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The Danish supermodel Helena Christensen has been a water lover since childhood, when she swam in rivers in her mother’s native Peru. She’s also a beach obsessive who spends her summers in and out of the sea on the northern coast of Denmark. And she has, of course, been a well-known professional swimsuit wearer for some decades. In other words, she’s a woman who knows a good costume when she sees one. So, when three years ago Christensen posted a photo of herself wearing a one-piece Hunza G costume, Georgiana Huddart, the co-founder of the British swimwear brand, knew it was a true seal of approval. In October, Hunza G and Christensen’s relationship will be cemented with a five-piece capsule collection in her new favourite colour: lilac-and-white stripes chosen and modelled by Christensen.
“It’s just a very cool, smart idea to have a range in one fabric,” confirms Christensen. “And that fabric feels so good because it’s stretchy and the elasticity gives it a kind of tightening effect. It’s very flattering. But I’m a colour obsessive and with Hunza G it was the hues that first caught my eye.
“Swimwear is such an elaborate universe,” she continues. “I have so many bikinis and swimsuits I love because it’s a clothing product that always brings back great memories. And while I love swimsuits that have ribbons and criss-crosses and whatever, what I like about Hunza G is it’s very simple. You just step into it. That’s it. They feel good to wear.”
Hunza’s wrinkly-crinkly, much-copied fabrication has been around since it was founded by Peter Meadows in 1984. Veteran textile-watchers might remember a daring blue-and-white cut-out Hunza dress worn by Julia Roberts in the ’90s film Pretty Woman –…
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