Accessories & Cover-Ups:

As customers demand fashion with function, beachwear takes on multiple roles. Not just for covering up, these versatile fashions take her from the beach to the dockside café and everywhere in between. Essential accessories add interest and fun with a purpose!
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Season 2019 – Miami Swim Week

Mixing It Up with Style!
Changes rocked the scene as Season 2019 got underway at Miami Swim Week this past July. The sizzling kick-off featured changes to both trade shows and fashion show platforms. Packed into less than one week were a dizzying array of events, things to do, people and lines to see, parties and runway shows—seemingly more than ever.
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Accessories & Cover-Ups

The Secret to Happiness — Just Add Color

Mood enhancing color adds pizzazz to everything it touches. Beachwear and accessories provide the perfect palette to showcase the stimulating shades of the season.

Bursting with brilliant shades of color in flamenco style, this ruffled surplice maxi dress by FEATHER AND FIND with tie waist dances with fun and excitement sporting a bright fuchsia and yellow floral print.
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For the Love of Water

Water—with its mysterious properties and magnetic energy—soothes, mesmerizes and nurtures the soul. The very heart of life, water is essential to mind, body and spirit. But aside from sustaining life, it provides us with a place to play, unwind, romanticize and relax. Under the glow of the sun or the shadow of the moon, water—in the form of pools, lakes and oceans
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Season 2019

Trends Defined

By Suzanne Bernhardt

Maredamare—the benchmark exhibition trade show for the Italian beachwear, accessories and lingerie industries, taking place July 14-16 in Florence, Italy—reveals four main beachwear trends for Season 2019, as identified by the world’s top trend forecasters.
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Calling all Kids! Ready, Set, Let’s Play!

By N. Jayne Seward

Children’s designers are offering beachwear that is as fun, eye-catching and functional as it is socially and environmentally responsible. With sun protection on the high-priority list and mini-me styles trending stronger than ever, designers are pushing the boundaries with new ideas, innovative fabrics and conversational prints.
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