by Rhea Cortado
photo by Bielmann/SPL, via surf.transworld.net
December and January is North Shore season in Hawaii. Without getting too technical, it’s when winter storm swell collides into the north side of the Hawaiian islands, waves are famously huge and that’s when all the big surf contests happen. I’ve been following the flesh and glory on surfing blogs, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Fans and pundits may disagree on many things when it comes down to the contest rankings, but there is one point in which they all agree. They like rear views in teeny bikinis. Photos of bronzed bums get the most “likes.” We all know that saying about dressing for boys (hotness) versus dressing for girls (stylishness) and these girls know their audience.
Bettinis Bikinis got its big break when designer Bettina Bell’s “Itsy” bikini was chosen and shot in one the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues and for good reason. Bettinis’ two pieces are cut to show some skin for line-free tanning and flaunting the bum (for the guys). But using crochet fabric, happy prints, smocking textures and ruffled trims, the suits have a very cute, girl-next-door kind of sweetness (for the girls). Sexy meets pretty.
Available At:
Diane’s Beachwear
Butterflies and Bikinis
Runway Swimwear
Wholesale contact: Bettina Bell: info@bettinis.com
(310) 872-6110
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I was craving a new pair of spectacles, so I tried on like 10 pairs of tortoise shell frames that were some variation of Ray Ban Wayfarer glasses at the darling Gogosha Optique. All in a row on the glass table, they looked nearly identical. But when one is actually on the face, the miniscule differences became deal breakers—too much scoop in the bottom, too straight across the brow, too thick of a frame, too gaping or too narrow. Owner Julia Gogosha empathized that when matching glasses onto a face, “Every millimeter makes a difference.”
by Rhea Cortado
