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CORAL CASINO BEACH & CABANA CLUB

We were honored to be a part of Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club’s grand reopening event earlier this year in Santa Barbara, CA! We first dove into this historic location for our 2017 collaboration with fine art photographer Gray Malin for his series Après-Swim, shot all on location at the Coral Casino.

Set on Butterfly Beach’s coveted coastline, the Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club is poolside glamour personified at a location that’s unmistakably Santa Barbara. Steeped on old Hollywood glamour, the landmark social club cues up a beach chic vibe that echoes with vintage nostalgia. After closing in March 2020 amid the pandemic, the Club reopened this past January after a long renovation and reimagining of the space.

We loved making a splash at this reimagined coastal treasure. Scroll on to see more from the grand opening party! 

Photos by David Mendoza III

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MODERNISM WEEK PALM SPRINGS

Modernism Week is a world-class, eleven-day celebration of midcentury modern design, architecture, art, fashion, and culture in Greater Palm Springs that takes place in February each year. The mission of Modernism Week is to celebrate and foster appreciation of midcentury architecture and design, as well as contemporary thinking in these fields, by encouraging education, preservation and sustainable modern living as represented in the greater Palm Springs area! Modernism Week has more than 120,000 attendees each year that participate in over 350 events including the Modernism Show, home tours, films & lectures, nightly parties, live music events, fashion shows, classic cars, and more.

We always love making a splash at various Modernism Week events, and 2024 was no different! Read on below to see highlights from this year’s events…

The piano keys were tinkling and glasses were clinking to kick off Modernism Week 2024! Our first Modernism Week performance was at the iconic Twin Palms Frank Sinatra Estate in Palm Springs for an event in support of Save Iconic Architecture (SIA) presented by Benjamin Moore! SIA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission it is to bring awareness and action to preserving endangered architectural and significant cultural structures as art. A portion of ticket proceeds went towards their preservation efforts and initiatives. See more below!

Photos by Brady Bates Photography

To close out Modernism Week, we made an all-pink splash at Villa Sierra, otherwise known as the “That Pink Door” house in Palm Springs! Hosted by Natural Retreats, who manage some of our favorite venues in Palm Springs, the pink paradise of Villa Sierra was infused with chic midcentury flair for this glamorous cocktail party where the only rule was “think PINK!“. Check out the (very pink) photos below!

Photos by Lani Garfield 

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ARTISTIC SWIMMING AT THE PARIS 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS

A few facts about Artistic Swimming at the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics! Check this page for ongoing updates throughout the competition.

A total of 96 athletes from 18 countries will compete in Artistic Swimming at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The 10 countries with qualified teams, each consisting of eight athletes, are automatically qualified for the Duet event. Each Duet is formed from two athletes within these teams. Countries that have qualified only in the duet event can send a maximum of two swimmers to the Games.  18 nations total will compete in the Duet events. 

The ten Teams at Paris 2024:

• Australia: Caroline Rayna Buckle, Georgia Meg Courage-Gardiner, Kiera Gazzard, Raphaelle Gauthier, Margo Joseph-Kuo, Anastasia Kusmawan, Zoe Poulis, Milena Waldmann, Natalia Caloiero

• Canada: Sydney Carroll, Scarlett Finn, Audrey Lamothe, Jonnie Newman, Raphaëlle Plante, Kenzie Priddell, Claire Schefell, Florence Tremblay, Jacqueline Simoneau

• China: Chang Hao, Feng Yu, Wang Ciyue, Wang Liuyi, Wang Qianyi, Xiang Binxuan, Xiao Yanning, Zhang Yayi, Cheng Wentao

• Egypt: Farida Abdelbary, Mariam Ahmed, Nadine Barsoum, Amina Elfeky, Hanna Hiekal, Salma Marei, Sondos Mohamed, Nihal Saafan, Malak Toson

• France: Laelys Alavez, Anastasia Bayandina, Ambre Esnault, Laura Gonzalez, Romane Lunel, Eve Planeix, Charlotte Tremble, Laura Tremble, Manon Disbeaux

• Italy: Linda Cerruti, Marta Iacoacci, Sofia Mastroianni, Susanna Pedotti, Enrica Piccoli, Lucrezia Ruggiero, Isotta Sportelli, Giulia Vernice, Francesca Zunino

• Japan: Higa Moe, Kijima Moeka, Kobayashi Uta, Sato Tomoka, Shimada Ayano, Wada Ami, Yasunaga Mashiro, Yoshida Megumu, Fujii Moka

• Mexico: Regina Alférez, María Fernanda Arellano, Nuria Diosdado, Itzamary González, Joana Jiménez, Luisa Rodríguez, Jessica Sobrino, Pamela Toscano, Glenda Inzunza

• Spain: Txell Ferré, Marina García, ilou Lluis, Meritxell Mas, Alisa Ozhogina, Paula Ramírez, Iris Tió, Blanca Toledano, Sara Saldaña

• United States: Anita Alvarez, Jaime Czarkowski, Megumi Field, Keana Hunter, Audrey Kwon, Jacklyn Luu, Daniella Ramirez, Ruby Remati, Calista Liu

The additional participating athletes for only the Duet events at Paris 2024 are from:

• Austria
• Great Britain
• Greece
• Israel
• New Zealand
• South Korea
• The Netherlands
• Ukraine

The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics was the first time that male athletes were allowed to compete for a spot in the competition in Olympic history. The IOC made the decision in December 2022 for men to be eligible to be part of those teams, with a maximum of two per team. While no male athletes are part of the final Team rosters for Paris 2024, we are excited to see more male athletes at future Olympic Games. 

