I’m Marine, the founder of Salty Swim. I’ve worked for a long time in the fashion industry as a project manager for major fashion houses in Paris. Personally, and as a consumer, I’ve often been frustrated not finding good quality swimwear that is well-cut and flattering.
The first time I went on vacation to Rio de Janeiro with friends, I fell in love with the Carioca lifestyle ☀️. The girls on the beach are beautiful, confident, and radiant. Around the beaches, there are swimwear vendors everywhere! And the bikinis are beautiful, with vibrant colors, double-lined, just perfect! The real “Brazilian bikini”. I bought tons of them before heading back to France.
Back home, after some serious reflection, I ended my work contract and started designing. I returned to Brazil to find a manufacturer who could join me in this crazy project: I wanted to create a responsible swimwear brand and help girls around the world discover and afford the magnificent work and expertise of Brazilians in this field. After many meetings, I started working with a small company that prints, cuts, and assembles everything in Brazil, along with other small Brazilian partner companies. I was thrilled.
The venture might have seemed risky, but it was a clear choice for me: we truly want to go against the tide of fast fashion, where buying cheap, low-quality products often comes at the expense of underpaid, mistreated workers, mediocre materials, and a lack of eco-friendliness. By buying Salty Swim, you support a creation made with passion, well-paid Brazilian family businesses, and packaging made in the European Union.