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UK based publisher Orca who spins out SurfGirl Magazine each month has announced its winner of the Kikidoll Bikini that was custom-made for them to use in a summer contest. Ta-da–drumroll!
THE KIKIDOLL SWIMWEAR COMPETITION
The winner of the pink medium sized SurfGirl Bikini worth £145 by Kikidoll is Becki McKinley with the correct answer Honolulu!
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From the gorgeous mermaidgirl Tala Michelle, who pens her own blog Bathing News,a dreamy underwater concoction of swimwear fashion:
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kiki’s inspirashe!
one of my fave designers kiki of kikidoll swimwear sent me some of her oldies but goodies inspirashe following my vintage bikini pics, and i just looooved it! take a lookie at just a little peak at what makes the kikidoll tick (edie sedgwick, romy schneider, jennifer o’neil, francoise hardy, jane fonda, of course bardot although not featured)! designers…feel free to send your inspirashe of any kind over this way to share on bathing news we’d looooove to seeeee! xoxo to the doll kiki who’s got some amazing things involving birds and tropicals comin soon…ooohwiiii i can’t wait any longer!
From where this beach girl hangs, it does not look like any end is in sight for summer. Mind you that’s true in the tropics!
But, everywhere else other than on a paradisical beach, it seems that September beckons, and the dog days are winding down and into a back to school- back to work frenzy, and forward to Fall.
Labor Day–the traditional day to not work–is full of sales and even more closings. Close out the beach house, close out the pools, close out the holiday, last day at the seaside.
But is it really the end?
Indian Summer is not far away–that time of the early autumn when summer comes back for a drive-by–a last lingering glance at the love affair that was a full-on summer crush. Heat and humidity and sunshine roll in like a jilted lover taking over your life for a week or so. Then, poof–it’s gone, and what remains is often a frosty reproach!
Just like 5PM, though, 
remember it’s always summer somewhere!
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April turned it’s nose up over the weekend and May popped out like a Springy jack-in-the-box. Banish winter and its slashings of wet, May is here in all its Springtime allure and abundance and promise of gorgeousness.
The light is clearer, the air is fresher and, of course, the sneak peeks of summer are everywhere, but none so where as much as on the fingernail sliver of sand and sea off the southern French coast stretching from St. Tropez to Monaco, its crown jewel in the center, Cannes, glistening like the Hope diamond in a tiara, beckoning and brightening all things lush and beachy.
In May, on the 11th, the Film Festival in Cannes hosts the globe’s bronzed and the beautiful, the veterans and the vedettes, and the tone of the coming international summer beach scene is set in Cannes.
It was in Cannes that the world’s first-ever worn bikini was unveiled.
It was in Cannes that the doyenne of the forme feminine–Brigitte Bardot– was first ‘created’ as God’s gift to Men.
It was in Cannes that ‘going topless’ on the beach began (and continues!)
It was in Cannes that playboys and supermodels cavorted and films and deals were made, and contracts broken, and a few hearts along the way, too!
Holding court at La Croissette, would-bes, wannabees and It Girls have held center stage for over half a century, 64 years to be exact. In Bardot’s era the sweetly demure gingham checked demi-balconette push up bra bikini made schoolgirls blush and grown men worship a teenaged real-life Lolita goddess. Capri trousers, mid-riff peasant tops and hippie sandals still abound several generations later, and of course, that same style Bardot-esque bikini, re-worked is omnipresent!
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- Seeing stars at Cannes Film Festival (inside-digital.blog.lonelyplanet.com)
- The stars of Cannes (guardian.co.uk)
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It is not your imagination that Granny’s trusty G-Hook is being employed with multi-colored Crayon colored cotton threads into this season’s surprise trending item–all things crochet–for beach and leisure wear.
No longer just the purvue of table-top doilies or those kitschy dolls camoflauging the toilet paper roll, crochet has earned its fashion chops and come of age.
Channelling the 70′s and Boho Hippie vintage ponchos, capes, shawls, and pull-overs, the knotting fascination has even produced form-fitting and wearable bikinis!
Yes, crochet is swimmable! Thanks to the combo of some poly in the cotton, crochet can get wet, though, mind you, it is not an endurance fiber with the 4-way muscle of spandex, and certainly will not withstand the rigors of windsurfing, wake boarding or heavy shredding.
But with some strategically placed lining and careful tying and adjusting, crochet as beach wear is a total runaway hit and must-have for summer 2011. And, fab for posing!
Tight weaves are the norm for bikinis and even beading, shells and feathers find their way into the mix. Add a chunkier, open weave poncho or skirt in bright dayglo colors, and even Janis Joplin and Jimmi Hendrix would be jealous!
Relaxing and fun, crochet has become the go-to stress buster on the beach. It is not uncommon among the surf crowd to see both genders busily hooking and knotting a bracelet, beanie or bikini into shape.
So, get started on those ‘Granny squares’ and see if you can fashion a wearable, beachable, swimmable piece for this summer!
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