L*Space by Monica

The latest round of bathing suits from Miami Fashion Week Swim, which both Whitney Port and Selita Ebanks have been keeping up with, brings a few points of interest. Besides the obvious drawing point of cute bikinis (hello, L*Space and Crystal Jin!), we have Bret Michaels-style headbands, the introduction of toile to swimwear, shiny gold tights under some suits and, er, light bondage references.

All this in just a day? You're keeping us interested, Miami.

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Haven't picked a swimsuit for this summer yet? Don't worry, because the Caffe Swimwear runway show from Miami Fashion Week should leave you with plenty of ideas. We're thinking that if the looks that hit the catwalk are any indication, you'll be needing some itsy bikinis, huge platforms and an optional dose of disco gold.

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Dear VV Brown: Congrats on the vintage store [Grazia]

Barack Obama fights the "shine police" [HuffPo]

Diane von Furstenburg's "putrid" perfume wafts from store? [Page Six]

Not a bathing suit for the self-conscious [Racked]

Gisele for Colcci

Seems like there's a fashion week nearly every week, doesn't there? Besides obvious cities like London, New York, Paris and Milan, we've taken you to Rio, Mexico City, Sydney, Tokyo, Mumbai and Beijing. Now, we head to Sao Paulo.

So what can we expect from Brazil's big style week? How about gridded bathing suits, lots of sequins and metal headwear, and appearances from Gisele and Jesus Luz.

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We know Brazilian fashion means more than swimsuits, but that's mostly what models showed off at the Salinas runway show this Rio Fashion Week. If we're judging catwalk "trends" already, you apparently should wear multiple hats (bonnets?) with your bathing attire of choice.

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Designer Charlotte Ronson has been getting more than the expected share of tabloid press lately (namely, due to the teensy incident of disallowing Lindsay Lohan into her JC Penney party), but surely that buzz can only help her swimwear line. Collaborating with longtime friend Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss, she's launched a collection of bathing suits and bikinis called Shoshanna Made With Love Charlotte Ronson.

Pieces sell for $60 to $140 in the US, at Bloomingdale's and Saks Fifth Avenue, but Shopbop.com sell internationally. You can shop the collection after the jump.

See a selection from Made With Love

Whatever Jessica Simpson is perplexed/worried/angry about, it's not the success of her swimwear line. Miss USA contestants will wear white Jessica Simpson Collection string bikinis on Sunday night, and they've already posed for a photo shoot in green versions. When asked why the pageant chose the singer's bathing suits, programme publicist Lark-Marie Anton only responded, "Why not?"