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Be cool around the pool with Italian style this summer

Anyone who has watched the 2017 film Call Me By Your Name, knows just how good Italian swim-ware fashion is. Pool Buoy, the team behind the stylish inflatable pools that exploded on Instagram last summer, are launching their new and extended collection LA PISCINA to take care of all your summer needs with this Italian inspired flare.

LA PISCINA brings the Italian Euro summer to your home with a new range of luxury inflatable pools, lavish lilos, pool floats, beach towels, hats and coolers to make this summer your best one yet. Pool Buoy is changing the way we summer by giving any outdoor entertaining area a way to vacay in style from their own backyard. It has contemporary and quirky designs that are guaranteed to make your summer one to remember.

The new LA PISCINA Pool Buoy collection consists of three new cheeky patterns:

Lucky Lorenzo – He’s the over familiar and over friendly summer fling, knows all the best lookout spots. Rides an orange Vespa which dictates his wardrobe choices daily. Secretly to no-one his mum still does his washing,

Frivolous Fran – When she has too many spritz, she insists on being referred to as Franny for short. Spends her days laying by LA PISCINA, over tanned and no one can tell if it’s fake or real anymore. She’s a floral delight.

Hourglass Amber – A sex siren, curves in all the right places. She’s as vague as she is see-through. A virgo but is out of sorts because mercury is in retrograde.

Founder of Pool Buoy, Rae Maxwell, said the new LA PISCINA collection was an ode to the Italian European summer we all wished we were at. “This collection was inspired by evocative Italian summer scenes of slick speed boats along the shore, bathing beauties perched on sun-drenched rocks and colourful sunbeds along the European beach.”

Designed for buoyant personalities, Pool Buoy is not only fun and family friendly, but environmentally responsible too. All designs are made with no nasties, heavyweight vinyl that is BPA free and are extra durable to use summer after summer.

Shop LA PISCINA collection here

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“I wondered why there weren’t any stylish inflatable pools on the market and once you add in a case of COVID house fever (that’s not a real thing!), you have a creative melting pot for someone that needs an outlet,” says Rae.

Inspired by Slim Aarons’ iconic 1960’s poolside scenes, the designs are fresh and fun – there’s a burnt orange and flamingo pink iteration as well as two gorgeous terrazzo designs, a wavy geometric one and a plain peach grid-like one for the minimalists.

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“I’m a huge fan of mid-century design and when thinking about the designs and colours my mind automatically went to Slim Aarons Poolside – a 1960’s vibe. Such a cool era. That really drove the brand name, copy and designs. They are bright, colourful, cheeky and celebrate the days of socialising poolside,” says Rae.

Made from non-toxic, heavyweight vinyl that is BPA, phthalate and lead-free, the pools are reasonably priced at $149. They also come with complementary repair kits, a handy storage bag and you can purchase a pump accessory for super easy inflation.

Perfect for apartment dwellers and non-pool owners, they are a super fun and highly photogenic summer accessory too. “These pools mean you have no need for public pools, or for sucking up to those annoying and smug mates that have their own in-ground alternative, or wrestling with sun umbrellas at the beach. Blow it up, invite some mates, sip a cocktail and hey presto it’s the summer vacay in your backyard!”

The gorgeous ‘Call me Jackie’ pink terrazzo design

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