Inside Minimale Animale's Edgy Swimwear Studio in Venice

Racked is no longer publishing. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. The archives will remain available here; for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.

It's hard to believe that it took us a trip to Miami to discover a sexy statement swimwear line that's produced right in our backyard. Venice-based Minimale Animale is known for dressing our city's most daring beach brats, thanks to unique skin-baring designs by super babe Cassandra Kellogg.

For The Stylish's latest In Focus episode, the popular YouTube channel (who recently featured our girl Elizabeth Kott of Closet Rich) took a trip to Kellogg's funky studio in Venice, where all of Minimale Animale's pieces are produced. In-between modeling her latest skimpy, sportswear-inspired styles, she reveals that the line's name is a nod to "the minimalist that I felt was a void in the swimwear industry and sort of this animalistic sexiness that can be meshed together."

· Minimale Animale [Official Site]
· Wildfox, Shimmi, Kimye: LA Invades Miami Swim Week [Racked]
· Elizabeth Kott of Closet Rich Teams With The Stylish, Reformation [Racked]