The Feel Good Bikini Company Starring a Sports Illustrated Model
Some of the newest bikinis designed by Agee Taylor on the market. (Photo: Prince and Jacob Photography/Galore)
How do you get your body bikini-ready? You put on a bikini. At least, that’s how it should be.
While countless articles about diets, waxing, body prep, and fitting into teenie weenie bikinis may be making your head spin, there are a few swimsuit brands that want to make you feel great about the way you already look. Agee Taylor, a 20-something who works by day for designer Rebecca Taylor, is trying to make inclusive swimwear a reality. (Yes, the swimwear collection isn’t even a full-time gig—talk about an overachieving multi-tasker.) The up-and-coming designer’s newly-launched line, Rise City Swim, is already making waves in the fashion world.
The cutouts from the collection. (Photo: Prince and Jacob Photography/Galore)
“It’s inspired by a girl who is working really hard during the day, but she has all these other passions,” Taylor tells Yahoo Beauty. Like any other swimwear company, Rise City Swim uses aspirational sex appeal to sell its collection—but its mission statement has high hopes for itself and for the women it appeals to:
“For every woman
Who speaks up instead of quieting down
Who spends late nights at the office and early mornings in the gym
Who understands hard work, yet insists on having fun
Who puts family and friends first, but makes the time to follow her own passions.
What makes you sexy?
It’s not how you look.
It’s how you live.”
Sports Illustrated’s Rookie of the Year, Kelly Rohrbach, stars in the lookbook, and like the founder of the brand, the up-and-coming model is a multi-tasker with many talents. “Rohrbach went to Georgetown for college to be a competitive golfer,” says Taylor. The model has also tried her hand at acting. “She is exactly the kind of woman that Rise City wants to celebrate and inspire,” Taylor tells Yahoo Beauty.
Sports Illustrated Rookie of the Year Kelly Rohrbach models for the lookbook. (Photo: Prince and Jacob Photography/Galore)
The launch collection consists of four mix-and-match bikini tops, five mix-and-match bottoms, and a one-piece swimsuit—all in bright prints and playful cutouts. Taylor says these aren’t bikinis that you just wear to lie out in the sun—you can swim, surf, dance, or flirt in them, too, without the threat of a nip slip.
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