Inspiration

LADIES WE LOVE: GYPSETTER MOMMAS

By MIKOH SWIMWEAR
Apr 02 11 Inspiration / Ladies We Love / News / Things We Love —

INTRODUCING THE AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL SYBIL STEELE…

SYBIL

ABOVE: SELF PORTRAIT OF THE FABULOUS SYBIL

SANTORINI

ABOVE: A COUPLE PHOTOS SYBIL SHOT FEATURING THE SANTORINI ONE PIECE

IF YOU LOOKED UP TRIPLE THREAT IN THE DICTIONARY, THERE WOULD BE A VERY STYLISH PHOTO OF SYBIL STEELE PICTURED NEXT TO IT. NOT ONLY IS SHE AN INCREDIBLE MOTHER TO TWO OF THE CUTEST KIDS WE KNOW, SHE IS ALSO A TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHER AND ONE OF THE MAIN MASTERMINDS BEHIND THE ALWAYS FASHION FORWARD THE STYLE COLLECTIVE. THIS CITIZEN OF THE WORLD WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CALIFORNIA, BUT HAS LIVED AND TRAVELLED TO ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH- BALI, AUSTRALIA, AND PLANS OF EUROPE…WE CAUGHT UP WITH OUR AMAZING FRIEND SYBIL HERE IN BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA, WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY LIVING WITH HER HUBBY (HUB IS RENOWNED SURF CINEMATOGRAPHER TAYLOR STEELE WHO INTRODUCED THE NEW SCHOOL MOMENTUM GENERATION) AND BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.

Q+A WITH SYBIL

Where is your favorite place to travel? India hands down. I just went last year for the first time and the colors in Rajasthan blew my mind. Candy colored turbans everywhere, the most beautiful people, textiles and the flavors and spices. Also the religious festivals are incredibly visual and so inspiring to photograph. I can’t wait to go back.

2. Favorite Beach? It’s a toss up between Caribbean waters and where I live now in Byron Bay. The beaches here are some of my favorite. I love how the sand squeaks and shorelines are so dramatic looking. Plus there are secret beaches and surprises everywhere.

3. Most exotic thing you have ever eaten? Where? Probably some stuff where I wasn’t actually sure what it was in Japan or Morocco. I’d rather not know, it’s all in the past.

4. Tan lines or no tan lines? I’d prefer none but I got some.

5. Best surfing memory? At our wedding in Tortola with all of our best friends, cruising all day on longboards, cocktails in hand on the beach. I remember it like a super 8 film, a dreamy memory.

6. Favorite MIKOH suit? The Reunion top and Bali bottom is the perfect blend of chic, sexy and comfortable.

7. Plans for the future? I have big plans! This is the first time in a long time I’ve felt settled somewhere so slowly taking the right steps to make a few career dreams come true. Fashion photography is a passion and women’s causes/non violence is where my heart is. If I could channel my photography to help bring awareness to some of these programs, that would be the best laid plan.

8. Biggest accomplishment in life so far? My gypsy family/girls who have traveled the world, made some amazing friends, love art and music and are really sweet girls, with some spice thrown in there too of course! The first time Oleema and I hung out in Bali, we must have talked about moms and daughters the whole time-I think I asked her 100 questions about how you guys were raised. It’s very special!

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SYBIL HERE:

http://www.dripbook.com/sybilsteele/splash/

http://thestylecollective.blogspot.com/

www.sybilsteele.com

IRINA X MIKOH X SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

By MIKOH SWIMWEAR
Mar 21 11 Celebrity Lovin' / Inspiration / News / Press / Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition —

WHAT BETTER WAY TO START OFF YOUR MONDAY WITH A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO OF IRINA SHAYK’S OUT TAKES FROM THE 2011 ISSUE OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED?! I SPY MIKOH TOWARDS THE END OF THE VIDEO… ENJOY!

