From a small boutique in Scottsdale to the pages of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, this is a moment we will never forget.
Lizzo was recently photographed wearing the Arna One Piece by Spice Market Swim, bringing our handmade, size-inclusive swimwear to one of fashion’s most recognizable platforms.
For our team, this feature represents more than a celebrity wearing one of our designs. It reflects everything Spice Market Swim was created to stand for: bold personal style, thoughtful craftsmanship, and swimwear designed for real bodies.
The Arna One Piece
The Arna One Piece was designed to feel confident, distinctive, and comfortable without sacrificing personality.
Like every Spice Market Swim design, the suit was created with fit in mind. Our collections are offered in sizes XS through 3X, with silhouettes developed to support a wider range of bodies, proportions, and personal styles.
Seeing Lizzo wear the Arna One Piece felt especially meaningful because she has consistently encouraged people to celebrate themselves, take up space, and enjoy fashion without waiting for permission.
She was the perfect person to bring this design to life.
Why Size-Inclusive Swimwear Matters
Shopping for swimwear should feel exciting, but many customers are still left with limited options once they shop outside traditional sample sizing.
Too often, extended-size swimwear is treated as an afterthought. Customers may be given fewer colors, simpler designs, less supportive construction, or styles that do not reflect the same creativity offered in smaller sizes.
Spice Market Swim was created to challenge that.
We believe size-inclusive swimwear should still feel editorial, playful, romantic, bold, and collectible. Customers should not have to choose between an exciting design and a suit that was thoughtfully made for their body.
Our goal is to create pieces that make people want to plan an entire trip, outfit, or memory around what they are wearing.
Handmade in Small Batches
Spice Market Swim is an independent, women-owned brand rooted in small-batch production.
Our pieces are made with close attention to fabric, fit, construction, and detail. We work with limited quantities and thoughtfully sourced materials, including deadstock fabrics when available, rather than producing endless amounts of disposable inventory.
This approach means our collections are intentionally smaller and many designs are available in limited quantities.
Each piece carries the work of the people who sketched it, sourced the fabric, tested the fit, stitched the garment, styled the collection, and helped bring the final story to life.
From Scottsdale to Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Spice Market Swim began with a desire to create the kind of swimwear we wanted to see in the world: handmade pieces that felt special, inclusive, and full of personality.
Our brand grew from the community surrounding Spice Scottsdale, our Arizona boutique and creative space. That community has supported our collections, attended our events, shared our work, modeled our pieces, and continued to believe in the brand as it reached new stages.
Seeing the Arna One Piece featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit is a milestone for our entire community.
It is proof that an independent swimwear brand can begin in a small local store and still reach a global fashion audience.
Swimwear Designed for Real Life
Size inclusivity is not only about adding more numbers to a size chart.
It means considering how a swimsuit feels when someone sits down, moves, swims, travels, poses for a photo, or spends an entire day wearing it. It means developing adjustable elements, supportive silhouettes, flexible fabrics, and thoughtful proportions.
Most importantly, it means listening to customers.
Our designs continue to evolve through feedback from the people who wear them. We want our customers to feel comfortable asking questions about sizing, coverage, torso length, bust support, and fit before choosing a piece.
There is no single “swimsuit body.” There are simply bodies wearing swimsuits.
A Moment We Are Proud to Share
Lizzo wearing Spice Market Swim is a celebration of visibility, confidence, and independent fashion.
We are grateful to the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit team, the creatives behind the feature, every person involved in bringing the shoot to life, and the Spice community that has supported us from the beginning.
This moment belongs to everyone who has shopped small, shared our work, attended a pop-up, visited our Scottsdale store, worn one of our suits, or encouraged us to keep creating.
From Scottsdale to Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, we are only getting started.