Fun in the Summer Sun with Carve Designs

27. Jul, 2010 Comments Off Print This Article

Carve Designs put their Southern California touch in the design of the clothes. Their line is perfect for your summer sojourn at the lake or seaside: sun-kissed, soft to the touch clothes, which are well made and will stand up to hard play. Carve Designs’ dresses softly drape and can be dressed up for dinner at the restaurant on the pier, yet are comfortable enough to be worn for a sunset stroll. At Cycle & Style, we think the clothes pair nicely with a fun beach cruiser for summer fun where ever your bike takes you!

Taylor wears the Paris Dress (in aqua) from Carve Designs. (Bike: Nirve Rio)

Where to Get Them:

Whether you like to surf or water-ski, play an intense game of beach volley-ball or take a relaxing ride on your beach cruiser to get an nice cold shaved ice treat, you can comfortably do it with the clothes from Carve Designs. They are available at REI and many other locations and have a great online store (which is having a summer sale now).

Go to these links for more information on each of the clothes shown here, including the Turtle Bay Reversible Short and Peasant Roller Tee, and Paris Dress worn by Taylor; the Avalon T worn by Jillian, and the Paddler short worn by both Jillian (in Sage Dots) and Lauren (in Zig-Zag). Lauren also wears the Sunblocker Rash Guard. Susy wore the Hawaii Dress while Ashley wore the Peasant Roller Tee with the Oakalani skirt; Natalie wears the Irago Dress.

Cycle & Style’s fashion show in May featured Carve Designs. Check out scenes from the show and a video as well.

Jillian rides Trek’s Zara 13 LL . She is wearing Carve Designs' Paddler Shorts (sage dots) & Avalon T.

Photo by Elizabeth V. Macias

Tara’s Review: I bought several pieces of the spring/summer 2010 line and took them all for my vacation 2 weeks ago. They packed well and wore well for a lake-side vacation. A Carve Designs skirt was the perfect thing to wear for a ride in a boat that ended with an evening dinner at a floating restaurant (considered by my youngest daughter to be her ‘first fancy restaurant.’) I have always thought that Carve Designs does spring/summer clothing very well, but last year they debuted a fall/winter line. I had a sneak-peak at their upcoming fall/winter line and can hardly wait to get a few pieces from that line! You’ll want to check it out!

Bike Details: We really love Nirve’s beach cruisers–a perfect summer-weather bike. From the sassy, leopard print design of the Nirve Minx to the pink-and-white tropical look of the the Nirve Island Flower to the classic design of the coffee-colored Nirve Rio, we love how Nirve has put so many fun touches into each of the designs for their cruisers.

Trek’s Wasabi is another fun summer beach cruiser and the girls loved its paint design. The Trek Zara 13 LL is a special bike–it is perfect for young teen girls who have outgrown the bikes they had as little girls but who have not yet grown tall enough to fit on an adult woman’s bike. There aren’t many bikes out there made for young teen girls so I am glad to see Trek jumping in to feel that need.

Photo by Elizabeth V. Macias