2010 Nicolita catalog

The untouched beauty of Cuba serves as
the backdrop and inspiration for Nicolita’s
2010 collection. Follow Nicolita designer,
Nicole Di Rocco, as she takes her latest collection to Cuba for an amazing onlocation
photo shoot and documentary
of her family’s homeland. This historical
trip is a first hand look at this mysterious and enchanting land.For 2010, Nicolita invites her fans to create their
own personal swimwear style by introducing the
Señorita Solids Collection. Customers will be
able to mix and match their favorite Nicolita print
bikini with an affordable sexy Señorita Solid or
Knotty Nicolita in this season’s hottest colors.

Photo shoot with Adrianne Curry

I had the pleasure working with the first winner of AMERICA's TOP MODEL, Adrianne Curry today on a photo shoot for Agenda magazine. The photo shoot theme was retro Hollywood, so I was in heaven styling bikinis for this. I was super excited to work with Adrianne because I was a fan of her show "My Fair Brady". She definitely lived up to her fun and out spoken character on the show. Every time she put on a new bikini she took a picture of herself on her phone and emailed it to her Husband, Christopher Knight. She looked amazing and has a great bikini body. I was impressed with how professional she was working with the photographer and getting the shots needed for the magazine.

I pulled bikinis from our classic styles, Set Sail, OLE, and a couple bikinis from our NEW 2009 Collection . The 'Amore', (which is the beautiful white and black one piece featured to the left) is from Nicolita's 2009 Collection. This one piece swim suit is truly unique.




The Black band on her bust is super classic and slimming. The back of the suit has a Deep V and criss crossed bands. Go to: www.mynicolita.com to see more views.











Kelly Jo Grandy did a fantastic job creating Adrianne's retro-glam make up.







It was a little chilly in the Studio....buuuurrrrr..














Adrianne is wearing Nicolita's bermuda top bikini, The Set Sail. The triangle bra features a grommet bow tie and the bottoms have little white nautical buttons. This bikini is extremely flattering on all body types because of the diagonal stripes. The Set Sail will forever be a classic.














Adrianne is wearing the 2009 Knotty Nicolita one piece. I updated the design of this bikini with a molded bra cup and criss cross straps for more support. The back of this one piece is gorgeous and sexy.

Perparing for the 2009 Photo shoot

A lot is involved before a photo shoot. Besides having all the bikinis and products ready to shoot, (which is countless hours from design to conception) I need to really visualize the entire day. I play out how the day will unfold from beginning to end, in order to produce a photo shoot that achieves all my goals. I start to create a time line from when all the props need to be delivered, kraft services (food), setting up hair and make up, changing room, bathroom signs, even DO NOT TOUCH/ DO NOT ENTER signs, etc... all these details impact how the photos will turn out. Another key factor I had to plan for was the film crew of the Janice Dickinson Show filming the entire photo shoot. It was quite the challenge, but me and my Nicolita team are always up for it.

When I design each collection, I get inspired for where Nicolita is in her life, who is she with and what fun activities is she doing. Nicolita's 2009 Collection reflects her travels though Italy. I traveled and searched for a location that could capture all the different Italian scenes I created for Nicolita to experience. After I booked our Italian inspired Beverly hills location, John Ganun, the photographer, and Alejandro Rivera, Green lab Design, did a walk through and set up all the shots. The photos below look a bit silly, but they were KEY in order to be able to shoot everything in one day. For example, these photos are the BEFORE and AFTER of the
Spanish Fly bikini Collection.


















BEFORE :) AFTER.
The Spanish Fly photo is one of my favorites. CC looks amazing!