Whenever I meet new people, they always ask me how did TeenyB get started? What was the inspiration for the company?

There are several answers to this question, and some that are still evolving…I guess it all depends on the context of the discussion and whom I am speaking with. But the real underlying reason has to do with loving to design, and loving to accentuate a woman’s body and natural curve.

Before there was TeenyB, I was just a photographer. I still take photos to this day – but on a much lesser scale then before. My favorite subjects were always female models, and I especially love working with women who don’t have much experience. We always are testing new girls for TeenyB, because while we love to shoot models who know how to make our bikinis look great – we also like to shoot everyday girls who actually WEAR our bikinis!! Being able to see potential in a model, and spending time teaching her how to appreciate her body, her look, her face and angels is a big reward for me. There is a moment during the day when you are working with your subject and she finally “forgets” that she is modeling, and just let’s herself go. She falls into the moment – and doesn’t worry about her surroundings. These moments always result in the most interesting and natural feeling shots of the day.

An eternal problem I would run into though, was being distracted by what the model was wearing. I cannot tell you how many times (myself included) I have looked at a girl’s figure and thought it was beautiful. It wasn’t fat, it had curves and interest. But the girl would look at all the wrong things and just hate herself. She would pinch a nothing piece of skin on her body and complain about it. That frustrates me to no end. The truth is, clothes and bikinis can do a lot to make a girl look a lot WORSE than she really appears. Cut, fabric and color have a lot to do with it.

Being short (5’3″) with an athletic build – it is always difficult for me to find clothes with the perfect fit. I have always been involved in sports growing up, and have sprinters legs, natural boobs and will never have a rock hard abdomen unless I do some extreme dieting (at the loss of my boobs) which will never happen. Bikinis in regular stores came up too high on my waist and did NOTHING for my figure. And having a butt that did not need any extra ump-hf to it, the backs of the bikinis made my ass look HUGE. Tops, weren’t so bad, but there was such a difference with the bottoms, that no one was looking at my top anyway.

I decided to do a little research and put to use my desire for design. I had done it several times in my life before – creating my own prom dresses, even my wedding gown, but this was different. This was a bare bones approach to being able to accentuate and highlight a woman’s, ANY woman’s body.

I suppose this company was created for selfish reasons. So what if it failed, I would at least have bikinis that would fit MY body perfectly!

But it didn’t fail. In fact, I would test out the styles on different girls, and they looked great on everyone. Different styles obviously accentuate different assets, but the low cut designs, and elongating of the torso allows any woman to feel like a million bucks! For me, the less fabric I have on my body, the less I am worried about how it LOOKS on my body. The less I worry about ANYTHING, the better.

This is a new concept for many women because the thought of wearing less seems counter-intuitive to feeling good about their body. But the more I watched the reactions on girls who put the suits on, the more I saw, there was something much more to TeenyB than I had originally thought. Girls felt GOOD in the bikinis. They felt SEXY wearing them! Their faces lit up, they walked with more confidence and couldn’t stop looking at themselves in the mirror. They WANTED to put on the suit and be seen.
And thus, Less Fabrics – More Looks was born.