Miami - December 13, 2006

Bikini Girls with Machine Guns

Pistol Panties Swimwear

Paradise does have its drawbacks (hurricanes, humidity, pasty Germans in Speedos).

Take the season usually synonymous with hot chocolate and sleigh rides, for example. While the rest of the country is bundled up in wool, you’re still baring a bikini bod.

Cancel the pity party, book your usual Brazilian, and try on something from Pistol Panties. The UK-based swimwear line from Deborah Fleming is all Latin flair with a twist of prim (blame her mixed Colombian and English parentage).

Channel your inner Honey Ryder with a two-piece heart bandeaux and how-low-can-you-go briefs from the Le Pin-Up collection. Or invoke a naughty Gidget with a ruffled-bottom number from the La Veddette series.

Sexy and snug in all the right places, the perfect winter suit is on the horizon.

Paradise found.

Available at Lavish, in the loft at Brownes & Co., 841 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach (305-532-7006); online at pistolpanties.com.