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california VOL. 73 NO.Apparel 29 NewsJULY 10, 2017 $6.00 2018 Siloett Gets a WATERWEAR Made-for-TV Makeover TEXTILE Tori Praver Swims TRENDS In the Pink in New Direction Black & White Stay Gold Raj, Sports Illustrated Team Up TRENDS Cruise ’18— Designer STREET STYLE Viewpoint Venice Beach NEW RESOURCES Drupe Old Bull Lee Horizon Swim Z Supply 01.cover-working.indd 2 7/3/17 6:39 PM APPAREL NEWS_jan2017_SAF.indd 1 12/7/16 6:23 PM swimshowmiami.indd 1 12/27/16 2:41 PM SWIM COLLECTIVE BOOTH 528 MIAMI SHOW BOOTH 224 HALL B SURF EXPO BOOTH 3012 Sales Inquiries 1.800.463.7946 [email protected] • seaandherswim.com seaher.indd 1 6/28/17 2:30 PM thaikila.indd 4 6/23/17 11:56 AM thaikila.indd 5 6/23/17 11:57 AM JAVITS CENTER MANDALAY BAY NEW! - HALL 1B CONVENTION CENTER AUGUST SUN 06 MON 14 MON 07 TUES 15 TUES 08 WED 16 SPRING SUMMER 2018 www.eurovetamericas.com info@curvexpo | +1.212.993.8585 curve_resedign.indd 1 6/30/2017 9:39:24 AM curvexpo.indd 1 6/30/17 9:32 AM mbw.indd 1 7/6/17 2:24 PM miraclesuit.com magicsuitswim.com 212-730-9555 aandhswim.indd 6 6/28/17 2:13 PM creora® Fresh odor neutralizing spandex for fresh feeling. creora® highcloTM super chlorine resistant spandex for lasting fit and shape retention. 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SIZES 2-26 www.shopsiloett.com @siloett Chuck Handy, VP Sales: 201.679.0215, [email protected] Marcus Lemonis Showroom East: 38 E. 29th Street, 6th oor, NY, NY 10016, Vicky Donevan, Key Account Manager, 917.376.6033, [email protected], Marcus Lemonis Showroom West: New Mart Building 127 E. 9th St. #401, Los Angeles, CA 90015, Alyssa Waring, Showroom Manager, 314.319.6341, [email protected] CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI & VT: Dave & Patti Murphy, 508.277.7901, [email protected] GA, AL, SC & NC: Bobbi Ann Bailey, 912.441.2846 [email protected], FL & PR & Bahamas: Mike Mayhan, 850.490.6330, [email protected], ND, SD, MN, WI, IL, IA & NE: Randy Mulligan, REM & Assoc.,651.245.1766, [email protected], TX, OK, AR, LA, MS, KS & MO: Polly McKissick Montemayor, McKissick Sales, Inc. 936.591.5586, [email protected], OH & MI: Sara Dosenberry, 989.600.0559, [email protected], WA, OR, AK & MT: Barbara Dean, 503.381.6057, [email protected], HI: Toni Hartman, 808.372.0432, [email protected] Aruba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, St. Maarten & St. Barths: Rich & Elsa Hiler, R.A.H. Sales, Inc. 305.951.1820, [email protected] SILOETT Europe: Alan Smith, 410, LTD. +44 7484 233148, [email protected] siloett.indd 1 6/29/17 5:25 PM Drupe: Around the World With an International Staff When Mireya de Andrés told her par- with Skype meetings between de An- ents she was quitting her banking job in drés and her staff scattered all over the Geneva, Switzerland, to start a fashion world. Her designer, Lucia Ribes, is in line, they thought she was crazy. Fash- Valencia. Her print and pattern designer, ion seemed to be on the flip side of the Anna Caldas, is in São Paulo, Brazil; her finance world. public-relations person is in Los Ange- De Andrés, who studied business les; and her swimwear factory is in Bar- administration and management, had celona, Spain. She has freelance design- worked in the family’s decades-old real- ers in England. resources estate company in Valencia, Spain, be- The banker turned swimwear and fore she headed to her next job in Swit- clothing manufacturer describes the line zerland. But banking wasn’t her bag. as relaxing, colorful, a little bit sexy and She eventually convinced her parents edgy. new that fashion was her passion. “I am very She works with her Brazilian design- creative,” she said. “I love to draw. Be- er to come up with unique prints, such ing in an office was a nightmare for me. as a ladybug or green speckles print for My life was not fulfilling.” the Lycra swimwear fabric she uses. Her father finally embraced her ca- Her silhouettes, many reversible, can be reer transition, but there was one condition. She had to find a finan- skimpy or more modest. Bottoms come in an abbreviated bikini cial backer. She didn’t have to look far. Her brother, Dimas, who form or higher-rise shapes that cover more territory. Tops come as works in the family’s commercial real-estate business, became a triangles and bandeaux as well as halters. cofounder and investor in her new company, called Drupe, a stone Each bikini set wholesales for about $45. While most of Drupe’s fruit generated by the palm tree and other fruit trees. sales have been online, de Andrés will be expanding her sales to De Andrés moved to Los Angeles to start her new company, a stores after she finishes up a big rollout of her line in Mykonos, lifestyle brand that makes casual clothing and swimwear for men Greece, later this summer. and women. For more information about Drupe, go to www.drupe-la.com/ The beach-oriented brand is organized in a millennial fashion, contact.—Deborah Belgum Horizon Swim: A Swimwear Label With a Personal Touch By day, Jessi Taylor is an executive assistant at a Los Angeles swimsuits out pretty fast these days. I can do three to five a night.” advertising company. By night she is a swimwear designer who Taylor has always been in love with the beach culture. Her years makes her own patterns and sews her own swimsuits—one by of working at Quiksilver and Roxy taught her how to make patterns one—for her line called Horizon Swim. and about the swimwear industry. Taylor buys her nylon/spandex fabric from a supplier in down- town Los Angeles that only carries custom prints to help distin- guish her line from other swimsuit labels. She designs her patterns, cuts the fabric and sews the suits in various bikini silhouettes. Taylor’s bikini bottoms tend to have more cheekiness to them, but they come in mid-rise silhouettes or styles that are more reveal- ing. Tops are made in triangle shapes and sports-bra styles. While her Spring/Summer collection was filled with vivid tur- quoise, orange, blue and pink hues, the Resort collection that de- buts in August veers more toward desert-influenced shades such as beige and rose. Also for Resort, she is working on more surf and action-girl silhouettes that are lifestyle friendly. “A lot of the styles I am creat- ing are reenforced with elastane at every seam,” she said. “I have sent them to surfer girls and girls who play volleyball to get their feedback,” she said.