I'm sure people reading this post will automatically think 'oh for fuck's sake, here she goes again with the pool float thing' but I thought it would be fun to show you guys all the pool inflatables I've bought this summer. And it's a whole girl gang over here! One of the most important things I try to achieve as a fashion blogger is to make shoots as visual and out of the ordinary as possible. If I've made one person go 'wow' with a shoot or an idea, then my job is done. That's my aim. This past year I've tried to think out of the box as much as possible and found pool floats have made pretty gorgeous backdrops and props for me during many a summertime shoot. Although I haven't quite got that backyard pool yet, I'm dreaming hard of a vacay to Miami, because what better excuse than now to throw a poolside party? The lovely Elisha said she could see me with a house just made up of all my pool floats and I have to say I'm 100% with that idea. I've rounded up the coolest pool floats from this summer, here's to pool paradise!
GREEN PALM TREE POOL FLOAT
Always keen to recreate the decor to a tiki-hut or a caribbean rum shack, this party hard palm tree hit the jackpot for me. I found it over at River Island where it's now no longer available, but you can find a similar version here. Also, loving how it looks against a pop of yellow. High five palm pretty!
BIGMOUTH INC GIANT ICE POP POOL FLOAT
Graham prefers this colourful lolly the most and I can definitely see the attraction. Also my favourite as it hardly attracted any unwanted attention from passers by, which equals instant gold points! This is by far the biggest out of the floats, it seems to stretch on forever, so would be perfect for a poolside vamoose. Warning: may give you serious cravings, actually looks too much like a real lolly for its own good.
GIANT ORANGE CREAM POP POOL FLOAT
Possibly my new favourite to the family, this orange cream pop of pool float is instantly tropical and I just knew I had to make it the last addition to my collection this season. Saying that, how dreary is winter going to be without a pool float to hand? Will have to work on that idea and roll with something. If you're a US resident I believe you can still snap this beauty up here.
SUNNYLIFE INFLATABLE ICE CREAM
Ahh the Ice cream dream, literally. This one has possibly sourced the most dirty looks from the public, god knows why as I don't think it's half as offensive as the palm tree, but you know. It's obviously a real badass with an undercover criminal record. I've legit got an excuse for this one because it matches my ice cream print dress so damn well, as seen in this post. I love this one, Sunnylife definitely need to make more pool floats as this one soars to show-stopping spheres.
BIGMOUTH INC GIGANTIC DONUT POOL FLOAT
So this dreamy donut is all where it began, back when I celebrated three years of blogging in May and thought about how it would be fun to add something special to the shoot. Who knew then that it would be the start of a whole pool parade. Ideal to float around the pool in (mojito in hand) and the eye catching sprinkle print makes it all the more gorgeous. It's also a lot bigger than it looks in the photo, so you'll make all the other pool side pretties jelly as hell.
So that's my summertime collection of pool floats. Have been mega excited to show you guys for a long while now, so hopefully you've enjoyed this post. Just because August is fading out, it doesn't mean the sunshine and cool days of the summer have to sizzle away completely. Here's to a sunny September!
Do you own any pool floats? Are you a fan?
Let me know which pool float's your favourite!