Miami Swim Week 2017 Gottex

Gottex Swim presented their 2018 collection at the W Hotel, during Miami Swim Week.  Gottex fans trust the brand to bring them beautifully constructed, classic swimwear. We saw a few trends this year, including color blocking, and sheer, flowy fabric with lots of movement. Some designs featured bright patterns, and while uncharacteristic for the line, were surprisingly perfect, like the colorful cut-out suit seen below (and my favorite suit, seen here). The Rene Furterer team gets credit for the sleek hair styles that were somehow, (amazingly), able to combat the Miami heat and frizz factor. 

Miami Swim Week 2015: Maaji, Gottex, Indah and more

This is the last of my Swim Week recap.  Starting off with Maaji's Rhapsody Road runway show - a big hit! No surprise there!  It's generally one of the most anticipated shows of Swim week, right up there with Wildfox and Mara Hoffman.  The theme was sort of a "Destination Unknown" meets a Fashionable Camper.  The thing I really like about the Maaji line is the level of attention paid to detail.

The show began with low, dramatic lighting, showcasing some of the new activewear.   Soon thereafter, it kicked into high gear as both guys and girls strutted down the runway, in pairs, and trios, having fun and dancing the entire time.

The look: loose, messy, no-fuss hair.  Pretty little dream catchers and feathers attached to the swimsuits, suits that lace up the back and side, cute baseball caps, and accessories like backpacks, and tennis rackets decorated canteens and guitars.

Gottex Swim 2016

The Miami Beach Edition Hotel, one of the newest and most unique looking hotels on South Beach, hosted the Gottex Swim 2016 show.

Everything (except that supremely annoying, blaring, red "Exit" sign in all my photos, behind the models) was perfection.  The swimwear was on point - bright and vibrant, with unique cuts and patterns.  The cover ups were some of the best I saw this year. They were so flowy and beautiful, they evoked a regal quality.  

I thought this seasons' collection showed a shift from past years, in a good way: more florals, and more innovative swimsuit shapes.

Mara Hoffman Resort Swim 2016, Miami Swim Week

Mara Hoffman:
A truly talented and spirited designer, Mara Hoffman's collections never disappoint.  They're filled with color, life and a passion for drawing inspiration from all that is beautiful around us.  This year's presentation was influenced by Marrakesh, in the 70's.  It was held at the famous Casa Casuarina, the Versace Mansion, in the heart of South Beach, on Ocean Drive.

Shop the styles: Far left, Starbasket Printed Maxi 

The location was perfect - with bright blue, mosaic tiled pools as their backdrop, the girls posed elegantly alongside small Moroccan tea sets, lounging cross-legged on woven rugs.

The collection consisted of loose fitting tunics and swimsuits with unusual cuts, printed with the familiar geometric patterns Hoffman is known for.  To complete their looks, the models donned headwraps and bold silver vintage necklaces and bracelets by curated by Linda Pastorino.  Makeup was by Sephora Pro artists.  Check out the pictures I snapped while at the Mara Hoffman Resort Swim 2016 Presentation.

Mara Hoffman Resort Swim will be fully available for purchase in November.  There are a few pieces that have been released, like the Starbasket Printed Sarong, seen above and one of my favorite pieces, the Starbasket one-piece surf suit.