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Meet Bek                            From





                       Salty







          swimwear









        Hi, I’m Bek, the owner of Salty Swimwear.
        Salty was founded in 2014 due to my obsession with bikinis,
        sunshine & salt water. It has been inspired by my nieces and
        my best friend’s babies.

        Originally Salty Swimwear began as a children’s swimwear
        label. Working as a nanny and swimming instructor in
        Sydney I noticed there wasn’t a great variety for stylish yet
        practical children’s swimwear, so I decided to start Salty
        Swimwear. Although I was at uni studying to be a Teacher,
        this would be my side gig for now.


        I had a few samples made up for my nieces and we did a
        little photoshoot and that was when I decided that this is
        what I had to do. I turned my first mini collection around
        in under 1 week and made my money back within two days
        of launching which was very exciting considering I only
        had 1500 followers at the time.


        At this stage I was pretty much a one-woman show. I did
        most of the things for Salty, which I still do most of now,
        but have a few extra sets of hands helping me. I designed
        the pieces, picked prints & fabrics, built the website, was the
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