Itsy-bitsy fashion

  RIO DE JANEIRO - Just how many variations can you spin off the marvel of simplicity that is the bikini? Judging by the options on spectacular display at FashionRio, the five-day-long summer 2013 fashion extravaganza, the options are endless.

Sao Paulo-based label Triya served up the season's most eye-popping options, a psychedelic rainbow that broke the beachwear mold. Beyond the fringed pant bikini, the brand's brainchild, were tiny bottoms paired with long sleeve spandex tops cropped short to show off the models' abs and a zebra-printed bandeau top that sprouted an ankle length skirt in aubergine silk with a bold slit up one side.

Cia. Maritima brought out the big guns - including Victoria's Secret angel Izabel Goulart - to show off its teeny-weeny bikinis. Goulart rocked the catwalk in a leopard print string bikini fitted with a sexy spider's web of thin yellow straps.

Va-va-voom one-pieces emerged as major winners here, with just about everyone sending out variations on the vampish maillot.

A raucous, theatrical show by streetwear label Reserva wrapped up FashionRio in style late on Saturday. Models frolickedon a catwalk strewn with couches and armchairs and an oversized dining room table. AP



ONE PIECE OR TWO?

The popularity of the iconic teeny-weeny "dental floss" bikini is dropping in Brazil - thanks to thickening waistlines, the more forgiving one-piece is making a comeback.