Swimwear ’11: elegance and adventure

The trends at the Mercedes-Benz Swim collections at Miami Beach indicate either a more affluent period in 2011, or more of the same
photographed by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz

Colour

Above left Trina Turk. Above right Dolores Cortes.


Above Olasul.


Above left Poko Pano. Above right Aqua di Lara/Qiss Qiss. Below Swimwear Anywhere.

THE 2011 SWIMWEAR SHOWS in Miami Beach, organized by IMG and sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, indicate a more colourful beachscape next year. Designers were less afraid to play with colour, with fuchsia trim being more evident than it has in recent years, while Olasul showed that even men could wear pink without sacrificing their masculinity.

The second trend that appeared prominently was a more adventurous approach to cutting—whether it was hinting at bondage and bandages, to exaggerated fishnets, to more daring shapes in swimwear.

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Shape

Far left Dolores Cortes. Left Beach Bunny.
This row Beach Bunny.
This row Cia Maritima.

Left At AZ Araujo, the criss-cross effect was hinted at in this print.

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A dream within a dream
Our summer 2010 swimwear shoot at Wellington, New Zealand’s Sanctum Apartments, styled by Bronwyn Williams
photographed by Douglas Rimington/www.detunephotography.com

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photographed by Frazer Harrison and Michael Buckner, via Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz