Meeoww! Rianna wins my favorite one piece swimwear award for today.  I love this girl’s style; always knows how to go a little crazy and somehow keep it elegant.

One-piece Bathing Suits from Popina are great for looking sexy without showing it all.  Our online swimsuit store has a huge variety of different kinds of one-piece suits for every style!  All these are swimsuits made in the USA and inspired by that classic 1950s American style.

Popina has great Halter Top styles like this one in Pomegranate

Or the “Grace”, a great Retro One Piece that has the cutest bow tie in the center

Or the “Paula” in Espresso, an adorable one piece that has a flattering square top with a shelf bra that gives you that oomph!

July 31: Ramona Falls headlines at TBF! Awwwyeah.  Just as you thought the party couldn’t get any sweeter, we just smacked you in the face with a huge bag of whipped cream.  Oh, shut up. I know whipped cream doesn’t come in bags. 

Seeee youuuu theeerreee! 

Um.. but did you know Whipped Cream Vodka exists?

The heat is rising. And so are waistlines!  This summer we are seeing tan lines in a little different place, higher.   Popina, the retro maven of Swimwear, has all the high-rise bottoms you could imagine.  We’ve got boy-short high-rise bottoms, Foldover bottoms, skirted bottoms and more!

 This is a High Waist Retro Panel Bottom Boy Short | Calico Ribbons

Portland Live music announced!  Bull Ramos, Portland’s “Official Drinkin’ and Dancin’ Band” is coming to TBF.   So if you like both of those things… or either of those things, then it’s your kind of party, baby.  Bull Ramos will have us stepping into a dance party as soon as we set foot on land!

Bull Ramos is just one of FIVE fabulous PDX bands coming to TBF on July 31^st.  Five dollars for five bands is a damn deal if you ask me.

Shopping in the Pearl District gives you the special chance to support superb local businesses, all within reach.  The Pearl provides ultimate shopping experiences.  For example, all in one day trip, one could pick up a cupcake at Cupcake Jones on 10^th and NE Everett, peruse shoes at Halo Shoes, then come one block west to Popina Pearl to get your most important summer purchase!  

Getting the word out about fun Portland summer activities required the help of Dot Zero Design, a fabulous local design company that has created the Popina website as well as many other high-end websites, logos and product packages.   Dot Zero has created some little handbill beauties to pass around to our friends about The Big Float.  Because of their utter exquisiteness, we expect that everyone in Portland proper will be feasting their eyes on The Big Float.

Swimwear body type advice by Popina!

Did you know that only 8% of women are hourglass shaped? That’s not that many of us!  But if you 8% are listening, shopping for swimwear needs to be based on what suits accentuate your curves best, or uses your waist as a focal point. 

Ladies with this figure are basically free to wear any type of swimsuit! Lucky! Hourglass girls can choose which parts she wants to up-play, depending on their own preference, all you have to do is follow the advice in the other figures’ posts.

A great swimsuit for an Hourglass shape is the Red Solid Lynne top from Popina.  It’s a great underwire swimsuit with support to play up your chest features. 

Paired with the Popina Skirted Boy Short, you’ve created an ultra feminine pairing that plays on all your curves and really shows off your defined waist!

Swimsuits for Hourglass shapes to avoid:

·      Horizontal stripes (vertical stripes work better to highlight your curves!)

Kona Brewing will deliver a classic Portland Beer-drinkin’ time at the TBF after party. 

Picture in slow motion: After The Great Crossing, you will gallantly toss your survival PDX raft aside, grab a cold one, and raise a glass to Kona, for providing 15 kegs of “Liquid Aloha” beer, a symbol of their support for transforming the Willamette River for our city!

       Hip, Hip, Hooray! Hip, Hip, Hooray!

The Liquid Aloha Kona beer will be flowing all day long as you meet new friends, listen to awesome live Portland music, and celebrate the new frontier!

Being a frontiersperson of river faring never tasted so good. Aloha!

Here’s some advice for ladies who have slender legs and lower portions, and tend to carry their weight in the center of their bodies!  We want to choose a swimsuit that draws the eye to your shoulders, and has a plunging neckline, or belted center. 

A few celebrities with apple shaped figures are Jennifer Hudson, Tyra Banks and Angelina Jolie.  Sure, I know Angelina is thin (because most celebrities are unrealistically thin), sure, but she’s apple shaped!  Apple shaped doesn’t mean big… it’s a shape – duh!  Everyone with this shape has to shop with the same rules of thumb to get the suits that look good for them. 

One Piece Swimwear and Tankinis are great for Apple Shape Figures.  Popina offers a huge selection of one-piece styles that have retro charm - perfect for coverage while still being flirtatious.

One great suit for Apple girls is this Walnut Vamp Suit by Jantzen Swimwear available at Popina Swimwear.  It’s got shirring that camouflages the belly area and also detail at the top to bring the eye up to your chest and shoulders. 

Another good swimsuit for Apple shapes is the “Gina” Black and White Polka Dot Retro Tankini by Popina.  It also has shelf bra cups for extra support!

Swimwear styles for Avoid for Apple Shape Figures:

·      Two Piece (unless Tankini!)

·      Neon colors or lots of embellishments

Looking for Portland Volunteer Opportunities this summer?  The Big Float asks you to come on board The Big Float Event July 31, 2011.

This is my friend Lauren. AKA LoLo.  She will be volunteering in PDX for the Party/Fun team! She will be making sure the after party is set up for maximum fun times, and then she will tear it down.  She <3s destruction. She is very cool and if you sign up to volunteer with her, maybe she will tell you tales of how she once met a seal in Antarctica!