Tropi Praver Swimwear 2014...Drumroll Please

The 2014 Swimwear is starting to arrive...yes!  The first styles to come in are from Tori Praver Swimwear 2014. Tori did a fabulous bandeau in her signature smocked fabric, with intricate weaving in the front and hips...very classy!  The top looks to be supportive, but without stays and boning, which frankly, can sometimes be uncomfortable.  The bottom is itsy bitsy with minimal coverage in back.  It's all done up in a rich fuchsia.

Tori Praver Swimwear 2014 - Chelsea Bikini

If you want a little more threads on your backside, check out Tori Praver's Boardwalk Bikini, done in a lavender tribal print and with moderate coverage in back. 

Tori Praver Swimwear 2014 - Boardwalk Bikini Front View

Tori Praver Swimwear 2014 - Boardwalk Bikini Back Side

Look for more 2014 swimsuits to arrive very soon!  We expect Boys+Arrows to be here any day!
~ C.

2014 Swimwear - Sandy Bottoms and Knotty Details

Swimwear is heating up this season.  It's skimpier, sexier and has us all tied up in knots!  The 2-piece is certainly outselling the one-piece swimsuit and the cheeky bottom bikini is back from last season in full force.  So are multi-strings and knots that are in all the right places.  Tribal prints are big and color blocking is making a scene.  Fringe is hanging in there, (pun intended.)  The retro, high-waist bikini bottom hasn't gone away this year either, (Although one should not expect this style to generously help a flawed figure.  It's styled for showing of a girl's curves, not hiding them.)

Bikini - Cheeky Bottom

I can only guess why the swimsuits are once again, going through this, "minimizing effect."  They tell me that it's all part of an economic cycle.  The fact is, the girls with the most disposable income right now are very young and uber-stylish.  Think, "Daddy's girl, cozied up in her private school dorm room, on a late night, online, shopping spree."  What?  You're are not part of that demographic group?  I can definitely sympathize.  Even when I went to college, I wasn't one of those girls.  (I made my own bikinis, but that's another story.) 

Knotty Swimsuit Details

However, may I say, for those of you that can wear those teeny-tiny, itty-bitty bikinis, my hat's off to you!  You only live once and hey, we all have our day in the sun.  (May I digress...) I can clearly recall sauntering down the beach one fine, sunny day in my 19-year-old body and a cute li'l bikini to match.  I had just gotten out of the water after a morning of body surfing.  I was dripping wet, enjoying the warmth of the sun on my skin, while making my way back to my towel, when a cute, 60-something couple came strolling the shore towards me.  The portly man was continuously gawking my way, which prompted his little, rotund wife to get more than just a tad angry.  She came stomping up to me, face a scowling and shaking her finger wildly in my face. 

"You're not always going to look like that.  You'll see!!!  You really think you're something, but that figure won't last!  Mark my words...you're not always going to look like that!!!" 

"Yeah, but I look like that now," I replied with a big, sweet, sarcastic smile.  (I might have even batted my salty/wet eyelashes to rub it in.)

The 2014 Sandy Bottom Look

I was a smart ass, to say the least.  I knew she was right then and alas, I definitely know it now.  ::sigh::  Ah...memories...I'll never see THAT figure again.  But, I have to say, it was one of the highest compliments I ever received regarding my looks.  I'm proud of that.  Thank you, little rotund lady!  And my dear, Miss bikini buyer, you should be proud too!  Let's face it, beach life is for the hedonist.  It's for showing off your sex appeal and perhaps showing a little more skin than is to be expected.  So, go for it girl!

~C
 

Salty Sweeeet! Salt Swimwear 2014 is Coming Ashore

We totally stand by Salt Swimwear.  If you have not discovered their adorable bikinis...well, shame on you!  Their stuff is just as sweet as can be.  This season we picked up 2 styles, each in 2 different color ways, for a total of 4 new bikinis for 2014.  AND, what's more they are reversible, so really you've got eight bikinis to review here, but who's really counting.  Each one is a winner!  Here's just a peak of what's to come.  We'll reveal more about the 2014 SALT swimsuits that will be arriving in a few weeks.  Here's just a li'l salty snack:




Salt Swimwear 2014 - Sesa-Lucy Bikini in Moroccan Summer Print



Salt Swimwear 2014 - Sesa-Lucy bikini in Teal



Salt Swimwear 2014 - Lola-Claudia Bikini in Black

 ~ C

Some Indie Thoughts On Indah Swimwear 2014

I just LOVE Indah Swimwear and the new, 2014 collection is so dang cute!  They always go out on a limb when everyone else just plays in the sand.  Ya gotta giv'm some kudos for that.  The newest DIVE collection features some sweet little bikinis in traditional fabrics.  But what really caught my eye were the neoprene swimsuits...yes, I said Ne-O-Prene!!!!  Ouch!  They're sexy and adorable!!!

Here's just a peek of the neoprene and non-neoprene swimsuits from 2014 Indah Swimwear:


Indah Swimwear 2014 - Neoprene



Indah Swimwear 2014 - Neoprene



Indah Swimwear 2014



Indah Swimwear 2014



Indah Swimwear 2014



Indah Swimwear 2014

More about the 2014 Indah Swimwear collection in a later post.  Tah Tah for now.
~ C.

Boys+Arrows 2014 Front and Center

Last post...we showed you the backsides of  several Boys+Arrows Swimwear styles.  (IOHO, some of the cutest bikinis for the 2014 season.)  An now... without further adieu...the other side of the coin, (err...bikini,) so to speak.



Boys + Arrows Swimwear 2014



Boys + Arrows Swimwear 2014



Boys + Arrows Swimwear 2014



Boys + Arrows Swimwear 2014

Boys + Arrows Swimwear 2014

Boys + Arrows Swimwear 2014

Look for the new 2014 Boys + Arrows Swimwear to start arriving soon at Tropi-Ties!

~ C.

MBFW Miami - Show Me More...

Another season of swimsuits has come and gone in South Beach.  The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week had their gala in Miami this week.  The booths are down, the runways dismantled...so what did we see as far as 2014 swimwear goes? 

OK, I have to admit that I did not attend this year, so maybe I missed something by not being there in person, and I'm probably a little jaded after being in this biz for so many years, but from what I've seen, the show was a lackluster event.  Sure, there was lots of hoopla, but the strong, swimwear style statements just weren't there, IMHO. We saw more of the same looks as the last couple of seasons. Repeats of repeats. Mainstream of mainstream.  I wanna see some new and clever swimwear designs!

Now,  I gotta say, the west coast labels, (as in Tori Praver, Acacia, Salt, Indah) are making more of a splash.  They're showing a lot more innovation and all have a fun, sexy, sunny attitude.  Bravo!  They're moving forward in a limited market...they're so courageous!  I noticed that many of them chose not to show in the MB show this season, but took a booth at Salon Allure instead, or are waiting to show their wares in CA.  Right on!  I'm anxiously waiting to see it all!

So, designers, don't settle for the same-old, same-old.  Show me more!  Hit us with your best shot!  I know that there are great swimwear designs out there and our customer do too.  When I find them, I'll be sure to post them here.

~ C