The PerfectKini Journal

Bikini Care 101: How to Make Your Designer Swimwear Last for Years
Bikini Care 101: How to Make Your Designer Swimwear Last for Years A well-made bikini is an investment. A Vitamin A EcoRib set, an Acacia crochet top, a Hunza G crinkle one-piece — these are pieces designed to last for years if you treat them correctly. The bad news is that most of us are unknowingly degrading our swimwear within the first month. Here is everything you need to know to protect your collection. The First Rule: Rinse Immediately Salt water, chlorine, and sunscreen are the three primary enemies of... Read more...
Top 7 Most Instagrammable Infinity Pools in Mexico (And What to Wear to Them)
Top 7 Most Instagrammable Infinity Pools in Mexico (And What to Wear to Them) Mexico's resort corridor from Tulum to Los Cabos has produced some of the most visually spectacular infinity pools in the world — the kind where the water appears to flow directly into the ocean or jungle below. We've done the research (and, frankly, the field work) so you arrive knowing exactly which pools to prioritise and which swimwear to bring along. 1. Azulik, Tulum — The Treehouse Pool Azulik sits in the jungle canopy above Tulum's... Read more...
The Best One-Piece Swimsuits for Every Body Type: Our 2026 Fit Guide
The Best One-Piece Swimsuits for Every Body Type: Our 2026 Fit Guide Finding a one-piece swimsuit that truly fits is one of fashion's most satisfying victories — and one of its most common frustrations. The gap between a one-piece that looks stunning and one that gaps, bunches, or cuts is often just a matter of understanding which silhouettes were engineered for your proportions. We've spent years fitting clients and testing swimwear, and this is everything we know. High-Cut vs. Full Coverage: What Actually Lengthens the Leg The high-cut leg opening... Read more...
From Beach to Brunch: 5 Ways to Style a Bodysuit This Summer
From Beach to Brunch: 5 Ways to Style a Bodysuit This Summer The bodysuit is the most underestimated piece in summer dressing. It's a swimsuit that behaves like a top, a foundation layer that never untucks, and — when you choose the right one — a statement in its own right. We've been styling bodysuits for every context this summer, and here are five looks that prove they belong far beyond the beach. Look 1: The Classic Beach-to-Bar Transition Start at the sand. Wear your bodysuit as intended — as... Read more...
What to Pack for a Week in St. Barts: The Ultimate Resortwear Checklist
What to Pack for a Week in St. Barts: The Ultimate Resortwear Checklist St. Barts is the kind of destination that demands you look effortless at every hour — sunrise swims at Gouverneur Beach, rosé lunches at Le Sereno, and sunset cocktails at Le Ti. We've packed and repacked for this island more times than we can count, and we've finally cracked the formula for a week of resortwear that works hard from morning to midnight. The Beach Day Edit Your beach rotation is the foundation of the whole trip.... Read more...
Bond-Eye Australia: Sydney's Most Sustainable Luxury Swimwear Brand
Bond-Eye Australia: Sydney's Most Sustainable Luxury Swimwear Brand Bond-Eye Australia was named on a ferry between Dubrovnik and the island of Mljet. Founder Steve Philpott, taking a year off after a long career in Australian activewear, was traveling through Croatia when the name came to him — a compression of Bondi Beach (Sydney's iconic beach) and the Bond Girl aesthetic he wanted the brand to embody. Within a year of that ferry ride, the first Bond-Eye collection launched in Sydney. Thirteen years later, the brand handmakes its signature Authentic Crinkle™... Read more...
MIKOH Swimwear: Hawaiian Soul, Minimalist Design
MIKOH Swimwear: Hawaiian Soul, Minimalist Design MIKOH came from a family of surfers. Sisters Oleema and Kalani Miller grew up in San Clemente, California with the ocean as their backyard and a design eye inherited from their family. What they didn't have, when they looked at the swimwear market in 2009, was a brand that combined genuine surf authenticity with fashion-forward, minimal design — something you could wear in the water and out of it without looking like you were wearing either a surf brand or a resort brand. So... Read more...