“Males having such a prestigious opportunity to compete in the Olympic Games in a sport only known to women is showing the growth and evolution from the years of fighting for this chance. This is a milestone and can ignite a flame into many young men who watch the games this summer. It’s the best feeling to represent my country at the highest level in our sport. It’s a huge honor and I am very proud to say I am an artistic swimmer for the USA!”, says Kenny Gaudet, an athlete for Team USA and a member of our male Aquawillies team.  “Ultimately I would love to swim at the Olympics and I am personally shooting for the LA 2028 games here in my very own country the USA!”.

ABOUT THE COMPETITION

Artistic Swimming has been an Olympic discipline at every Summer Olympics since the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. There are two artistic swimming event categories: the Team events and the Duet events. Athletes will compete in the technical and free events in Duet, and in the technical, free, and acrobatic events in Team. Things to know:

• The combined scores of all two, or three, routines will determine the medalists in each event.

• There is a new type of Team event. At Paris 2024, the team event will have three events in the Team events category: the two already included in the Olympic program (technical and free) and a third new event, the acrobatic routine, where the team needs to perform “complex structures, airborne movements and a wide diversity of acrobatic action combinations,” explains World Aquatics (formerly FINA).

• Since the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, World Aquatics has implemented a new scoring system for Artistic Swimming.  This new system scores synchronization and establishes a Degree of Difficulty in acrobatics and hybrids (hybrids are sequences of leg movements performed while a swimmer is underwater during a routine).

• Competitors will aim to avoid receiving basemarks, which are penalties given when a team fails to execute the difficulty level they had declared in advance. The cost of a basemark varies based on the specific element involved.

SCHEDULE

The artistic swimming events at Paris 2024 will take place between the 5th and the 10th of August 2024! See below for the full schedule of events. We hope you tune in for the excitement! All times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (Los Angeles), Eastern Standard Time (New York City), and Central European Time (Paris).

RESULTS
Updated August 10th, 2024

Technical Team Routine Results (August 5th):
1. China
2. Spain
3. Japan
4. USA
5. Italy
6. France
7. Canada
8. Mexico
9. Egypt
10. Australia

Free Team Routine Results (August 6th):
1. China
2. USA
3. Mexico
4. Spain
5. Canada
6. Japan
7. France
8. Italy
9. Australia
10. Egypt

Acrobatic Team Routine Results (August 7th): 
1. China
2. USA
3. France
4. Spain
5. Mexico
6. Canada
7. Japan
8. Italy
9. Egypt
10. Australia

FINAL TEAM RESULTS
🥇 China
🥈 USA
🥉 Spain
France
Japan
Canada
Mexico
Italy
Australia
Egypt

Technical Duet Routine Results (August 9th):
1. China
2. Austria
3. Netherlands
4. Great Britain
5. Ukraine
6. Japan
7. Spain
8. Greece
9. Israel
10. France
11. Mexico
12. USA
13. Korea
14. Australia
15. Canada
16. Egypt
17. New Zealand
*Italy: DNS (withdrew due to athlete illness)

Free Duet Routine Results (August 10th):
1. Great Britain
2. Netherlands
3. Canada
4. China
5. Austria
6. Greece
7. Ukraine
8. Spain
9. USA
10. Japan
11. Israel
12. Mexico
13. Korea
14. Egypt
15. Australia
16. France
17. New Zealand
*Italy: DNS (withdrew due to athlete illness)

FINAL DUET RESULTS
🥇 China
🥈 Great Britain
🥉 Netherlands
Austria
Ukraine
Greece
Spain
Japan
Canada
USA
Israel
Mexico
Korea
France
Egypt
Australia
New Zealand
*Italy: DNS (withdrew due to athlete illness)

Photos: Holly Jo

‘Lillies: Alysha / Inna / Katie / Liz / Nyra / Paige / Philicia / Salise / Tamar

‘Willies: Karl / Trey

Hot Pink Swimsuits: OYE Swimwear

‘LILLIES AT THE 2024 GAMES

Please join us in cheering on some of our ‘Lillies who are at the Paris Games!

• Anita Alvarez: Team USA, Team Routine
• Natalia Vega: Team USA Staff
• Jaime Czarkowski: Team USA, Team Routine and Duet Routine

Click here to read more about our other ‘Lillies who have competed at past Olympic Games. 

