Miami Swim Show 2009
Ed Hardy Owner Christian Audigier with Surf Expo's Erin Cianciolo and Amy Hornby. Audigier is on a serious tear with Ed Hardy right now and is also launching several new fashion labels like Smet.
Ann Tucker (left) and Colleen Thompson (right) from Bikini Flavors show off the 16-in-one suit, which can be configured (yep, you guessed it) sixteen different ways.
Kathy Link from Imagination Creations shows off the Sea Shelly from Shebop Beach. Link says these mermaid-inspired models for young girls have been selling strongly since they were introduced.
Billy Zane was just one of the celeb sightings at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Swim runway shows at the Raleigh Hotel in South Palm Beach.
Rygy Designer Egle Maria Costa Loureiro (center) with two of her more recent creations.
Seventeenth Street Surf Shop was represented by Jessica Belangia, Lisa Palmer, and the man himself, President Tom Brown.
Carina Goldfarb from Azul Swimwear highlights the Marti Gras Tankini. Check out more at Azulkids.com
A wall of expensive lenses at the Mercades Benz Fashion Week Swim runway show.
The Intercoastal Tunic by Float Designs. Owner Ramona Senese says this line will be big for the brand.
Each time it was held, the Ed Hardy fashion show nabbed lots of attention there in the 300 aisle of the Swim Show. Gee, I wonder why?
Blue Water Design Group President Howie Greller had a booth that explained the connection between original art and the final designed apparel piece, providing retailers with many ideas about how they could merchandise the line.
Ron Jon Surf Shop buying team Angela Wiese, Don Niemann, and Nicole Meyer had just arrived from their three-hour drive from Cocoa Beach, but were already talking about the Sundek line—the latest “new old” line that had tongues wagging and buyers sharpening their pencils.
Island Apparel World Sales Director Lainie Arbesfeld and President Mike Cohen debut the new Orange Sunset bikini.
With more than 50 models and hundreds of pieces, the Swim Show 2009 runway show was a definite highlight. Here pieces from Storm In a D Cup and Melissa Odabash are modeled for the large crowd
Anna Goldstein and Jay Fitzgerald of Warnaco pose in front of the extremely popular Speedo LZR Racer suit, which nearly every single swimmer wore during the recent Olympic Trials.
Carlos Cortes of Malibu Dream Girl and the newest suit from the company’s Gossip line .
Creative Director/CEO Spencer Antle of Island Company (center) poses with Ryan (left) in the Island Polo and Morgan (right) in the Island Company Tunic. The company is about to open its first flagship store which will be located on Grand Cayman island.
Chica Rica's Shelby McDougall and Gregory McDougall flank a model in the brand’s newest line--so new it didn't have a name yet.