ViX Paula Hermanny: Brazilian Craftsmanship in Every Stitch
ViX Paula Hermanny: Brazilian Craftsmanship in Every Stitch Paula Hermanny grew up in Brazil where going to the beach wasn't a vacation — it was Tuesday. She moved to San Diego at 21 to study English, fell in love with California's beach culture, and immediately noticed the gap: the swimwear available in the United States bore no resemblance to what she and her friends wore back home. So she started bringing suits from Brazil in her suitcase. Then she started designing her own. Then she built one of the most... Read more...
Beach Bunny Swimwear: The Original Glam Bikini Brand
Beach Bunny Swimwear: The Original Glam Bikini Brand There are swimwear brands that try to be everything to everyone. And then there's Beach Bunny — a brand that has known exactly what it is since Angela Chittenden founded it in Newport Beach in 2003. Beach Bunny is not subtle. It is not minimal. It does not care about sustainability credentials or the quiet-luxury trend. Beach Bunny is unapologetic glamour, and it has never pretended otherwise. That clarity of vision is, genuinely, a feature. Angela Chittenden and the Newport Beach Origin... Read more...
Vitamin A Swimwear: California's Sustainability Pioneer, One Iconic Piece at a Time
Vitamin A Swimwear: California's Sustainability Pioneer, One Iconic Piece at a Time Before sustainability became a marketing strategy for every brand with a recycling bin and a press release, Vitamin A was already doing the work. Founded by Amahlia Stevens in Southern California's Laguna Beach, the brand didn't just adopt recycled fabrics — it created the first premium recycled swimwear fabric in the industry. Everything that came after, across every brand that now markets eco-swim, is downstream of what Stevens built starting in 2000. That history matters. It's the difference... Read more...
Frankies Bikinis: LA's Favorite Swimwear Brand, Explained
Frankies Bikinis: LA's Favorite Swimwear Brand, Explained Frankies Bikinis is the brand that made the micro bikini mainstream — and made a teenager from Malibu into one of the most successful swimwear designers in America. If you've spent time on Instagram in the last decade, you've seen Frankies. If you've been near a pool in Los Angeles in the last five years, you've been surrounded by it. But there's more to the brand than its celebrity associations, and understanding what Frankies actually does well makes the difference between buying the... Read more...
Boys + Arrows: The Cult California Swimwear Brand That Never Followed Rules
Boys + Arrows: The Cult California Swimwear Brand That Never Followed Rules There's a certain kind of swimwear brand that exists because one person looked at everything on the market and decided none of it was right. Boys + Arrows was that brand. Southern California-born, irreverent by design, and beloved by women who wanted something that felt handmade, adventurous, and nothing like what everyone else was wearing. We carry a carefully curated selection of Boys + Arrows NWT pieces — and what makes them worth talking about right now is... Read more...
Acacia Swimwear: The Bali-Made Brand That's Defined Luxury Swimwear for a Decade
Acacia Swimwear: The Bali-Made Brand That's Defined Luxury Swimwear for a Decade We've been selling Acacia since the brand was still a whisper outside Hawaii, and over the years we've watched it become the benchmark by which serious swimwear buyers measure everything else. If you've ever held an Acacia piece and then tried to go back to anything else, you understand. The fabric feels different. The fit is different. The attention to craft is different. Every Acacia piece we carry at PerfectKini is NWT — new with tags — and... Read more...
Hunza G: The British Brand Behind the Most Iconic One-Piece of Our Time
Hunza G: The British Brand Behind the Most Iconic One-Piece of Our Time The crinkle one-piece has been photographed on Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid, and Kendall Jenner. It packs flat, emerges wrinkle-free, fits a remarkable range of body sizes, and has been in continuous production — in some form — since 1984. That piece is a Hunza G. If you've ever seen a ribbed, crinkle-textured swimsuit on someone at the pool and wondered where it was from, now you know. 1984 to 2015: The Origin and Revival Peter Meadows founded... Read more...
Stone Fox Swim: Sustainable California Swimwear With a Conscience
Stone Fox Swim: Sustainable California Swimwear With a Conscience Chelsea Bell founded Stone Fox Swim in Santa Cruz, California in late 2011, and from the beginning, the brand's sustainability credentials have been genuine rather than aspirational. Stone Fox doesn't have a "conscious collection" — the entire brand is the conscious collection. Every design decision, from fabric to packaging to factory selection, runs through a sustainability filter that very few swimwear brands can match. The LEED-Certified Factory in Indonesia Stone Fox Swim works with a family-owned, LEED-certified factory in Indonesia. LEED... Read more...
