Alex and I hit the beach last week and waited out a thunderstorm to get these shots. It was also the first time I had a chance to try out some of the stuff I bought from Intimates21.com. A few months back I ordered a bunch of bikinis and other stuff from Intimates21, knowing full well that they were a Chinese sweatshop making cheap knock-offs of other branded products. They don’t even produce their own product images, instead preferring to steal them from other sites and then sewing their own versions of what’s pictured. When the stuff arrived, much of it looked close enough to the pictures that it didn’t matter that much, but some stuff was way off. This red bikini that Alex is wearing, for example, is described as a “metallic red vinyl bikini” by Intimates21. Click the link to check out the description and their photo. Then look again at what Alex has on. Not even close. Alex’s bikini is not metallic, nor vinyl. The Intimates21 photo shows ties at the sides of the bikini bottom, which Alex’s does not have. You can also see that the cut is much different, with Alex’s red bottoms being larger and higher in the front.

Now, on the upside — it was only $6. No big deal.