The 未来 of swimwear? 会合，会う the 19-year-old making history as the youngest designer ever at Miami Beach Fashion Week

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It was nearly show time as designer Francesca Aiello snapped pictures backstage of models in her 最新の swimwear designs.

This was Frankie's Bikinis' debut show for the 19-year-old designer at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami Beach, but Aiello is a プロの／賛成の when it comes to social マスコミ.

'I was nervous at first ... of all the attention. But I'm excited,' she said before 地位，任命するing the photos on Instagram and Twitter, where her brand started just a couple years ago and has since taken off.

Making history: 19-year-old designer Francesca Aiello, of Frankie's Bikinis (right) hits the runway with a model at the end of her Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim show in Miami Beach on Friday

Making history: 19-year-old designer Francesca Aiello, of Frankie's Bikinis (権利) 攻撃する，衝突するs the 滑走路 with a model at the end of her Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim show in Miami Beach on Friday

Congratulations! Aiello gets a hug from a model on the runway at the end of her debut show

Congratulations! Aiello gets a 抱擁する from a model on the 滑走路 at the end of her debut show

She is the youngest designer to ever 現在の at the shows in Miami Beach, 組織者s said.

Aiello (pronounced ah-YELLOW) is a California girl who grew up wearing bikinis in Malibu. With help from her mom, she'd 開始する，打ち上げるd the swimwear line by age 17.

'I don't know how to sew, but my mom does and after her first 試みる／企てる didn't work out, we began our 裁判，公判 and error 過程 of finding the people to help make the 権利 bikini,' she said. The pair 設立する a pattern 製造者 and factory in Los Angeles where the pieces are now made.

Making a splash: Aiello's collection fuses the Hawaiian shoreline with southern California style in feminine and flirty pieces with low-cut bottoms and revealing crochet designs
Making a splash: Aiello's collection fuses the Hawaiian shoreline with southern California style in feminine and flirty pieces with low-cut bottoms and revealing crochet designs

Making a splash: Aiello's collection fuses the Hawaiian shoreline with southern California style in feminine and flirty pieces with low-削減（する） 底（に届く）s and 明らかにする／漏らすing crochet designs

Carefree attitude: The young designer's third swimwear collection features bohemian designs (left) and suits in bright orange (center) and tan-flattering white (right)
Carefree attitude: The young designer's third swimwear collection features bohemian designs (left) and suits in bright orange (center) and tan-flattering white (right)
Carefree attitude: The young designer's third swimwear collection features bohemian designs (left) and suits in bright orange (center) and tan-flattering white (right)

Carefree 態度: The young designer's third swimwear collection feature s bohemian designs (left) and 控訴s in 有望な orange (中心) and tan-flattering white (権利)

Made in the USA: Aiello and her mother worked together to find a pattern maker and factory in Los Angeles

Made in the USA: Aiello and her mother worked together to find a pattern 製造者 and factory in Los Angeles

'They're not stopping me because I'm only 19,' Aiello said. 'I've always said that it's really important for young girls to know that they shouldn't let their age stop them.'

Young talent: Aiello pictured backstage before her Frankie's Bikinis runway show

Young talent: Aiello pictured backstage before her Frankie's Bikinis 滑走路 show

That carefree 態度 is 現在の in her (now) third swimwear collection, with bohemian designs and 控訴s in lavender, blue and 有望な orange.

'I'm always watching the girls on the beach,' she said of her inspiration. 'I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to make 控訴s for every girl.'

Her collection fuses the Hawaiian shoreline with southern California style in feminine and flirty pieces with low-削減（する） 底（に届く）s and 明らかにする／漏らすing crochet designs.

Bikini 最高の，を越すs with crisscross 支援するs are ideal for the beach lifestyle and the surfer girl.

Aiello 具体的に表現するd the surfer-chic look as she took to the 滑走路 after the show in a white 刈る 最高の，を越す and pants, her long dirty blonde hair bouncing off her perfectly tanned shoulders.

The line can be 購入（する）d from online 場所／位置s like ShopBop and from some boutiques.

Next for the designer: 拡大するing the brand to 含む 着せる／賦与するing that can be worn in places other than the beach ― and keeping up those social マスコミ 地位，任命するs.

'It's also important for me to 株 big moments with our 信奉者s,' she said, 'because some of them have watched our company grow and I think it's just as exciting for them as it is for me.'

From real life to the runway: Aiello says she is inspired by the girls she herself sees on the beach
From real life to the runway: Aiello says she is inspired by the girls she herself sees on the beach

From real life to the 滑走路: Aiello says she is 奮起させるd by the girls she herself sees on the beach

Bootylicious: The Frankie's Bikini's designs leave little excuse not to have a tanned derriere
Bootylicious: The Frankie's Bikini's designs leave little excuse not to have a tanned derriere

Bootylicious: The Frankie's Bikini's designs leave little excuse not to have a tanned derriere

Take a bow: The models get a round of applause as they take a final turn on the catwalk

Take a 屈服する: The models get a 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 賞賛 as they take a final turn on the catwalk


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