Ashley Paige for Target - Available Now!

Knit bikini queen Ashley Paige's collection for Target available online now! None of these looks are as glammed out as her regular line, but I think this striped bikini is rather cute! Summer is coming!

Ashley Paige for Target

*images are from Ashley Paige's current F/W 08 Collection

Ashley Paige, the swimwear designer who started making hand-knit bikinis at age 18 to put herself through design school, will be collaborating for Target in a collection to be named Ashley Paige for Target or Bikini Love. The Los Angeles based designer will be creating 11 pieces for Summer 2009. A spokeswomen tells WWD to expect to see "at least two in her signature crochet style and one monokini...It is really colorful…[and] is based off of Ashley’s classic pieces”.

Fan's of Ashley Paige include celebs like Lindsay Lohan, Paris & Nicky Hilton, Fergie, Jessica Alba, Liv Tyler, and Kate Hudson.

Ashley Paige is also an animal advocate who brings homeless dogs down the runway, wears t-shirts reading “Save a stray”, and hosts weekly pet adoptions at her boutique-studio in Hollywood.