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Former “Baywatch” star and model Pamela Anderson is reportedly launching a new line of bikini swimwear during the Air New Zealand Fashion Week.

New Zealand media reported that Anderson has collaborated with Richie Rich, a popular New York fashion designer, in this new and lucrative venture. Rich is known for owning the high end fashion house Heatherette.

Anderson is believed to make an appearance during the launch. She may also take the catwalk and personally wear the line that she’s endorsing. She has done this gig in her past shows in the U.S.

The Air New Zealand Fashion Week will take place from September 21 to 25 at the Viaduct Harbor in Auckland. Top fashion designers from all over the country are expected to participate in the event. The newest fashion lines on clothes and swimwear are expected to be presented during the show.

An advertising campaign that featured a young girl wearing a bikini and doing poses has been banned by an ad regulator because it sexualizes children.
The ad was for NH Hoteles, a hotel and holiday group. The advert was featured in a website with the banner “The Organizers. Operation Bikini.”

The regular, Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), received several complaints because the scenes featured a young girl doing “sexually provocative poses.”
NH Hoteles defended its ad saying that if seen overall, it basically featured efficient holiday vacations and the services they can provide to the clients. The company officials said that the ad should not be perceived as “sexually provocative.”

However, ASA stuck to its decision, saying that it was “irresponsible” for the company to feature a young girl with a grown up model and then doing striking model poses.

The previous week, the ASA banned a sports apparel brand because it featured a model in the nude. The model is believed to be underage.

A Tallahassee man, known for going around the neighborhood just wearing his Speedo swimwear, has been accused of indecent exposure and has been escorted to the police headquarters to face the charges.

Richard Irby has been seen doing his daily exercise around the neighborhood by bicycling. There’s a little twist, tough, neighbors are trying their best to ignore his skimpy attire since he’s only wearing Speedo swimwear, an outfit identified with swimmers.

Eyewitnesses have called the police headquarters to complain and the authorities believe that they have a point. While wearing the said Speedo swimwear is perfectly legal, the police stated that exposing much of oneself can be disturbing to the community.

There are no developments where Irby will be charged with a crime or just asked to pay a fine. But for the man known as “Speedo Man” in the community, he simply said that he’s comfortable wearing the swimwear.

Conservative women’s swimwear is still in, especially in the largely conservative region of Middle East. That’s the very reason why Jenny Rose Nicholson’s MyCozzie line of swimwear is a big hit because it still conforms to the cultural practices in the region.

Nicholson said that the continuing demand for these kinds of swimwear prompted her to set up larger retail outlets. This move was agreed upon by retailer Farhana Farooq, the creative director for Farashati.

She said that women in the region are concerned if they should choose fashion over tradition or vice versa. However, with these lines of women’s swimwear, they can have both. That gap before has been bridged now with these items.

Nicholson expanded her business after she gained popularity for having created a conservative swimsuit for a Saudi princess. This generated positive response from her client and thus created a whole vista of opportunities for Nicholson.

Former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins still has what it takes to impress the crowd as she walked down the catwalk at a recent fashion show in Brisbane.

According to reports, the beauty queen wore some of the best clothes offered by clothing retailer MYER during the store’s launch of its summer collections in Brisbane. On one occasions, she wore a sexy swimwear the immediately caught the attention of the audience.

Aside from Hawkins, there were plus-size models who strutted the store’s latest fashion line for the targeted demographic. The designs received appreciative applauses from the audience.

Another eye-catching moment at the fashion was the presence of male models who were also wearing skimpy and sexy swimwear. There were also models featuring 80s-inspired outfits and higher platform shoes.
Other stores participating in this star-studded fashion show include Cozi which is swimwear outfits designed and endorsed by Hawkins.

In an interview prior to the event, Hawkins revealed that she wears bikinis most of the time, especially during the summer and holidays. She added that sexy little dresses and flats go together whenever she goes out at night with friends and dates.

Internationally-renowned supermodel Elyse Taylor was in Sydney, Australia recently to open the second annual Sydney Fashion Festival. The Australian, which is currently based in New York, was seen walking down the catwalk with a trench-coat inspired dress created by Jayson Brunsdon.

Famous Australian personalities were seen at the audience area including Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice who revealed that this is the only event she can attend in the six-day festival because she needs to back in Brisbane.

In an interview Rice said that she had a blast at the recently concluded World Championships in Rome and is now enjoying her break. She added that this was her first time attending a fashion event.

