"Largest Selection of UV Clothing & Swimwear Products on the Internet!" [listen to the entire radio interview....] |
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Alex and Me is the original Sun Protective UV Clothing and UV Swimwear Company. We started in 1997 with being one of the first companies to import UV Sun Protective Swimwear from Australia, and now we have the largest selection of UV Clothing and UV Swimwear products on the Internet with close to three dozen different UV Sun Protective name-brands. We are considered industry experts in consumer UV Sun Protective Clothing, UV Sun Protective Swimwear and other UV Sun Protective items. Our thousands of UPF/SPF rated items are designed for any lifestyle and for any member in the family - whether UV swimwear and UV clothing for infants, children, teens or adults. We also sell RIT Sun Guard laundry additive, which adds a SPF 30 to your existing clothing and swimwear. We are proud to feature UV Swimwear from CWear and Sun Busters UV swimwear from Australia, NoZone UV Swimwear and UV Clothing from Victoria, British Columbia, BluKuda from the U.K., MaxOut, Tuga, and UV Skinz from sunny California, SunSafe from Florida, and Koala UV and Cabana Life from the Northeast. Other brands include: Patagonia, Coppertone, Blue Lizard, San Diego Hat Co., AquaDesign, SplashSkins, PonchoPals, MyFirstShades and Soleil Chic. All Alex and Me Sun Protective UV clothing carries SPF Skin Protection of UPF 25 - 50 (UPF is the SPF equivalent for UV clothing and UPF50 being the Highest rating one can get). We sell UPF / SPF Sun Protective Clothing and Sun Protective Swimwear including: SPF protective swim shirts, SPF swim shorts, SPF board shorts, SPF rash guards, SPF athletic shirts, SPF skirts, and of course SPF protective swim suits.
The Alex & Me Company is the only UV Sun Protective Superstore on the Internet, a one-stop-shop if you will, where one can see and compare multiple brands of Sun Protective UV Swimwear and Sun Protective UV Clothing. Alex & Me’s website is very easy to use and allows our customers the ability to easily view and shop by manufacturer, activity, style and/or color. Alex and Me takes pride in providing our thousands of loyal customers the most detailed UV apparel product information available. Please check back as we continue to add more brands in our mission to bring our customers the most variety in Sun Protective UV Clothing and Sun Protective UV Swimwear. Items include: Baby UV Swimwear, Children's UV Swimear, Children's UV Wetsuits, Women's UV Swimwear, Men's UV Swimwear, Children's UV Clothing, Women's UV Clothing, Men's UV Clothing, Adult UV Hats,Women's UV Hats, Men's UV Hats, Baby UV Hats, and Children's UV Hats.
UV exposure is an ever increasing health threat for everyone. However, Alex and Me's products are designed to keep the fun in the sun alive.
UV Sun Protective Clothing and UV Sun Protective Swimwear (SPF Clothing) started over a decade ago and originated from Australia, the land down under, where they really know about the risks of too much sun. Not soon after, the Alex and Me Company was founded to import and sell such UV Clothing and UV Swimwear to our loyal customer in the United States. Alex and Me is the original UV Clothing and UV Swimwear internet company, its all that we do, and now we sell multiple UV clothing name brands and styles to fit any lifestyle.
Alex & Me now carries many choices of UV clothing and UV Swimwear fabrics and styles thatall provide a UPF of 50+. These new styles, and some can be very fashionable, can essentially block out all the damaging UVA and UVB ray,s and in turn, one needs only to apply sun block to the remaining skin areas that are exposed. To this end, Alex and Me carries UV shirts, UV shorts, UV hats, and UV swimsuits that all carry a UPF of 50+ in many styles that not only can be used for swimming, but for gardening, cycling, jogging, and even just going out for a day of shopping.
SPF if for Sunscreen; UPF is for Clothing & Swimwear. SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor. Some manufacturers and even some websites describe their clothing as SPF protective. However, as we all know, SPF was designed for and describes a sunscreen's protectiveness and not clothing. However......UPF stands for Ultraviolet Protection Factor. To help the consumer better determine the unique protection a garment has, a UPF rating system has been developed. The UPF rating system was first developed by the Australian Government to inform and protect their citizens from the sun's very harmful rays in the Land-Down-Under. Shoppers should only consider buying a UV garment that as a UPF rating (Ultraviolet Protection Factor) and moreover, from a reputable company and/or manufacturer that promotes the UPF rating system. Such great and widely know companies as Patagonia, Marmot, Columbia, Speedo, Sportif, and RailRiders only use the UPF rating system. Alex & Me Company was the first multi-brand UV Retail store in the US and to this end, we only carry such brands that use the UPF System to ensure our thousands of loyal customers that they are only getting the very best protection from their UV sun protective apparel item.
Sun Tan Lotion, the most common way to prevent sun damage in the US, can be somewhat effective if it contains the right ingredients and it’s diligently applied every hour and half and/or immediately after swimming. Other than that, the only real precaution is to cover up and perhaps spoil the fun - even if you cover up, a regular cotton shirt only has a sun rating of 7UPF and then 4UPF when it’s wet.
Alex & Me offers: Sun Protective UV Clothing (UV sun protective skirts, UV sun protective pants, UV sun protective shirts,UV sun protective sun hats); Sun Protective UV Swimwear (UV sun protective swim shirts, UV sun protective swim shorts, UV sun protective swim suits, UV sun protective hats); RIT Sun Guard laundry additive and sun block sticks for babies, children, teens and adults.