Boy Short Swimwear is all the rage these days, and with so many different styles and fits, anyone can wear boy shorts!

Why choose boy short bottoms, well where do i begin?

Flatters your Thighs-  Ohh thighs, that area so many of us long to cover when at the beach(sigh). Since boy shorts are cut longer on the leg, they create the illusion that your thighs are smaller and leaner than normal.

Flatters your Lower Stomach - bye bye muffin top

Flatters your Behind-  The last thing any woman wants in a bathing suit bottom is the inability for it to just stay put. With boy short bathing suit bottoms, the need to pull and tug and constantly adjust is eliminated. Did i mention they make your behind look FANTASTIC.

Boy short bottoms can be styled in so many different ways, retro, athletic, flirty, girly, and at Popina swimwear’s Portland boutique, we have so many different prints and colors to match your very own style.

 remember where you came from

The Freya Brand has been a front-runner in the lingerie world since 1998, so in 2002 when they launched their own swimwear  line, their devoted followers and fans rejoiced! For harder to fit girls, Freya is always the perfect fit. Since they are a lingerie company first, they know how to make a perfect fitting top, and who can say no to that! Freya’s Swimsuits are girly, classic, retro, flirty, and just plain perfect. In Freya we carry sizes 30D to 40G, and our selection from their collection continues to grow. You can find Freya Bikinis and One Piece suits in our Popina Swimwear Portland Boutiques along with over 25 other swimwear brands!

Janine Robin creates an amazing selection of timeless swimsuits for every body. For 63 years, Janine Robin, France’s number one selling swimwear brand, has specialized in full sized high-end swimwear and lingerie. The one pieces are simple and classic, the bikini tops boast strong straps and underwire ranging in size from A-F. Janine Robin suits are a great choice for girls who want more support from their swimwear! You can find Janine Robin Suits, as well as the company’s other collection Laura Beach in our Popina Swimwear Portland Boutiques along with over 25 other swimwear brands!

Panache Swimwear is one of the 25 swimwear brands carried in the Popina Swimwear Portland Boutiques.  Glamourous designs and stylish shapes will make you look amazing. And they’ll support you in a supreme comfort from a D to a H cup. So you’ll feel amazing too. Popina also carries cup sized swimwear in Tommy Bahama, Freya, Sunsets and Gottex.  Come on in we will have a few options for you!

Seafolly Swimwear is available on line at the Popina Swimwear website and in both of the Popina Portland Swimsuit boutique locations.

Since 1975, Seafolly Swimsuits have been at the epicentre of Australian beach lifestyle and has quickly become one of the most recognized swimwear and beach lifestyle brands world-wide. Spanning the broad international market, Seafolly is currently stocked in major fashion department stores and swimwear boutiques around the world.

Summer holidays and beach escapes are integral to the Seafolly brand essence and its customers. Women around the world look forward to their summer holiday escape and weekends at the beach. Time to relax and enjoy the company of friends and family or maybe a bit of time to themselves…

Seafolly Swimwear believes life is for living!

Setting the seasons trends, Seafolly offers a fun, fashion forward and innovative range of swim and lifestyle wear. Seafolly Bathing Suits have all your Summer essentials, an array of bikinis, one piece swimsuits, cover ups and apparel along with an extensive accessories collection. Bold statement prints, contrasting textures and injections of eclectic colour encapsulate and reflect the SEAFOLLY brand philosophy.

Seafolly Australia provides women, girls and boys a range of fashionable and sun safe swim and lifestyle wear with the Seafolly Ladies, Seafolly Girl and Tiger Joe collections.

Seafolly’s fashion designers, staff members, friends and family spend countless hours enjoying life in our own products. We are our own best customers and our toughest critics. Innovative, fashionable, high quality swimwear, lifestyle apparel products and accessories are as important to us as they are to our customers.

We invite you to “Live Life with Seafolly”

Let’s make a beach in downtown Portland!

UnRock the Bowl will take place Saturday, August 25 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park - in the grass bowl just south of Hawthorne Bridge.

Rip-wrap rocks installed in the 1980’s have migrated to the water’s edge. We will simply pick these rocks up and put them back on the bank. There are rocks for all ages and sizes, little kid rocks, big boy rocks and everything in between.

At the end of the day, Portland will have a new beach downtown. This will be hard but rewarding work. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Bring your friends and join the work party!

UnRock the Bowl

When: Saturday, August 25, 2012

9 am - 2 pm

Where: Tom McCall Waterfront Park Bowl (where the Blues Festival is held)

What: Blitz Group Rock Move Event - bring gloves and good work shoes

Why: Because people like to swim at sandy beaches.

RSVP: Help spread the word. RSVP on the UnRock the Bowl Facebook event page and please invite all your local Facebook friends to join (via the UnRock the Bowl Facebook Event Page).

Thank you to our UnRock the Bowl Sponsors (in alpha order):

Alaska Airlines

City of Portland Office of Healthy working Rivers

Coca-Cola

Columbia Sportswear

Dot Zero Design

Elliott, Ostrander & Preston

Fred Meyer

Homespun Websites

Keen

Les Overhead

Mount Hood Meadows

Popina Swimwear

Portland Spirit

RiverPlace Hotel

Skamania Lodge

SOLV

Wanna be a sponsor? Contact will_levenson@hotmail.com.

Swimwear for anywhere, and we DO mean anywhere

Popina Swimwear–Portland’s Bathing Suit Boutique and makers of the Made in Oregon Popina^® Bathing Suit brand–and Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort–Portland’s fun, innovative, sustainable world class ski resort–have joined forces to name Popina the “Official Swimwear of Mt. Hood Meadows.”  In true Portland style, two unlikely extremes have found commonality in their mutual customer bases. Both entities are in the business of helping people escape from the wet, dull Portland winter blues. 

