Designer swimwear Summer 2011 - Check out the hottest styles of the season!

Beach season is upon us, and -mirroring the spring runways- bright, bold and wearable is the swimwear message for summer. Sportif styles, ditsy prints and nautical stripes provide a demure contrast to sexy one-pieces and barely-there string bikinis.

Sportif Chic - Michael Kors Spring 2011

Tribal Motif - Mara Hoffman Resort Swim 2011

Retro Redux - Nanette Lepore Spring Summer 2011

1. Marc by Marc Jacobs
2. Gucci

3. Red Carter

4. JETS by Jessika Allen

5. Eres
6. Oscar de la Renta

7. Jantzen
8. Diane von Furstenberg

9. Reiss

10. Tomas Maier