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There is no back beat louder than those heard in Miami.
BOOM! and the lights are flashing and the music pulsating , and the swim models, tanned and toned and young and lovely as gazelles, are undulating down the catwalk.
Kikidoll’s Number 189 is sashaying in a nano, and her bikini, printed and ruched and draw-stringed in aquas and corals with angelfish in bubbles and seaweed wisps, has passed by. Pose, give face, hip strut, attitude, pivot, snap and swish–it’s over.
Ruffling through the swag bags Kiki found side-less undies (gosh!), hair ties and a brolly. Out into the Miami night, cocktails and sunsets awaited. South Beach was literally loaded with the Beautiful People everywhere.
Somewhere in the SoBe night, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit supermodels were swilling calorie-less drinks while fash mag editors stashed more goodies from the shows. There was more than one Raleigh Hotel signature bath robe seen going walkies. Designers were holed up in private salons and hotel rooms showing their wares off-piste (And pissing off SAF no doubt!) Famous duos were splitting up and some re-joining. Even a movie star or two popped in for a sneak peek a la FROW action.
And the Swim Week skinny? Girlie is bouncing back big time, and boudoir lingerie is creeping in with lace and bows and frills. Goth and heavy metal, stand down. It’a all about the booty and the best beach bums in the world were here to prove it.
Miami, me encanta!
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Building a lauhala and bamboo beach hut in the middle of Miami Beach was no easy feat for Kikidoll.
First the lauhala and bamboo could not be packed so had to be purchased locally. Luckily for Kikidoll there was a dealer/distributor extraordinaire of bamboo and tiki hut regalia in Florida so a mad dash to Ama Zulu, and Claire’s knowledgeable team loaded up the materials, albeit with some poles sticking out the back! Late on a Saturday, at closing time, a man had to be called in to help split ten foot poles–and he came within minutes! Loving their can-do attitude!
Next you have to factor in the heat. No ocean breezes from South Beach wafted over to the Miami Beach Convention Center, dead center of the island. In a green effort the city officials decided not to switch on its massive AC until the actual Swim Show event so pre-show building days were spent in +100 degrees, with no waves in sight for a dip.
Third, the lauhala and bamboo pitched a wobbly necessitating a swift dose of glue and staples thanks to a helping hand from builders at other booths so large they practically needed their own area codes.
Hut done, and photos of Kikidoll’s new collection, ‘Honolulou Honi’- an homage to her hometown, framed in bamboo; coral and shells hand carried carefully wrapped in tissue in hand luggage on display, fresh orchid leis sent from Kiki’s mother in Honolulu, Kiki finally could put her feet up on her matchy-matchy signature pink shell printed canvas sofa complete with soft-as-skin Kikidoll angel fish printed cushions.
Hut sweet hut, at last–and now it’s time for the Swim Show!
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Kikidoll just brushed the sand off her suitcases after a week spent in South Beach, Miami for the largest, oldest and by far most prestigious of the swim shows in the world, Swim Show 2011.
Staged during the Mercedes Benz Swim Week, hotels, beach-side venues, clubs and swanky candle-lit restaurants all play host to global glitz and glitter as supermodels, celebrities, designers, buyers and press all descend to mingle over a couple of local cocktails por costumbre– those minty/lime mojitos–at pool or beach side, while previewing next year’s fashions for swim and resort wear.
Toney hotels stage showcased fashion shows and events around the clock. Built alongside The Raleigh, Mercedes Benz erected a tented catwalk in a number of days. Famed for its 1940′s Art Deco decor and one of the- if not the- largest and deepest shaped swimming pools on the beach, the jewel-box Raleigh screams out old Hollywood glamor and style. Black and white photos of previous guests–Clark Gable, Janet Leigh and the beachiest babe of them all Brigitte Bardot adorn the Raleigh’s walls. Service is on first-name basis, the rooms are jazzed up for the new era of high-tech guests in soft peaches and cream. Munching on their French fries alone is pure pool-side bliss. Kikidoll test-drove a few of her 2011 pieces in the pool with her models during a local shoot there before the hub-bub began, and found it hard to leave their comfort zone.
Down the way at other hotels, The Standard, Mondrian and W, other swim events and showings were buzzing.
Sneak peeks? Neon is hot, ruffles and pretty are strutting their stuff and metallics have fizzled. Bikinis were flirty and sexy and one-pieces were cut out and away. More later, but for now safely deep-six the animal printed tank, in the deep end.
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