Jul 21, 2013

This is a fun and retro collection strongly inspired by the 1950’s. The pieces are very curve friendly and cut in a way to compliment many body shapes. High-waisted bottoms, big bows, floral prints and polka dots are shown throughout the collection. The colors include pink, light green, orange and black. The models are wearing hair adornment and head beads...

Jul 21, 2013

This collection breaches the gap between sexy and conservative. While not having much detail, the pieces appear to be made of high quality materials, with flattering cuts. Metallic accents brighten the pieces which are mostly solid turquoise, purple, gold, black and white. However, some pieces had a patterned Aztec Clean lines and silhouettes were accentuated by...

Jul 20, 2013

This collection had a safari theme mixed with Indian prints and some colorful pastels. Elephants, cheetahs, zebras and wolves are combined in one-pieces and cover ups. “Iron-on” patches were strategically placed on the hip area or bust area. Beads of different sizes where used to recreate print-like shapes on the fabrics, and used to thicken the...

Jul 20, 2013

The Brazilian designer Paola Robba has been showing her designs in Miami Fashion Week since the early 2000’s. Her Brazilian influence can be seen in her leopard prints and penguin patterns. Some of her colorful two piece styles are surf ready such as those with the classic belt bottoms, while others such as the Brazilian classic bikini would be more...

Jul 20, 2013

Beach Bunny creator Angela Chittenden summarized the 2014 collection as four themes including an elegant cruise collection, edgy rocker vibe collection, and neoprene 80s California surfer collection. Despite the creative bikini embellishments and bright colors, the overall theme was teeny fit including very cheeky bottoms. All models donned long pony-tails and...