How it started
Hi, I’m Sophie.
For many of us, swimming has its own ritual. For me, it's packing my swim bag, walking to the pool, that first invigorating plunge, spotting familiar faces in the lanes, the chat with other regulars in the sauna, then the all-important coffee afterwards.
Rain or shine, year round, it’s where I recharge and do some of my best thinking.
It was here, enjoying some welcome warm sunshine on an early Melbourne spring day, that the idea to create a little world of swimming that would be as beautiful as the ritual itself was born. And so Stevie takes her first plunge, with a mission to bring colour, glorious prints and a sense of adventure to the everyday swim.
The first collection begins with six patterned swim caps, inspired by sunshine, water and the easy charm of the Mediterranean I remember so well from my travels. There is more brewing for swimming and life by the water, with new prints to discover and favourites to fall in love with.
For those who dive right in and prefer rocking boats to safe bets, welcome to Stevie.
Here’s to good swims and wherever the water takes you.
Sophie xx
Meet Stevie
The expected path was never for her.
Stevie has always believed that life should be expansive, interesting and lived on your own terms. She has taken the long way more than once, followed whims and ambitions others didn’t quite understand, loved well and unwisely, changed course when the moment called for it and never been afraid to begin again somewhere new.
She follows her curiosity, takes the night train to Marrakesh, catches the boat to Palermo and swims out to the island across the bay simply to see what’s there. She once rode a bicycle like mad across Åland to catch the last ferry back to Stockholm. And Istanbul? Istanbul is always a good idea. Nothing beats the view from the rooftops. Some of Stevie’s best adventures have begun with the original plan going completely wrong.
Along the way, she has collected friends in far-flung places, stories from summers she still talks about and a few escapades she keeps entirely to herself. She has been gloriously right and spectacularly wrong. She has changed her mind and occasionally stayed longer than intended. She keeps company with people who have fabulous stories and loves conversations that wander. Her martinis are dry and her sense of humour even drier.
Stevie has an enduring love affair with water. From city pools to rocky coves, in water warm enough to disappear into or cold enough to make her question the wisdom of the whole enterprise, she goes in regardless. Mornings often begin with laps, afternoons disappear by the sea and, as the sun goes down, she knows just the place for the perfect martini. She knows everyone worth knowing, remembers the best stories and somehow makes wherever she is feel like the place to be.
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A favourite cap, a towel for wherever you swim. Explore the first Stevie edit, with complimentary standard shipping on Australian orders of $75 or more.
