By: Enrique Sánchez-Rivera, CEO LA ISLA Today marks my 20th year in the swimwear business. Over the past two decades, I have had my fair share of successes and failures, but the most important takeaway has been a crash course in persistence. Unlike many apparel companies, I started LA ISLA with no investors and bootstrapped […]
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Athletic clothes or “athleisure” has blown up as a sleek and uber-comfy fashion trend. Yoga apparel in particular is reigning as Queen of Athletic Clothes; over the past five years, sales on yoga products have gone up by a whopping 74%. Just think of the year-round staple that yoga pants have become! Here are the […]
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Summer is almost here, so do you have your bathing suit ready? If you have yet to pick up this year’s private label swimwear, there’s no better time than the present. If you need some help picking out swimwear for this summer, here are some helpful tips. Don’t Be Afraid to Size Up When picking […]
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{A Brief New Icelandic Saga, As told to J.B. Pravda, ‘Beyond the Break’ Scrivener, by Enrique Sanchez-Rivera} I see a red door below the black-lettered 3D shingle sign and imagine Mick Jagger having been there too, perhaps not long ago before me, or perhaps after, ha, that famous Rolling Stones riff, there in my cabeza–he […]
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As of today I can officially say that I have been in the swimwear business for 15 years. It has been a rewarding experience and one that has taught me many things but mostly it has given me the most incredible schooling in persistence. If that was a degree, I’d have a PhD in it […]
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I first learned about Monica Dunford because of her starring role in the documentary “Particle Fever”. She played a very important part in what was the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the world; no small feat! I was absolutely captivated by her love and passion for physics and for her insatiable […]
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We were intensely captivated by Waterstudio after seeing them featured on National Geographic Magazine. Their incredible innovation skills and clear understanding about the future of architecture and our planet was obvious and ever so present in all of their plans and their current work. From a partially submersed ecological tower to floating islands in the […]
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“The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth’s wide regions round; It plays with the clouds; it mocks the skies; Or like a cradled creature lies.”- Barry Cornwall. Today our oceans face so many threats from so many sources, […]
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The folks at Swimwear365 decided to take a historical look at how women’s swimwear has evolved over the years. This summary marks key points in bikini and swim suit history with iconic shots including Ursula Address’s classic white bikini to Pamela Anderson’s red one-piece swimsuit in Baywatch to modern day styles.
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From our writer, Julio Ayerbe, comes this short but fantastic interview with Jake Smith (The White Buffalo). We hope you enjoy it and become a White Buffalo fan just like us. In early June I had the opportunity to watch The White Buffalo live in Solana Beach, CA. The show was excellent and I got […]