Fashion: Surf 'n' mirth; Ollie Picton-Jones with the second part of our round-up of the coolest swimwear.Following last week's special on glitzy glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. , dressed-up costumes, we now focus on the other current swimwear craze - surfie-style bikinis. It's a young, fun, casual look popularised by the in-crowd currently making our lively resorts the places to hang out. One of the essential features of this trend is the skimpy skimp·y adj. skimp·i·er, skimp·i·est 1. Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting: a skimpy meal. 2. Unduly thrifty; niggardly. , 1970s-style bikini Bikini (bēkē`nē), atoll, c.2 sq mi (5.2 sq km), W central Pacific, one of the Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands. It comprises 36 islets on a reef 25 mi (40 km) long. . This made a comeback after featuring in the designer collections at Ralph Lauren Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifschitz on October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive. Life Ralph J. Lauren was born in the New York City borough of The Bronx to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants Fraydl (Kotlar) and Frank Lifshitz, a house , Gucci and Chanel which, as always, influenced the High Street. Now everyone from M&S to New Look have cute bikinis, and even supermarket stores such as Tesco and George at Asda feature the latest, tie-sided "strings" in their beachwear ranges. Some of the coolest cuts have to be the traditional surfer labels like Mambo, Quiksilver and O'Neill, who offer great little bikinis with optional matching shorts and hotpants. Get surfin'. |
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