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ESCAPE FROM REALITY

n March last year, Nintendo launched the perfect and perfectly timed gaming antidote to long-term confinement. , the latest iteration of the gained a Net-a-Porter island, designed in collaboration with the luxury fashion e-tailer, alongside photographer Kara Chung, who runs Instagram account @animalcrossingfashionarchive, and creative agency WeSuperseed. Visitors to Net-a-Porter island can stroll along to an outpost of the Able Sisters’ boutique and outfit themselves in virtual looks inspired by an exclusive Isabel Marant capsule collection, before taking a stylish selfie on their NookPhone. So, as physical travel is still largely off the cards, for our next escape, we’re booking a flight on Dodo Airlines bound for Net-a-Porter island, which also boasts a private beach, picnic area, cafe, hot spring bath, flower garden, gym and meditation area. We might not come back.

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