HIGHLIGHTS

Check out a selection of Artistic Swimming images from Paris 2024 below!

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2023 HIGHLIGHTS

Happy New Year to our friends, fans and clients! It’s been quite a year and we want to share the highlights with you.

HEARST CASTLE
Click here to see how our synchronized swimmers and mermaids added to the magic of this historic landmark! 

GRAY MALIN ON ST. BARTH’S
We traveled around the world this year, including Saint Barthélemy for a collaboration with fine art photographer Gray Malin – evoking vintage Caribbean glamour!

PELICAN HILL RESORT
We made a splash the largest circular pool in the world. Click here to view the epic photos captured here by Brad Walls. 

J LO X REVOLVE
We were there to celebrate the launch of the Jennifer Lopez x Revolve Shoe Collection in the Hollywood Hills! 

MALIBU RUM
Click here to watch us featured in their summer campaign featuring Jax! 

“INFINITY” WITH MICKEY SINGH
Catch us making waves with Mickey Singh in his “Infinity” music video.

MONTAGE TWENTY
We love to craft formations in the water, and we made this ’20’ with our ‘Lillies for the 20th anniversary of Montage Hotels & Resorts.

A special wish for a spectacular New Year, from our Aquawillies! Have them out to your next bachelorette party, birthday bash, or corporate event and make it a head-turning year. Mermen also available!

We are grateful this year to have been able to make a splash in pools around the world! Check out the images below to see us in action worldwide in the French Riviera, Mexico, Hamptons, Miami, Bahamas, St. Thomas, Texas, Mississippi, and more.

With love, Aqualillies & Aquawillies

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AQUALILLIES X MIAMI ART WEEK

Updated December 16, 2025

In early December each year, South Florida becomes the center of the art world when it plays host to over 20 art fairs, including Design Miami/ and Art Basel Miami Beach. We always love making a splash during this annual cultural fête, and have made appearances at various Miami Art Week events for the past decade. Miami Art Week is one of the most exciting weeks of the year in South Florida for shows and events! See more below from our performances throughout the years…

We appeared at Art Basel Miami Beach 2013 in Above and Below, an otherworldly film by Clara Cullen for Nowness that premiered at the annual art-world pilgrimage. Cullen shot the beguiling film on black and white Super 8 – watch the full film here.

During Miami Art Week 2016 we flipped our fins and made a splash for the Panerai Design Miami/ party that year, hosted by Design Miami/ founder Craig Robins at his lavish art-filled home on the Sunset Islands in Miami.

We celebrated the artists at Art Basel Miami Beach 2021 at the home of Miami legend Barbara Becker – we loved flipping our Mermaid AND Merman (!) fins for these fun photos with Steve Wilson, co-founder of the art-filled 21c Museum Hotels.

Tucked-away behind a leafy façade during Miami Art Week 2022, we surprised guests with an art-deco performance for Weishaupt Design Group‘s pool party held at the Avenue Road Miami Beach Villa! The beautiful Villa residence was designed in 1932 by Martin L. Hampton – a champion of Miami’s Art Deco vernacular. 

We collaborated with Nolcha during Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 for an aquatic, fashion-focused performance showcasing 3D Meta Dress – a capsule collection of 3d-printed couture pieces! Every piece collected gave back a portion of proceeds to organizations like Girls Who Code and other Foundations helping to promote STEAM education for women and girls.

For Art Basel Miami Beach 2024, we added atmospheric entertainment to the Dine with Dez x The Untitled Magazine Dinner and After Party! The Untitled Magazine teamed up with Dine With Dez for an exclusive event bringing together a curated group of art, fashion, and entertainment insiders for an immersive dining and entertainment experience. Held at the Broken Shaker Miami Beach, the event featured a private VIP dinner followed by an afterparty with our atmospheric synchronized swimming performance alongside DJ sets from Quiana Parks, Dylan Ali, and Akia Dorsainvil. Co-hosted by The Untitled Magazine’s Indira Cesarine, along with Dine With Dez founders Desmond Sam and Ramses Rubio, the event continued the publication’s tradition of creating unforgettable moments during Art Basel ✨

For Miami Art Week 2025, we dove into The Mirage Swim Club by artist Alex Prager that accompanied her Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition titled The Mirage Factory 🍊✨💦🌴

Presented by Capital One and The Cultivist, The Mirage Swim Club invited guests to experience The Shelborne by Proper’s beautiful pool deck which was infused with Prager’s signature surrealism, timelessness and technicolor. Our ‘Lillies took to the pool throughout the week during Golden Hour, for the Venture X Gold Hour at the Mirage Swim Club! Refreshing cocktails circulated across the deck as we activated the pool for special performances, and an exclusive late-night DJ set closed out the event to keep the energy lifted long after sunset. At the center of it all, The Shelborne’s Art Deco diving board rose above the water, serving as the pool deck’s sculptural focal point. See below for more event highlights from this year’s performances! Photos by Daniel Seung Lee.

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