Gottex Spring 2011: Go Granny

Pieces I loved from Gottex: Left, from the Sun Sentinel, middle from Sicka Than Average, right, me.
















There's a classic family photo of my mom and dad playing poker with my visor-wearing grandma in Hawaii, and it was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this on the Gottex runway:

Both Karolina Kurkova photos from Gossip Center.






















Visor-wearing granny probably isn't what Gottex was going for. Few grandmas have Karolina Kurkova's body and get decked out in monokinis, but every woman, no matter what her age, loves a gorgeous coverup. There were a few stunning suits with coverups (see opening photos) that I wanted to jump up and encourage onward with vigorous clapping, but then the crystals happened, and this is all I left the show remembering:

Photos from SunSentinel.com.






















I am not anti-crystal. I've got two gorgeous red Carla Westcott bathing suits I bought at her sample sale ages ago, and both are lightly adorned with little red crystals to beautiful effect. The Spring '11 Gottex go a lot further with the crystal love, to a place I'm not crazy about where visors rule. No offense to Grandma, because when I'm as old as she was I hope to be playing poker in a fabulous visor in Hawaii. A big bonus if it's crystal-adorned so everyone can see me coming.