Parke & Ronen S/S 2014

My my my, how times flies by! I can remember being in Miami for swim week and this line showed roughly 10 years ago and look at Parke & Ronen now! What was once swim suits for men has now turned into a full scale mens wear line which they have been doing for a few years now and from the looks they showed; they might have hit the fashion daily double!

Some of the suits might be aimed for the "boys club" but many of their other looks work well for the straight fashion conscious men out there, I know there are not many, but they do exist. One thing that's positive is their price point, it's current trend style clothing that does not break the bank and is easily digestible for men in general. Furthermore it's nice to see this line still chugging along since mens wear in general is a very tough market.

  Photos: R.Spiegel

Marni Winter Collection 2013

Tibi 2010 Swimwear

Kicking off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim was Tibi who has shown down in South Beach before. The collection is a wash of color with many suits done is a sixties inspired acid pattern. It’s a bit of a throw back in time but with her color scheme it works very well. The vibe of the collection is relaxed and not stuffy high end. High points to the collection where the Hot Lava Bikini which we view as her editorial suit as well the Roulette Bikini which had that bandana pattern feel. The only problem we had was at the very end where the last three looks we felt were not needed. The very last suit was a solid gold cut out Mailot which completely played against what we had seen in earlier looks. 

Overall the collection is worth the investment and was well executed with beautiful gold cuffs adorning the models, but in past seasons we have seen more cohesive collection from Tibi.