbans and hats from Greece’s luxury milliner Katerina Karoussos; futuristic shades from Will.I.Am’s Ill.i Optics (a Miami first); and a rotating selection of designer vintage from New York. “Shopping shouldn’t be an intimidating experience,” she says. “You should buy something because you love it.”
For Mitsakos, her effortless elegance and to-die-for fashion sensibility come with a certain mind-set. “I haven’t worn a real bra since 1995,” she quips as she thumbs a black leather bralette from Fleur du Mal. “I never take myself too seriously. My big things are grace and confidence.” Hotel Croydon Miami Beach, 3720 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 305-938-1145