Agua Bendita swimwear, beachwear and accessories brand was founded in 2003 by Catalina Alvarez and Mariana Hinestroza. The brand was created to satisfy the fashion tastes of modern and sophisticated women, who want to be attractive and noticeable.

Agua Bendita brand successfully combines manual and technological processes in production of very unique and exclusive swimwear pieces. The results are beautifully designed swim suits that appear very feminine and uniquely couture as a result of combination of different vbrant colors and a great variety of different fabrics and textures.

Designed with love and great attention to the smallest details, each Agua Bendita peice is trully a designer peice and a fashion statement. The chic and sexy beachwear and accessories are made for young spirited women who want to look confident, feminine, glamorous, and unique.

From the very start, Agua Bendita brand has enjoyed a great exposure to the fashion world, becoming an important participant in various fashion shows, such as Cartagena look 2005, Colombianmoda 2006, Colombianmoda 2007, Plataforma K 2007, Panama Ford Model 2006 and in numerous local events. Being unique in its expression, choice of colours and designs , the brand has been attracting big sponsors and gaining a lot of fans.

Over the years, Agua Bendita has also been featured in a great number of different fashion publications, such as 2007 "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit" edition,  featuring 3 full pages in the magazine that has the approximate audience of 60 million readers. Additionally, Agua Bendita has made an appearance in such US publications as, "Curious Magazine", "411", "Simply the Best " and "Picture Magazine". In Mexico, Agua Bendita was featured on the cover of  February 2007 issue of "MAXIM" Magazine.

Every year, Agua Bendita introduces a new collection, each with its unique name, bound by a certain theme and inspiration. Thus, 2008 Agua Bendita Collection was called "Agua Cosmos" and took its inspiration in the realms of deep turquoise seas, exotic colorful fish and even such beautiful and mystical creatures as mermaids. Gold became the main color of the 2008 collection, intermingling with other colors that were reflecting off the gold backgrounds similar to the star light bouncing off mermaids' tails.

2008 Agua Cosmos Collection swimsuits were stunningly beautiful in detail, playful and happy. The combination of different meterials and textures that has already become a signature style of Agua Bendita brand, were the main feature again, in some cases different textured were used to even imitate fish scales.

Thanks to the Colombian craftwork, exquisite handmade embroideries, crochet decorative details and touches in visible and thick threads, the traditional classical bikinis are swimsuits in Agua Bendita interpretation had now become simply impossible to ignore.

The matching accessories line, inspired by the creatures inhabiting the sea depths, radiated the same happiness and mirroring the same color palette and a combination of different textures as was present in Agua Bendita swimsuits. Various ready-to-wear pieces such as t-shirts, tank tops, shorts, pareos, and cover-ups, as well as an array of accessories, such as bracelets, earrings, necklaces, bags, and sandal, which were designed to complete the look, were also present in Agua Cosmos collection. The Agua Cosmos collection was designed to celebrate women that could be the goddesses of the sea, dressed with the fantastic touch.

The 2009 Agua Bendita Collection, called "Alusina Melusina” drew its name and theme from the legendary figure of the European folklore tradition, a fairy Melusina, a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers, who lived in the dense forests with its lagoons, cascades, grottos and mysterious places. Once, she turned into a swan – an immaculate bird of light – in order to observe her paradise from the sky, and flew towards the water mirrors that formed in the highest parts of the forest. There, in her favorite place, Melusina showed her powerful magic. At night, when she turned into her human form, she dazzled with her beauty to any onlooker who had the joy of seeing her sing and danced happily among the forest fireflies. Appearing out of thin air, luminous, mysterious, and beautiful, the fairy would then turn her eyes to the one desired by her heart. Her image was an experience from the forest, cascades and crystalline lagoons.

Drawing their inspiration from this magical character, Catalina Alvarez and Mariana Hinestroza, the designers of Agua Bendita, tried to depart from the traditional summer and beach theme and created an unprecedented swimwear collection. The use of vibrant colors taken from nature, the perfect balance between flirty and elegant, the abundance of romantic and subtle details, all work together to accentuate the strength and sensuality that are so characteristic of Agua Bendita brand style.

The new 2010 Agua Bendita Swimwear Collection, called "Heavenly Delights", is inspired by the sweet treats of the imaginary pastry shop.

Alive, brilliant and fluorescent colours, diverse textures and the traditional mixture between manual crafting and technology are some of the characteristics of the swim pieces and accessories that will be seen at the closing night in Colombiamoda. Some of the pieces, like the hand sewn chemises, require up to 20 days of manual labor. Designers have followed each step in the process to be sure that the collection impacts for its beauty, and also for its comfort and quality.

Silhouettes and patterns remain basic since the impact concentrates in the mix of materials, textures and colours.

Agua Bendita is characterised for dress women that don’t want to go unnoticed in everyday life, or when the occasion speaks of beach, sun and breeze. Its playful concepts, colours and happiness have made Agua Bendita a brand that mingles the technology of laser cuts with the coloured complexity of the handicrafts, all on very basic moulds.

From its birth in 2003, Agua Bendita Swimwear has grown as a brand and as a company, offering more options for informed consumers, exigent and fashion savvy, and generating a larger number of employment opportunities.