This week, what's considered to be the most fab swimwear event in the world will take place in Miami - and we can't hardly wait! For the past six years, top swimwear designers have been displaying their upcoming collections at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week - Swim runways. Kicking off this Thursday, the event will welcome thirteen new designers from various locations. We thought it would be fun to review where each brand is based (see list below - designer's background in parentheses). As expected, the majority are American labels and Latin America is also well-represented. This year Aussies are taking the event by storm, so we will be able to see the best swimwear that our designer friends from Down Under can produce. Stay tuned!

MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK SWIM 2011
DESIGNERS
EUROPE	LATIN AMERICA	NORTH AMERICA	OCEANIA
Spain	Brazil	Canada	Australia
Dolores Cortés	AZ Araujo	Aqua Di Lara/Qiss Qiss	Kooey
	Cia Maritima		Lisa Blue
	Poko Pano	US	Lisa Maree
		Beach Bunny	White Sands
	Colombia	Crystal Jin
	Caffe Swimwear	Ed Hardy (France)
		Luli Fama (Cuba)
	Costa Rica	Mara Hoffman
	Aquarella Swimwear	Marysia Swim (Poland)
		Naila
		Nicolita
		Olasul (Peru)
		Parke & Ronen (Israel)
		Red Carter
		Swimwear Anywhere
		Trina Turk
		True Religion
		Tyler Rose