Minimale Animale: Los Angeles Minimalism Done Right
Minimale Animale: Los Angeles Minimalism Done Right In a swimwear market full of logos, hardware, prints, and ornamentation, Minimale Animale went the other direction. The Los Angeles label has built a loyal following by removing everything that isn't necessary — no branding on the fabric, no excess hardware, no competing visual elements. Just clean cuts, muted tones, and quality construction. It's an aesthetic philosophy, and it's a hard one to execute well. Made in Los Angeles, Full Stop Minimale Animale is designed and hand-finished in Los Angeles — specifically out... Read more...
Luli Fama: Miami's Most Vibrant Swimwear Brand
Luli Fama: Miami's Most Vibrant Swimwear Brand Luli Fama is what happens when Cuban-American energy, Miami beach culture, and Colombian craftsmanship collide in a single swimwear brand. Founded in Miami, manufactured exclusively in their own Medellín factory, Luli Fama makes swimwear with an intensity and sensibility that's entirely its own — and has for more than 20 years. The Founding Story: Miami via Cuba and Argentina Lourdes "Luli" Hanimian was born in Cuba and raised in Miami. Her brother-in-law Augusto Hanimian came from Argentina. Together they launched Luli Fama in... Read more...
Maaji: Colombia's Reversible Swimwear Revolution
Maaji: Colombia's Reversible Swimwear Revolution Maaji doesn't make swimwear that blends into the background. The Colombian brand built its entire identity around maximalism — the kind of kaleidoscopic prints and bold color combinations that you either love on first sight or aren't the target customer. If you're the latter, Maaji isn't for you. If you're the former, Maaji may be the only swimwear brand you need. Founded in Medellín, Made in Colombia Sisters Amalia and Manuela Sierra founded Maaji in Medellín in 2002 — and the brand has never left.... Read more...
FAE Swim: Where Indonesian Craftsmanship Meets Sustainable Design
FAE Swim: Where Indonesian Craftsmanship Meets Sustainable Design FAE Swim was born in Bali, designed in Byron Bay, and built on a single non-negotiable: every piece uses 100% sustainable fabric. Not some pieces. Not a "conscious collection." Every. Single. Style. In an industry where sustainability is mostly a marketing sidebar, FAE's commitment to recycled materials runs through the entire brand from day one. The Byron Bay–Bali Connection Bianca and Adam Bennetts met in Bali in 2015 and launched FAE Swim out of Byron Bay, Australia the following year. The brand's... Read more...
L*Space: Newport Beach's Timeless Swim Brand That Never Goes Out of Style
L*Space: Newport Beach's Timeless Swim Brand That Never Goes Out of Style Some swimwear brands chase trends. L*Space builds them and then ignores them entirely. Founded by Monica Wise out of Corona del Mar, California, L*Space has spent more than two decades making swimwear that flatters real bodies, holds up season after season, and looks just as sharp on year three as it did the day you bought it. If you've been in the swim world for any length of time, you already know this brand — and if you... Read more...
Top 10 Sustainable Swimwear Trends for 2026 from PerfectKini.com
Top 10 Sustainable Swimwear Trends for 2026 from PerfectKini.com
As we splash into 2026, the world of swimwear is evolving with a strong emphasis on sustainability, innovation, and timeless style. At PerfectKini.com, our online swimwear and resort wear boutique... Read more...
Swimwear Sale: Shop Luxury Brands at Up to 50% Off Retail
Swimwear Sale: Shop Luxury Brands at Up to 50% Off Retail This isn't a clearance rack. PerfectKini is a luxury NWT swimwear boutique where the entire model is built around giving you access to premium designer pieces at prices below what the brands charge themselves. Every item is New With Tags. Every item is authentic. And most items are priced 20–50% below retail. Why PerfectKini Prices Are Lower Than Retail The luxury swimwear market moves fast. Brands like Frankies Bikinis, Acacia, MIKOH, and Bond-Eye run limited-production drops that sell out... Read more...
