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Byline: editor: Sarah Brown
The lightweight, supercharged new SPFs mix the strength of armor with the elegance of skin care.
Sunshine was naturally on the mind of designers for spring, and as a true sign of the times, so it seemed was sun protection . Michael Kors sent his troupe of red-lipped, flush-cheeked golden girlsIsabeli Fontana, Coco Rocha, and Caroline Trentini among themdown the runway in fifties-style polka-dot bikinis worn with broad-brimmed (UV-blocking) visors in modish black and white. Full-face-coverage was the theme at Vuitton's resort collection, too, and this time, visors got the fluorescent treatment in cheerful, here-comes-the-sun hot pink. Fashion converging with function is particularly welcome this season, since, according to the American Cancer Society, skin cancer continues to be the most common form of cancer in this country (more prevalent than the incidences of breast, lung, colon, and prostate cancer combined). Melanoma, its deadliest form, is the seventh-most-common cancer among females, but according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University, people with non-melanoma skin cancers (treatable basal- and squamous-cell carcinomas) have nearly double the risk of developing subsequent cancers later in life. The ...