Suitable for competition

Interview, Nov, 2008 by Mikael Jansson

IN BEIJING'S BIG OLYMPIC POOL, WORLD RECORDS FELL LIKE LEAVES. EVEN BRONZE WINNERS BROKEN THEM. WAS IT THE ATHLETES OR WAS IT A NEW BREED OF HIGH-TECH SWIMSUITS? THEN THE RESORT COLLECTIONS FEATURED ANOTHER GENERATION OF FAST-FORWARD WATER WEAR. THESE SUITS MIGHT NOT LOWER YOUR LAP TIMES, BUT THEIR FIERCE GRACE JONES VS. BRUCE LEE ATTITUDE WILL BEAT ANY LOOK ON THE BEACH OR BY THE POOL

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OPPOSITE, ON HER: SWIMSUIT: CALVIN KLEIN. CUSTOM ARM AND LEG COMPRESSIONS (THROUGHOUT): DAVID SAMUEL MENKES. WRIST WRAPS: EBOGU.COM. ON HIM: PANTS (THROUGHOUT): EBOGU.COM. FRAGRANCE: CALVIN KLEIN EUPHORIA.

ON HER SWIMSUIT: MIU MIU. KNEE PADS (THROUGHOUT: MARTIALARTSMART.COM. ON HIM: CHEST PROTECTOR (THROUGHOUT: GUNGFU.COM. GLOVES: MARTIALARTSMART.COM. FRAGRANCE: PRADA INFUSION D'TRIS. FAR RIGHT: KENDO GEAR: EBOGU.COM.

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ON HER: SWIMSUIT: ALEXANDER McQUEEN. ON HIM: LACE-UP ANKLE SUPPORTS: McDAVID.

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THIS PAGE: SWIMSUIT: PRADA. ON HIM: HELMET AND GLOVES: EBOGU. COM. OPPOSITE: ON HER: SWIMSUIT: MICHAEL KORS. FRAGRANCE: MICHAEL KORS BERMUDA. COSMETICS: CK CALVIN KLEIN BEAUTY. HAIR PRODUCTS: REDKEN. HAIR: YANNICK D'IS/MANAGEMENT ARTISTS. MAKEUP: MARK CARRASQUILLO/ ART COMMERCE, MODELS: LARA STONE/ IMG AND DENNIS JOHNSON/NEW YORK MODELS. PRODUCTION: JOHAN SWENSON/ LINK DETAILS: PROP STYLING: SAHARA WIDOFF. DIGITAL IMAGING: DTOUCH. MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR: CHIAGO. PRINTING: PASCAL DANGIN FOR BOX STUDIOS. CASTING: MICHELLE LEE/KCD. STYLIST ASSISTANTS: KAREN KAISER AND ELIN SVHAN. FASHION DETAILS PAGE 138.

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Photography MIKAEL JANSSON

Styling KARL TEMPLER