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AQUALILLIES X MIAMI ART WEEK

In early December each year, South Florida becomes the center of the art world when it plays host to over 20 art fairs, including Design Miami/ and Art Basel Miami Beach. We always love making a splash during this annual cultural fête, and have made appearances at various Miami Art Week events for the past decade. See more below from our performances throughout the years…

We appeared at Art Basel Miami Beach 2013 in Above and Below, an otherworldly film by Clara Cullen for Nowness that premiered at the annual art-world pilgrimage. Cullen shot the beguiling film on black and white Super 8 – watch the full film here.

During Miami Art Week 2016 we flipped our fins and made a splash for the Panerai Design Miami/ party that year, hosted by Design Miami/ founder Craig Robins at his lavish art-filled home on the Sunset Islands in Miami.

We celebrated the artists at Art Basel Miami Beach 2021 at the home of Miami legend Barbara Becker – we loved flipping our Mermaid AND Merman (!) fins for these fun photos with Steve Wilson, co-founder of the art-filled 21c Museum Hotels.

Tucked-away behind a leafy façade during Miami Art Week 2022, we surprised guests with an art-deco performance for Weishaupt Design Group‘s pool party held at the Avenue Road Miami Beach Villa! The beautiful Villa residence was designed in 1932 by Martin L. Hampton – a champion of Miami’s Art Deco vernacular. 

2023 RECAP: this past weekend, we dove into Nolcha Art Basel Miami Beach for an aquatic, fashion-focused performance showcasing 3D Meta Dress – a capsule collection of 3d-printed couture pieces! Every piece collected gave back a portion of proceeds to organizations like Girls Who Code and other Foundations helping to promote STEAM education for women and girls.

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HEARST CASTLE

Updated December 16, 2024

Come behind the scenes with us to our performances at the one and only HEARST CASTLE in San Simeon, California 🌟

Hearst Castle’s history begins in 1865, when George Hearst purchased 40,000 acres of ranchland. After his mother’s death in 1919, William Randolph Hearst inherited thousands of acres around San Simeon, and over time, he purchased more. The spread eventually encompassed about 250,000 acres. With architect Julia Morgan, Hearst conceived a retreat he called La Cuesta Encantada—Spanish for “Enchanted Hill.” By 1947, when Hearst had to leave the remote location because of his fragile health, the estate was still unfinished even though it comprised 165 rooms and 123 acres of gardens, terraces, pools and walkways—all built to Hearst’s specifications and showcasing a legendary art collection. 

The outdoor “Neptune Pool” as it stands at the Castle today is 104 feet long, 58 feet wide and 95 feet wide at the alcove. It is 3.5 feet deep at the west end, 10 feet at the drains, and holds 345,000 gallons of water! Other notable aspects of the Neptune Pool include the Vermont marble that lines the basin, gutters, and alcove, and four Italian relief sculptures on the sides of the colonnades.

This past October, we made a splash for Tenney Hearst Espy and Joey Siringo’s wedding at Hearst Castle! Following the ceremony on a veranda overlooking the beautiful California coastline, we made a splash during the cocktail hour in chocolate colored swimsuits to keep with the elegant wedding day color palette. See more from the beautiful sunshine-filled day in the Town & Country Magazine feature!

‘Lillies: Amaya / Brianna / Claire / Claudia / CloieGigi / Heidi / Katie / KristaPaige 

Event Planner: Gregory Blake Sams

Entertainment Team: Élan Artists 

Photos: Jose Villa

For a private event in 2023, we made a splash in the Neptune Pool for a Roaring 1920s-themed soirée! As guests looked on from the terrace with their champagne, our “Flapper” ‘Lillies took the stage in their gold sequin costumes, dramatically taking off the skirts to reveal swimsuits before diving in for our watershow performance. Then, our ‘Lillies brought down pool floats as the guests headed down to the pool themselves! Check out more photos below.

‘Lillies: Brianna / Claudia / Gigi / Laurie / Molly / Shea / Tyler / Veronika

Mermaids: Paige / Lilly

Event Planners: Karson Butler Events

Photos: Carla Ni / West Coast Aerial Photography / Hearst Castle  / Stone World

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SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT

TIMELESS ELEGANCE AND ICONIC GLAMOUR ON THE COTE D’AZUR… 

A ‘pearl’ of the French Riviera, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, is one of our European ‘Lillies’ favorite places to perform. Check out these beautiful images from a lovely recent wedding performance at the stunning Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat!

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ST. BARTH’S SUMMER WITH GRAY MALIN

This past summer, we traveled to St. Barth’s to shoot our newest collaboration, Gray Malin on St. Barth’s! This is our fourth time collaborating with fine art photographer Gray Malin. Gray’s bright, colorful vision brings joy to so many – it was a magical experience to help create these images in this truly special place! We had so much fun structuring these poses and shooting on location at iconic spots around the island, including the Rosewood Le Guanahani and the jewel toned waters of the Caribbean 🐚✨

Check out some of our favorites from the beautiful collection below.

‘Lillies: Alex / Claire / Georgia / Mary / Nadine / Nicole / Tina

Creative Team: Gray Malin / Isabella Lyle-Durham / Erin Littlepage

Choreographer: Mary Ramsey

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AQUALILLIES x BRAD WALLS

We are thrilled to share these images from our new collaboration with Australian photographer Brad Walls. For this shoot, we put together a team of 18 artistic swimmers and created a series of poses captured by both a drone and a digital camera, shot at the amazing Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach, California. Stay tuned for more to come…  

‘Lillies: Kate & Carla / Ainsleigh / Claudia / Cory / Elizabeth / Inna / Katya / Lilly / Marilyn / Nyra / Paige / Philicia / Polina / Riley / Vann / Ymajahi

Choreographer: Mary Ramsey

Swimsuits: OYE Swimwear & Hermoza