There were a lot of new styles presented to the audiences that night including jackets adorned with sequins, halter neck dresses, swimwear and many more.

As for Taylor, she’ll be staying in the city for a while since she’ll be back to model the Seafolly swimwear line. She commented that Brunsdon’s creations were superb and that she’s looking forward to wear them in the future.

The Sydney Fashion Festival will have more than 15 events. Other designers scheduled to show their creations are Lisa Ho, Nicola Finetti and Wayne Cooper.

A popular family holiday resort in United Kingdom is now taking a more conservative stance when it comes to proper swimwear attire.

According to reports, the Alton Towers Resort will no longer allow men to wear skimpy swimwear such as Speedo in their premises in a bid to prevent embarrassment among other patrons of the holiday destination.
Some popular celebrities such as Ronaldo and Rod Stewart were seen in the resort in the past wearing these skimpy underwear but the times have changed.

The resort officials stated that it is now focusing on maintaining a family-friendly atmosphere which means that children can easily go around with parents no longer worrying if they get to see men wearing next to nothing.

Alton Towers Sales and Marketing Director Morwenna Angove said that it has been noticed that there’s an influx of men wearing skimpy swimwear in the past few years which prompted their Waterpark team to do something about the situation and the growing complaints among parents.

She suggested that at this point, men should start wearing more conservative swimwear such as shorts or board shorts before taking a plunge in the resort’s pools.

Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson is one of the stars that will grace the New Zealand fashion week this coming September. As expected, this sexy mom will strut the catwalk in skimpy swimwear for the delight of the male audience.

The organizers revealed that Anderson will be using her own swimwear line during the event. The swimwear line is a collaboration between Anderson and friend Richie Rich. In order to keep up with pro-animal and vegetarian beliefs, the products are said to be eco-friendly and animal-friendly.

Despite this highly-anticipated appearance, Anderson’s publicist Brian Long is wondering whether the Kiwis are ready to see a celebrity in a skimpy swimwear considering that they are known to be a bit more conservative than others. He added that the swimwear might surprise some conservative individuals in the country.

He stressed afterwards that the eco-friendly theme of the line may still win the Kiwis over.

Other fashion lines that will be featured at the Fashion Week are from Kate Sylvester, Karen Walker, Zambesi and Trelise Cooper. Fashion designers from Australia such as House of EXIS and United Constructions are also expected to participate in the event.

Swimwear company Jantzen celebrated its 100th anniversary by going retro in its fashion line during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami Beach, Florida. The retro women swimwear look attracted all of the spectators as models strutted the items.

Five women’s swimwear designs from the past have been reinvented and were unveiled as part of the company’s Heritage Collection.

The fashion designers created newly designed swimwear based on the retro styles of the swimsuits. It definitely was a huge hit among the spectators that it only conveyed one simple message: retro designed swimwear is back!

The woolen swimsuits that got popular in the 1920s have been redesigned to have Swarovski crystals adorned at the front with matching cape. The 1940s line which started the trend on bikini has been reinvented to emphasize a woman’s hourglass figure.

Aside from the presentation of these retro women swimwear designs at the fashion show, the Wolfsonian-Florida International University museum also staged a gallery featuring the swimsuit. The items will be at the museum until October 11 for public viewing. The show is called “Beauty on the Beach: A Centennial Celebration of Swimwear.”

Swimmer Rebecca Adlington, a British Olympian, voiced out her opposition on the new generation of swimwear that promises faster performance and record-breaking results in major events.

On the report published by Daily Telegraph, Adlington said that using this high tech swimwear constitutes unfair advantage.

For the past few months, swimsuits such as Speedo swimwear caused controversy following the sudden influx of new records in the past swimming competitions. There are expectations that these records will be overtaken once more in the upcoming World Swimming Championships in Italy.

Arlington has won the 400-meter and 800-meter events in the Olympics and despite the growing popularity of the high tech swimwear, she’ll still stick to traditional swimwear.

However, it has been noted that Arlington herself used Speed swimwear’s LZR Racer suit in last year’s Beijing Olympics. However, the said swimwear still passed FINA, swimming’s global governing body, standards.

On June 22, FINA released a list of approved swimsuits. One swimwear manufacturer TYR protested the results since four of its designers were not approved by the governing body. As of current development, a French court dismissed the manufacturer’s lawsuit solely because the matter at hand is already out of France’s jurisdiction.