TOP AND BOTTOM SOLD TOGETHER AS A SET
Wanting to dress your age, doesn't mean you can't wear a bikini. One way to wear one with pride, is with a style you paraded in your own youth.
My nod to the hipster styles of the 70s, that set my heart racing as a young boy, is a modern reinterpretation of a tiny number Jane Birkin wore in the 1969 film, La Piscine.
After studying still shots from the film, I wanted to make the triangles of the bralette seamless all around. The question was how I would be able to do that, and still provide a study underbust band. After a whole winter tinkering, and another year since then refining the design, I arrived at a solution I'm really quite proud of. You won't know what it is unless you buy one, and look for yourself on the inside.
The top features:
- an adjustable underbust band, that can be worn loose when sunbathing, and cinched tight when high diving or swimming in surf.
- an oversized resin O-ring.
- wear as a halter-neck, OR, tie the straps to rings placed in the back strap and wear it as a bralette.
- fabric lining as thick as the fabric on the outside.
The bottoms feature:
- over-sized resin O-rings
- fully secured lining throughout the seamless front and rear panels, for comfort and to ensure the concealed seams remain hidden.
- self-lining, front and back, to even anatomical contours and prohibit the ingress of sand
Materials
- Self fabric and lining in matching 190gsm Vita from Carvico in Milan. It is 78% Recycled Nylon and 22% Xtra Life Lycra. (See technical data from the Australian importer).
- All threads are UV and chlorine resistant polyester.
- For elasticity and endurance, 0.63mm treated latex is ran through all straps and opening seams.
Credits
- Each piece cut and sewn in Byron Bay Australia.
- Design and prototyping by Steven Fleming