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LIFESTYLE • FASHION

Next level swimwear

The bikini has come a very long
way since it was first revealed
to the world.

In the early 1940s, French automotive With summer just around the corner,
engineer Louis Réard made an rocking the right swimwear is an
unexpected and very abrupt career essential element of our wardrobe in
u-turn when he inherited his mother’s the Tropical North. We may not be able
lingerie business. Little did he know at to swim at the beaches during stinger
the time he would soon alter the course season, but we can most definitely Louis Réard circa 1940
of women’s swimwear forever. During enjoy sunbaking on the sand, cool
a visit to the picturesque beaches of waterholes and swimming pools in our
St. Tropez, he happened to notice finest swimwear. technology to create stylish swimwear
women were rolling up the edges of Renee Abery and the team from Splish with the most flattering fit. Their
their old-fashioned swimsuits in the Splash Swimwear are experts on inspired designs are an artful
hope of getting a better tan. He decided matching the right swimwear for your expression of the beauty of women and
to shortcut the process by designing body shape. They go the extra mile the freedom of summer days by the
a two-piece costume with an exposed to make sure you feel confident and water.”
midriff. And so the modern-day bikini comfortable on the beach or by the So, it’s high time to shape up with Sea
was born. pool. Level, designed by women for women
Just as he couldn’t have imagined the “One of our most popular brands is with exclusive prints at great price
immediate popularity of his bikini Sea Level Australia, which is famous points. Louis Réard himself would be
design, Louis would be similarly for enhancing the shape, beauty and proud of the way his invention has
amazed by the variety of bikinis confidence of women around the evolved. The brand is exclusive to Splish
on offer today, from tankinis and world,” Renee said. Splash in Cairns and Port Douglas.
monokinis to camikinis, hipkinis, “The brand uses the highest quality
trikinis, skirtinis and more variations luxe fabrics, precision contouring MORE: splishsplashswimwear.com.au
besides. and breakthrough body sculpting

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