{"id":812,"date":"2010-06-22T17:58:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T00:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/?p=812"},"modified":"2020-04-04T05:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T05:29:54","slug":"butterflies-and-bikinis-where-did-you-get-that-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/butterflies-and-bikinis-where-did-you-get-that-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies and Bikinis -"a swimwear boutique", Santa Barbara, California"},"content":{"rendered":"

We get this question all the time, where does the name Butterflies and Bikinis come from? To answer that question, here is a little back ground on how Butterflies and Bikinis began.<\/p>\n

\"\"My husband Robert, has been in Import and Export for many years and traveled the world and\u00a0 South America extensively. One\u00a0country he fell in love with in particular\u00a0due to the amazing people, friendships, scenery, and opportunity was Brazil.<\/p>\n

\u00a0While on one of his visit’s\u00a0in Curitiba<\/a><\/em><\/strong> some years ago, he had\u00a0free time playing tourist like he had done so many times before,\u00a0<\/a>waiting for a business meeting later that afternoon, he came upon\u00a0a small Brazilian Biquini store and went in. The store was empty except for the three young girls working who were a little bit fascinated and curious by the English speaking American whose Portuguese was almost non existent who came in to shop for girl\u2019s swimwear. \u00a0If you aren\u2019t aware, we have four daughters who live for the beach including me, and thought that Brazilian biquinis\u00a0would be the perfect gift to bring home from Brazil.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Being the beach rats that we are, we loved the suits and couldn\u2019t wait to try them on and show them off. A week or two later I asked my husband if he thought it would be possible\u00a0to import the suits directly and open a shop;\u00a0not too surprisingly he said ok, let me see what I can find out and contact the manufacturers. The quality was superior made of Dupont Lycra at that time; the styles and fit were fantastic and knew they would be an instant hit in our beach community.\u00a0\u00a0This is a special picture of our four daughters to the right back in 1990’s and we stayed at the Miramar Hotel with Miramar beach in front and Hammonds to the right. Soon after the Hotel closed for remodeling and has never reopened. The hotel has been there for over 100 years and was a favorite destination for families who went there for generations many from the easy coast which has huge roots in Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n

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A favorite place of\u00a0ours and of Santa Barbara<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>locals is Butterfly Beach located in Montecito just steps away from the world famous Coral Casino<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>and Santa Barbara<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Biltmore<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong> It is one of Santa Barbara\u2019s most west facing beaches looking out at the Pacific Ocean, the Channel Islands, Sterns Warf, and the views watching the sun set is breathtaking. It\u2019s a quiet beach, calm surf most of the time, very cleans, rarely crowded, and incredibly beautiful.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Local folklore has it that Butterfly Beach<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>got its name due to the migration of the Monarch Butterfly each year where they would hibernate for months during the winter along various spots on the west coast over thousands of miles. At one time Butterfly Beach was such as spot but only in small amount end up there these days. They hibernate in Eucalyptus trees and due to development over the years; the Tree groves are not as dense which may be the reason.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0It is an awesome site to see the Migration<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>in full and can be seen fifteen minutes north of Butterfly Beach, close to UCSB, at Ellwood<\/em><\/strong> State Beach<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>Preserve. If you ever get the chance to witness millions of Monarchs clustered together 60-80 feet high in the trees and flying around, is an impressive site and it\u2019s free! Right on the cliffs with the ocean below, the views are spectacular.<\/p>\n

\u00a0When Rob and I first began dating we would head down for walks on Butterfly beach and head towards Hammond\u2019s beach, talking, collecting shells, looking out over the ocean, enjoying the \"\"peace and the moment. Stopping to watch the dolphins in the surf, the sunset or enjoy a nice bottle of wine while soaking up the sun and each other. It is a special place for us who live there, and for others who have been there.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A short time later, we found a small little shop for lease In Montecito on Coast Village Road that would be perfect to open a swimwear boutique. Coast Village Road runs parallel to Butterfly Beach 2 blocks away, approximately 300 yards away as the seagull flies! I am sure by now you are getting the connection? Butterfly Beach \u201cButterfly Migration\u201d and Bikinis! OK, for me it\u2019s personal, I love both butterflies and Bikinis.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u00a0We soon opened our little shop and filled it with Brazilian designer swimwear from ANK<\/a>,\u00a0 Agua Doce<\/a>, Cia Maritima<\/a>, POKO PANO<\/a>, and many other Brands including Cover Ups<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, jewelry, Havaianas<\/em><\/strong> sandals, and accessories.\u00a0 Montecito <\/a><\/em><\/strong>is filled with movie and rock stars, and business heavy weights \"\"alike and we were soon patronized by stars such as Britney Spears, Penelope Cruz, Mary Louise Dreyfus<\/em><\/strong>, and many others leading to our success.<\/p>\n

\u00a0From the beginning, we planned to launch a website to support our boutique which happened a few years later and became,\u00a0 www.butterfliesandbikinis.com<\/a>. We knew there were thousands of swimwear websites on the internet and some almost impossible to find what \"\"your looking for with 100\u2019s of brands to chose from and poorly designed navigation leaving shoppers in frustration with no more knowledge than when they logged on let alone a suit. Our plan was to carry on with the same level of personal service as our boutique, limiting the number of designers we carry so we have a compliment of designer fashions, and not 5-10 of the same styles. Easy navigation, with countless number of specific choices at your finger \"\"<\/a>tips from Bandeau top, to<\/p>\n

\u00a0Brazilian bottom, to One piece or a specific color or print. All these options are easy to find, navigate, and check out in the Shopping Cart is a snap.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Women want to feel special and do not want to be one of the thousand girls on the beach or pool wearing the same suit. It\u2019s their personal style and fashion statement and we take great pride and helping each customer coming away feeling special and satisfied<\/em><\/strong>. It\u2019s not perfect yet, but we try.<\/p>\n

\u00a0We have online Live Chat<\/em><\/strong>, \"\"<\/a>The Fitting Room<\/em><\/strong>, and a live person<\/em><\/strong> on the other end of the line that you can call and actually speak to. You won\u2019t believe how many girls I talk to each week that say I am the first person they were able to get hold of all week or surprised I actually returned their call after they tried other stores prior hearing nothing from them. That makes me feel really good that I can actually help someone be happy and look great.<\/em><\/strong> Sometimes I get overwhelmed, but as my husband Rob says, no one can replace the passion, knowledge, and love you have for helping your customers. We can hire employees for order entry, Shipping and receiving and other, but no one can replace what you can offer each and every customer who comes to our store. It\u2019s your love and passion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We get this question all the time, where does the name Butterflies and Bikinis come from? To answer that question, here is a little back ground on how Butterflies and Bikinis began. My husband Robert, has been in Import and Export for many years and traveled the world and\u00a0 South […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[15,47,115,125,130,146,372,415,458],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6072,"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/6072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandbikinis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}