How to Tell if Designer Swimwear is Authentic: The NWT Buyer's Guide
How to Tell if Designer Swimwear is Authentic: The NWT Buyer's Guide Buying luxury swimwear online should feel exciting, not stressful. Unfortunately, the resale market for designer swim pieces includes plenty of counterfeits and misrepresented goods — especially on open marketplaces where anyone can list anything. Here's how to tell the difference, and why buying from a verified source matters. Start with the Fabric The fastest way to identify authentic luxury swimwear is the fabric. Brands like Acacia, Vitamin A, MIKOH, and Bond-Eye Australia use proprietary fabrics that simply don't... Read more...
What to Pack for a Luxury Beach Vacation in 2025: The PerfectKini Resort Edit
What to Pack for a Luxury Beach Vacation in 2025: The PerfectKini Resort Edit A great resort trip comes down to ten pieces. Not fifty. Ten. The right ten — versatile, elevated, and chosen with intention — will cover every look from sunrise yoga to sunset cocktails without overpacking a single bag. Here's the PerfectKini resort edit: ten pieces that cover every moment of a luxury beach vacation, all available NWT below retail. The Swimwear Foundation: Three Essential Swim Pieces 1. A signature bikini set — Your hero piece. Something... Read more...
Vitamin A Swimwear Review: Why It's Worth Every Dollar
Vitamin A Swimwear Review: Why It's Worth Every Dollar If you've ever tried on a Vitamin A swimsuit and immediately understood why people spend $150 on a bikini top, you already know what this review is about. If you haven't — here's everything you need to know before you buy. The Brand Behind the Fabric Vitamin A Swimwear is a California-based luxury swim brand that has been operating since 1999. Long before sustainability became a marketing buzzword, Vitamin A was developing proprietary fabrics made from recycled and regenerated materials. The... Read more...
Best NWT Designer Bikinis Under $150 in 2025
Best NWT Designer Bikinis Under $150 in 2025 Luxury swimwear doesn't have to cost $300. At PerfectKini, every piece is New With Tags — never worn — and most of the catalog lands well under what you'd pay at Revolve or a brand's own site. Here are the best NWT designer bikinis and swim pieces under $150, right now. Why Buy NWT Swimwear at a Below-Retail Price? Simple: you're getting a brand-new piece at a better price. NWT means the tags are still attached, the item has never touched water... Read more...
Frankies Bikinis vs. Acacia Swimwear: Which Luxury Bikini Brand is Right for You?
Frankies Bikinis vs. Acacia Swimwear: Which Luxury Bikini Brand is Right for You? Both Frankies Bikinis and Acacia Swimwear sit at the top of the luxury swim market — and both have the kind of loyal following that makes their drops sell out in hours. But they're not the same brand, and the right choice depends entirely on who you are at the beach. Brand DNA: Where Each Label Comes From Frankies Bikinis was founded in 2012 in Malibu by Francesca Aiello, who started designing bikinis in high school because... Read more...
Boys + Arrows Swimwear: The Cult California Brand You Need This Summer
Boys + Arrows Swimwear: The Cult California Brand You Need This Summer Boys + Arrows built its name on effortless California cool — the kind of swimwear that looks like it belongs on a sun-bleached boardwalk or the deck of a boat off the coast of Malibu. If you know the brand, you already know why it sells out. If you don't, keep reading. The Brand Behind the Bikini Boys + Arrows was founded in 2011 by designer Meagan Howard, who launched it out of a genuine love for the... Read more...
Acacia Swimwear 2025: Where to Buy NWT Styles at the Best Price
Acacia Swimwear 2025: Where to Buy NWT Styles at the Best Price Acacia Swimwear is one of the most sought-after luxury swim brands on the market — and also one of the hardest to find at a fair price. If you've been searching for NWT Acacia pieces without paying full retail, you're in exactly the right place. Why Acacia Swimwear Has a Cult Following Founded in California and deeply rooted in the surf and travel lifestyle, Acacia has spent nearly two decades building a reputation for exceptional fit, distinctive prints,... Read more...