THINGS WE LOVE: BALI BUDDAH

By MIKOH SWIMWEAR
Mar 20 11 Inspiration / Kalani Miller / News / Oleema Miller / Things We Love —

ON OUR LATEST TRIP TO BALI, WE ENJOYED THE WEATHER, THE HEALTHY FOOD, AND CLOCKED SOME MUCH NEEDED POOL TIME. BETWEEN MEETINGS, DESIGNING, AND ENDLESS INSPIRATION FROM THIS COLORFUL CULTURE, WE GOT TO SNAP A FEW PHOTOS AT OUR VILLA. DREAMIN’ OF BALI…

OLEEMA AND KALANI

BALI

BALI BALI

OLEEMA IN THE SANTORINI ONE PIECE IN KELP SAND

KALANI IN THE SUMATRA TOP AND ST. TROPEZ BOTTOM IN TIDE PALM

LADIES WE LOVE: BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHERS

By MIKOH SWIMWEAR
Jan 18 11 2011 TEPRE PACIFICUM / Inspiration / Ladies We Love / Things We Love —

WE HAVE THE MOST AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHER FRIEND, LAUREN ROSS. NOT ONLY IS SHE A GREAT FRIEND WITH A HEART OF GOLD (WITH A PRETTY COOL BOYFRIEND), SHE HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS AROUND (HER AND HER SISTER’S PHOTOS HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS MAGAZINE). WHETHER JUMPING ON A PLANE TO THE BAHAMAS, NAPA, OR SOME OTHER IDEAL WEDDING LOCALE, THIS SMILING EX PRO SKIIER IS ONE OF OUR FAVS.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS SHE SHOT UP IN TAHOE DURING THE HOLIDAYS OF THE ROBBIE AND DOMINIC TOPS, AND AIDEN AND GRAYSON BOTTOMS.

CHECK OUT HER SITES HERE:

Q+A WITH LAUREN…

Where is your favorite place to travel? Cortina, Italy. I’ve turned into more of beach girl, but part of my heart still belongs in the mountains. Good pasta, great wine, and the dolomites. Yum!!

2. Favorite Beach? My favorite beach so far is Tavarua, Fiji. A heart shaped island in the middle of the Pacific. What more can you as for? I also love Harbor Island in the Bahamas for taking pics… and morning dog walks in Marina Del Rey.

3. Most exotic thing you have ever eaten? Where? This is not exotic at all…. I hated anchovies but at a recent trip to Gjelina I tried ’em again and they actually tasted good!

4. Tan lines or no tan lines? I like tan lines as long as they aren’t granny panty tan lines.

5. Best surfing memory? Best surfing memory is getting lessons from my man at Avocados in Encinitas.

6. Favorite MIKOH suit? My favorite MIKOH suit is the Corsica top and Lanai bottoms. So sexy.

7. Plans for the future? Future plans? So much to look forward to! I hope to always have photography as a creative outlet and continue to travel the world… and go to Bali with the MIKOH ladies soon.

8. Biggest accomplishment in life so far?

hmmmmm……I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with two of my close friends to raise money for “Right to Play.” I am also stoked to have made a somewhat easy transition from skiing into the photography world.

BIKINI BIRD GIFT GUIDE

By MIKOH SWIMWEAR
Dec 20 10 2011 TEPRE PACIFICUM / Inspiration / News / Press —

LOOKIN’ FOR THE PERFECT GIFT? CHECK OUT THE BB GIFT GUIDE, FEATURING THE 2011 COLLECTION TEPRE PACIFICUM’S CORSICA TOP AND TORTOLA BOTTOM IN NIGHT.

LET THE INNER GLOBAL CHIC IN YOU GET INSPIRED.

LADIES WE LOVE: S E X Y SURFER GIRLS

By MIKOH SWIMWEAR
Dec 12 10 2011 TEPRE PACIFICUM / Inspiration / Ladies We Love / Oleema Miller / Things We Love —

ANASTASIA

WE LOVE ALL OUR GIRLFRIENDS ALL AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO SURF. OUR GIRL ANASTASIA LOVES SURFING, LOVES MIKOH, NOT ONLY IS A WORLD TRAVELLER, BUT ALSO AN AMAZING SURFER. CHECK OUT ANASTASIA ABOVE WEARING THE SEBASTIAN TOP IN STONE. WE CAUGHT UP WITH STASIA ON THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS…

