Our Brand

Our Brand Our Vision

Solve World-wide problems

Solve World-wide problems

You probably, if you could be bothered, have read a thousand bios about bikini brands. Ever noticed how they are all the same? Brenda, Alice (never Brian or Gary) dream of mermaids, the sea and fancy Italian cuts.

While swimming naked off the beach in Bali, or Wollongong (never Atlantic City) they suddenly realise their true mission in life which generally consists of the following:

 

Source cheap sweatshop in East Asia, source cheap material, create a website and populate said website with flowery, meaningless language which is 100% focused on the designer’s ego. Photos of naked mermaids are strictly optional.

 

Your wardrobe is causing environmental and social problems when you buy disposable fast fashion. Yes, YOUR wardrobe. That one full of horrendous junk from all those fast fashion chain stores.

Save the planet

Santa Lucia Swim marches to a different beat. We were not born on some faraway beach (populated by rich, white tourists separated from the brown, poor locals). Nor were we born on the shores of Brazil’s famous beach Copacabana or in Brazil’s most famous city – Rio de Janerio.

Nope, we were born in a poor working class suburb in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais -6 hours and 440 km away from the Atlantic.

Save the planet

Contribute to social justice

Contribute to social justice

Our brand helps with social problems in Brazil in two ways – by making a donation from each bikini sold to our favorite charity which helps victims of domestic violence and by paying a fair wage to the artisans who work with us and make your clothes.

Our vision is to meet some very specific needs and do our best to help with some long-standing problems both in Latin America and in Brazil specifically and in your own country. These are:
– Environmental Problems.
– Social Problems.

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Santa Lucia Swim specializes in handmade, crochet swimwear. Quality swimwear pieces that will last far, far longer than the piece you brought from the High St chain store which is guaranteed to fall apart in a couple of months if not a few weeks.

This means less waste for the environment, you are not supporting workshop labour and in our designer Brazilian styles, you shall look decidedly peachy.

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