18.05.12
Careen fashion used to be about baring almost all in a bikini, but this summer the most stylish sand dwellers are covering up.
The designers Akira Isogawa, Camilla Franks and Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson have created new ''eiderdown-up'' collections designed to be thrown on over a swimsuit and take wearers from the beach to the bar.
The ranges of sundresses, kaftans and tunics put up more affordable options to the designers' main lines, and are pitched at customers over the furlough season.
''I discovered that women want to wear my designs to the seashore, resort, pool or bar without always looking like the Queen of Sheba,'' Franks said.
Bank House by Camilla features her signature kaftans, ponchos and dresses in lighter fabrics such as cotton voile, along with oversize T-shirts made from crease-gratis fabric.
Prices for the diffusion line start at $99 compared with the hundreds of dollars Franks' conniver offerings can run to.
Source: Harden Murrumburrah Express