1. Where is your favorite place to travel? MIAMI AND PUERTO RICO
2. Favorite Beach? PIPELINE ON THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU
3. Most exotic thing you have ever eaten? Where? DEFINITELY STREET FOOD IN BALI
4. Tan lines or no tan lines? NO TAN LINES 😉
5. Best surfing memory? HMMM…. TOO MANY GOOD ONES. PROBABLY ONE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER SURFING IN HAWAII. (ANASTASIA HAS LIVED ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT HAS ALWAYS CALLED HAWAII HOME)
6. Favorite MIKOH suit? AIDEN BOTTOM AND SEBASTIAN TOP (PICTURED ABOVE)
7. Plans for the future? GETTING SOME NICE BARRELS (THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU IS KNOWN FOR THEIR MASSIVE WAVES DURING THE WINTER TIME. EVERY YEAR, SURFERS FROM ALL AROUND THE GLOBE HEAD OVER TO THE WARMTH TO TRY AND GET THE WAVE OF THEIR LIFE)
8. Biggest accomplishment in life so far? BEING TOLD I AM A GOOD ROLE MODEL

READ MORE HERE: http://www.anastasiaashley.com/

SEE MORE SEXY SURFER GIRLS HERE: http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/bikinis–boards—-surfer-girls-of-the-north-shore_50832/

JOIE DE VIVRE.

By Oleema Miller
Dec 02 10 Inspiration / Kalani Miller / Oleema Miller —

THINGS WE LOVE: BRUCE WEBER

By MIKOH SWIMWEAR
Nov 30 10 Inspiration / Kalani Miller / News / Oleema Miller / Things We Love —

“Bruce Weber’s work—a mélange of nostalgia, lust and poetry—is borne of his love affairs with film and radio growing up in 50s Pennsylvania… We premiere the first minutes of Barefooting Around the World, made in collaboration with luxury outdoor furniture maker DEDON”

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FIRST BITS OF DEDON:

http://www.nowness.com/day/2010/11/30/1152/bruce-webers-dream-places

B A T H I N G N E W S

By MIKOH SWIMWEAR
Nov 18 10 Inspiration / Kalani Miller / Oleema Miller —

MIKOH

CHECK OUT THE SITE BATHING NEWS FOR ALL THE LATEST AND GREATEST IN THE SWIM WORLD. THIS BLOG HAS GOT IT GOIN’ ON:

http://www.bathingnews.com/bathing_news/2010/09/mikoh-swimwear-bikinis-fashion-designers.html

ABOUT THE 2 0 1 1 COLLECTION

By MIKOH SWIMWEAR
Nov 16 10 2011 TEPRE PACIFICUM / Inspiration / Kalani Miller / News / Oleema Miller —

Conceived in the sand and born at sea, MIKOH’s 2011 Collection is you at your most unhurried, un-tethered and unconcerned. Titled, “Tepre Pacificum,” or peaceful sea, the collection pulls you back to the living waters from whence it took its shape.

Each piece is an extension of the sea itself, inspired by the listless pulsing of the tide; the kelp that dances lazily in a current before breaking its bonds to an unknown end; the ocean that enwraps Earth herself, like a vast blue shawl upon the planet.

Familiar this season will be MIKOH’s seamless, hardware-free swimsuits that wear and travel as effortlessly as the naked form. New to the collection is a menagerie of [breezy, weightless, feathery] cover-ups for 2011, which complement the swimwear first introduced in 2010, and now translate its easy joie de vivre far beyond the sand. All of the pieces, both swim and cover-ups, mix and recombine in harmonious concert for a deep well of fashionable self-expression. We also unveil an eclectic set of print designs that expand on last season’s solid-color suits.

The collection’s color palette has its origin in the natural beauty of the vibrant sea: the citron of a playful anemone; the teal-turquoise of calm waters; the taupe of sandstone worn by a lapping tide.

Whether a jet-setter or a gypsy – whether wandering in fact or in spirit – you will find within MIKOH’s new collection the perfect companion for your next splendid excursion.

So burn the map for a bonfire. Let the sea’s current be your itinerary. Find things you didn’t know you were searching for. Let MIKOH take you there.

We couldn’t be more thrilled to share our second collection with you.

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OLEEMA AND KALANI

TEPRE PACIFICUM