Who better to design bikinis than a former bikini model? Having grown up on South Florida beaches, Kelly Carrington's been in bathing suits her whole life. But for the 2013 Éclairée collection, she jet-setted to some of the world's other most glamorous shores, including St. Tropez, Monaco, and Ibiza, to get even more inspiration. The result: Riviera sophistication, a dash of scuba, and a collection shot through with a blaze of Miami brights.
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: Models pose at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: Models pose at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: Models pose at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: Models pose at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: A model poses at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: Models pose at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: Designer Kelly Carrington poses with models at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Presentation
MIAMI, FL - JULY 20: Designer Kelly Carrington poses with models at the Éclairée Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 at The Raleigh on July 20, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Éclairée)
Éclairée 2013 At Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim
Éclairée designer Kelly Carrington previewed her 2013 swim collection in the penthouse at The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim.
Posted: 07/21/2012 10:52 am Updated: 07/21/2012 4:58 pm