Fashion: water babes

Who said swimsuits were meant for swimming? Anyone who spends pounds 75 and upwards on a bikini or swimming costume does not have Olympic training in mind. For that, stick to Speedo or Adidas. But if you're the sort of girl who swans around the pool, cocktail in hand and high heels on feet, these heavy-pose-factor sun-suits are just for you

Main picture: chocolate-brown bikini, pounds 79, by D&G, from Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge, SW1 (tel: 0171 235 5000); gold tusk earings, pounds 110, from Detail, 4A Symons Street, SW3 (tel: 0171 730 8488). Opposite page, top, beige halter-neck bikini, pounds 75, by APC, 124 Draycott Avenue, SW3 (tel mail order: 00 331 44 39 0660). Opposite page, bottom, black cutaway swimsuit, pounds 140, by Herve Leger, from Harvey Nichols, as before, Browns, 23-27 South Molton Street, W1 (tel: 0171 491 7833); black-mesh heels with ankle strap, pounds 185, by Martine Sitbon for Stephane Kelian, 48 Sloane Street, SW1 (tel: 0171 235 9459)

STYLING BY SOPHIA NEOPHITOU

SYLIST ASSISTANT: HOLLY DAVIES

MAKE-UP AND HAIR BY ALEX BABSKY FOR ESTEE LAUDER

MODEL: NATASHA