Miami Swim Cruise 13: L* Space by Monica Wise
Designer Monica Wise showed three collections on the runway during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. Her popular brand, L*Space, opened the show, which was held on July 22, followed by The Collection, a new ready-to-wear line, and Mäio Swim, her new sophisticated swim collection. Wise said inspiration for L*Space came from the human senses—what you see and feel. She experimented with laser cuts and added reversible styles and vibrant animal and ethnic prints in pastels and vibrant pop colors. She also continued her flirtation with fringe. “It’s not too often that you see movement in bikinis and swimwear, [so] I decided to do more pieces that have a lot of shape to them and movement rather than form fitting,” Wise said. To launch The Collection, Wise brought in a designer formerly at Free People to help create the line of dresses and jumpsuits geared for the day-to-night beach lifestyle. She also launched Mäio Swim, which was created to answer the need for her maturing customer base. Models walked the runway in underwire bandeaus, high-waist bikinis and one-pieces with low-cut décolletage.
—N Jayne Seward
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