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SKINNI
Of all the clothing you could design for
adventurous women, why the swimsuit?
I have always believed that the space for an entrepreneur
is where their personal passion intersects with a public need.
I have always loved swimsuits and have been collecting them
since I was a teenager. However, when I went on adventures
with my now-husband, I realized that a lot of the swimwear
I owned could not withstand the conditions that we went
through (e.g. waterfall climbing in Aguinuid, snorkeling in
Oslob, surfing in La Union, etc). The Philippines is home
to some of the world’s best beaches, so it makes perfect sense
(even if it might seem overly ambitious) to also design the best
swimsuits in the world. There was a very interesting space
where those two overlapped and the spirit behind SKINNI
is that you can be adventurous and fashionable at the s