THE WAY WE WORE: US OPEN

Aside from the surf, sun and sand, this year’s US Open blew us away with the fans’ uber amount of creative energy. Literally, there was style for miles. Photographer Nicki Hunt went snap happy to show us the beach fashions that turned the boardwalk into a catwalk.  Click on the links to get an up close and personal view of these styles at swell.com. ( 1.poolside, 2.vogue, 3.globetrotter, 4.showoff )

1. shady oasis

2. rosie

3. lash

1.chelsea

2.painted earings

3.wayfarer

4.poison ivy

5.zeus

6.peaches

7.kt rinh

1.castor

2.checks

3.jackson

4.reefsparrow

5.106 vulcanized