Sisters Jordan LaGuardia and Terese Ostendorf LaGuardia launched Meridian Swimwear out of Brooklyn in 2022, bringing backgrounds in art direction and luxury womenswear design, including Terese's work at the label LESET, to a category they felt was missing their own point of view. The brand describes its look as relaxed minimalism crossed with retro nostalgia, filtered through the New York City sensibility where both sisters started their fashion careers.
Meridian Swimwear

Swim
Swim is the category the sisters built the entire label around, and the retro nostalgia they describe as a reference point shows up in silhouettes that borrow from older swimwear shapes without going full costume. It is a small, young brand, so the range stays tightly edited rather than sprawling across a dozen fits.

Exclusive La Isla Solstice Bikini Bottom
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Exclusive La Isla Tropic Bikini Bottom
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Exclusive Meridian Sarong
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Exclusive La Isla Solstice Bikini Bottom
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Exclusive La Isla Horizon Bikini Bottom
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Exclusive La Isla Azimuth One-Piece Swimsuit
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Exclusive La Isla Tropic Bikini Bottom
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Exclusive La Isla Meridian Sarong
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Tropic Bikini Bottom
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Horizon Bikini Bottom
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Horizon Bikini Bottom
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Meridian Maxi Sarong
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Tops and shirting
Cover-up ready tops are a logical extension for a swim label whose founders came from womenswear design rather than a swim-specific background, and the same pared-back, New York-inflected mood carries over from the suits. There is not yet a long history here to draw on, since the brand only started in 2022, so the pieces speak mostly for themselves.

Exclusive La Isla Equator Bikini Top
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Exclusive La Isla Tropic Bikini Top
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Exclusive La Isla Equator Bikini Top
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Exclusive La Isla Equinox Bikini Top
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Exclusive La Isla Tropic Bikini Top
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Tropic Bikini Top
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Equinox Bikini Top
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Equator Bikini Top
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Our honest take
Meridian is genuinely young, founded in 2022 by two sisters rather than a legacy swim house, and there is limited outside press to verify beyond what the brand says about itself. Our honest take is that the relaxed, retro-leaning aesthetic reads as considered rather than trend-chasing, but it is still early enough that the label's staying power is not yet proven the way an older house's would be.






