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Friday, July 11, 2014

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Posted: 11 Jul 2014 08:32 AM PDT

Promoted in 2003, the Agua Bendita (which incidentally means “Holy Water” in Spanish) is a premium Columbian swimwear brand. The two primary designers, Catalina Alvarez and Maraina Hinestroza, are talented and qualified fashion designers who created a brand which is today one of the hottest ones in this segment. It regularly features on international catwalks and at couture shows world-wide. Few people know that the talented duo began designing swimsuits just by chance: someone gifted them a bundle of old bits and pieces of lycra and while deciding what to do with it, they came up with some unique swimsuits, hand-stitched using an ancient sewing machine. Friends and family loved their creations and the rest is fashion history!

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Leon Set

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Canela Set

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Elefante One Piece Blue

Today the brand retails in more than 65 countries but still retains its core ethical values – Agua Bendita employs a huge number of under-privileged women in Colombia who do piece-work from their own homes. The two gifted ladies still do most of the designing and often take their inspiration from nature – the sand, sea, waves or sunsets.

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Arco Iris Bikini Multi

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Feroz Bikini-L Multi

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Feroz Bikini Multi

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Arco Iris Bikini-S Multi

What makes Agua Bendita such a coveted line is their strong basics: great original designs, good quality materials, top-notch manufacturing and superb marketing skills. The garments are hand-stitched based on the inherent skill of Colombian garment-workers and craftspeople. The brand image portrays a young, lively and vivacious image, full of peppy energy, fun in the sun and casual elegance. Joyful, amusing and very creative designs ensure that anyone who wears Agua Bendita will turn heads anywhere in the world. It’s the preferred choice of Colombian and international beauty-queens, ramp and print media models, winners of beauty pageants, celebrities and A-listers everywhere. The “Bendita Girl” brand is synonymous with beauty, attractiveness and fame.

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Canela Set

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Turista Bikini Multi

The Agua Bendita swimwear collection ranges from cover-ups, bottoms, their range of high-fashion swimsuits and a huge selection of beach accessories like bags, shoes and scarves. The swimsuits are completely hand-stitched and laser cut for perfect contouring. Some swimsuits are constructed from uniquely textured fabrics, with bead embellishments, embroidery and sequins and they can even double up as a dressy body-suit to wear on special occasions.

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Opera Set

Agua Bendita Swimwear Women’s Bendito Tribal

Bikinis and one-piece swimsuits in the latest designs, with cord and lace detailing, ruched-back and side-ties, retro-look 80s designs, one-pieces with colorful belts, cutaway style, waist and back inserts, camouflage design with military embellishments, appliqué, gold and silver saddle stitching, snake and crocodile textured prints, beading, etc are some of the delectable variations that make an Agua Bendita swimsuit that timelessly beautiful, must-have piece in your wardrobe.