Alternative, Stylish Women’s Surfwear

More than just florals, suits and shorts that get adventurous with cuts, color and material

Thankfully surfwear has come a long way since women’s styles simply meant adding floral motifs or a pink colorway. In an ever-evolving industry, inventive designs for women are becoming more abundant. Here, we’ve highlighted brands that eschew the all-black unitard-like wetsuit and get adventurous with cuts, patterns and material. Not just designed for women, each piece has been designed by women, or at least, with …

Vise Light

New York-based lighting designer Bec Brittain plays with unexpected colors and materials for brazen sculptural fixtures that become the (literal) highlight of the spaces they inhabit. Her Vise light, named after the grip, has geometric “claws” that create volume in space without being aggressive; a handblown glass globe, in tropical gradients, serves as its softly bright beating heart. Each of Brittain’s pieces are hand-assembled and …

Unimpressed Print

LA-based artist Cheryl Humphreys uses the technique of blind embossing to slightly raise the words “We Are Not Impressed” on paper, resulting in a minimalist print that can be felt as much as it can be seen. It’s artwork with attitude.