If you
haven’t already heard, Christina Milian is working on a swimsuit line. The
singer and host of The Voice sent out a few tweets yesterday announcing that
she has partnered with Nicole Di Rocco, the creator of Nicolita Swimwear, to
develop a new collection of bathing suits and from what we’ve already seen of
Nicolita’s suits which draw heavily on her Cuban roots—which Christina also
shares—this move could be awesome.
Like with
any other clothing line, especially jeans, it’s great to have a designer behind
the scenes who understands the bodies of women of color. And since it’s a rare
occasion that Christina hasn’t looked amazing on the beach, we have high hopes
for this new line.
The duo is
just now in the second phase of developing and is starting to pick out fabrics
but we thought we’d suggest a few things we hope to see in this new line, based
on some of the fabulous looks Christina pulled off before. With a sunglasses
collection already under her belt, we’re sure C. Milian already has some good
ideas to expand her summer wear empire, but since she tweeted she’s ready to
give us what we need, we want to make sure she does. Here’s our wish list.
Cut Outs
There are a
couple of different ways you can do cutouts. They can be so bold that it looks
like you’re wearing a teeny weeny bikini, or you can camouflage your midsection
a bit and just have small cutouts on the sides of your waist. Either way,
Christina does them well. Eventually, a lot of swimsuits start to look alike
around the pool but cut outs are a hot way to stand out in a one-piece amongst
a sea of bikinis.
Vintage
There’s just
something about coverups that designers find so difficult to perfect. Whether
it’s a sarong or a pullover shirt or full on maxi-type dress, a cover up should
be just as cute as the bathing suit—if not cuter. If you’re at a beach party or
barbeque in your swimsuit, you still want to have something cute to wear over
your suit before you take it all off. Christina usually does pretty good with
that and knowing that she’s behind the scenes, we bet she can come up with
something even better than what we currently have to choose from.
What’s on
your bathing suit wish list?
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