How did this odd partnership come about?

Popina^® was initially introduced to Mt. Hood Meadows in 2009 at the ski resort’s end of season party. The party, put on by Kona Brewing Company and affectionately known as the “SnoKona Pond Skim”, included people skiing down a hill in costume and skimming over a 90 ft. long pond.  Seeking to bring a new twist to the event, Popina^® was approached by Kona Brewing to supply swimwear for a pond-side swimwear fashion show.

“Over the last two years, Mt. Hood Meadows and Popina^® have had a chance to consider the silly juxtaposition of our respective brands and decided it would be fun to deepen our relationship,” says Pamela Levenson, Popina  Owner/Designer. 

Next up is Mt. Hood Meadows Spring Fling Boots ‘n Suits promotion. Every weekend in April, skiers who wear a swimsuit to Mt. Hood Meadows will receive a 20% off Popina coupon and be entered in a weekly drawing. Prizes include $250 in Gift Certificates from Popina and one weekly $50 in gift card from Mt. Hood Meadows.  One grand prize winner for the month will receive two VIP passes to the 6^th annual Kona Pond Skim, Saturday, April 28^th where Popina will present a swimwear fashion show. Further, Popina is offering special $59 lift tickets for Mt. Hood Meadows the month of April at both Popina swimwear boutiques. Hit the slopes in style – in swimwear.

Jantzen Pretty Pin Dot One Piece has been a very popular suit for Popina this season.  It has a great classic retro look, tummy control a cute ruffle at the waist and a detachable neck strap.  Increasingly this suit has been hard to come by, a quick search of the web I noticed on the Boston Proper website it is temporarily out of stock.

Jantzen Swimwear Pretty Pin Dot $90 at Popina

For a limited time Popina is putting this stunner of a suit on sale for $90 get this great Red Polka Dot suit and turn some heads this summer!

Ahh the sweet Washougal River, so close to Portland, such amazing places to swim, I really hope I get to explore this fine river at least one more time this summer.  From NE Portland it is an easy 30 minute drive to get to this second Washougal River Swimming Hole at Mile marker 4.

I did not see any signage for needing the “Discover Pass” which was needed at Washougal River Mile Marker 3  which costs $11.50 per day or $35 a year as of 2011. This mile marker spot does not have any facilities.  Always pack all your trash out and consider bringing an extra bag to leave any swimming hole you visit better than how you found it (pick up for those less enlightened than your bad ass self).  NEVER BRING GLASS TO THE RIVER.

A really easy way to get down to the Mile Marker 4 swimming hole is just east of the Mile Marker 4 sign.  Pretty easy path down, similar Washougal River Mile Marker 3 once you get parked because there is pretty limited parking if you can get a parking spot it will not feel too overcrowded.

This swimming hole is great, pretty similar feel to Washougal River Mile Marker 3 sans the water fall, but it felt a little more expansive to me.  There are some nice beach areas, some great rocks poking out to sun yourself, a slight current that takes you from the area of the easy path down (we saw another path that was steeper and trickier to get down), west to an area that has a very nice deep area and a ropeswing that you can swing off from a platform that someone built.  I saw a dude swing off it, dive mid stream from the dismount from the rope and nail a perfect landing, beautiful swimming hole moment.

I would recommend this swimming hole if you are on a budget and do not want to spring for a Discover Pass and it is the weekend.  I say this is a good spot for the weekend because believe it or not there are even better places to swim on the Washougal that I imagine would be obscenely crowded on the weekends such as Dougan Falls or Moulton Falls - save those for a “sick day” on a weekday - believe me it is insane enough at these spots during the week as it is.Have fun and be respectful.

The Washougal River is an amazing place to swim.  From NE Portland it is an easy 30 minute drive to get to this first Washougal River Swimming Hole at Mile marker 3.

There are signs posted at Mile Marker 3 that you need to have a “Discover Pass” turns out that it costs $11.50 per day or $35 a year.  Wow, pretty steep.  I suppose the money is for maintaining the really gross toilet on site, incidentally at the time of this post there was also no trash can which seems pretty lame considering the high pass fee.  Always pack all your trash out and consider bringing an extra bag to leave any swimming hole you visit better than how you found it (pick up for those less enlightened than your bad ass self).

So look into picking up a discover pass before you go frolicking on the Washougal, it will allow you to have more fun - you will be relieved of the paranoia of whether or not you get a ticket which no doubt would be expensive based on the high permit fee.

Once you get parked there is this lovely path down to the Washougal River. The nice thing about Mile Marker 3 is that there is pretty limited parking so if you can get a spot it will not feel too overcrowded.

This swimming hole is pretty sweet.  Nice rocky bottom, deep places to swim, a little waterfall off a rock that you can jump in off.  Nice sandy areas on the shore.

Here is a photo of Popina designer Pamela Levenson swimming with her dog Cassis (photos by husband Will).

I would recommend this swimming hole if you have already purchased a Discover Pass and it is the weekend.  There are free places to swim on the Washougal such as Washougal River Mile Marker 4 (also a good weekend spot).  I say this is a good spot for the weekend because believe it or not there are even better places to swim on the Washougal that I imagine would be obscenely crowded on the weekends such as Dougan Falls or Moulton Falls - save those for a “sick day” on a weekday - believe me it is insane enough at these spots during the week as it is.

Have fun and be respectful.