For someone who lives at the beach, I rarely make my way onto the sand. I’m more of a ‘throw denim cutoffs and a tee over a bathing suit and ride my bike on the boardwalk’ person. Despite my limited time in the water, I’ve managed to amass quite the random collection of swimwear.
The situation usually plays out like this.
- I have some event in which I’ll need a bathing suit (honeymoon, Vegas trip, family vacation).
- I embark on a massive shopping spree and come home with an egregious amount of swimwear.
- I return most of it but still end up with a large number of bathing suits only representing one season’s worth of trends.
Sound familiar?
Does anyone remember the tankini trend? Those bikinis that had hardware on the hips and necklines and just ended up digging into your skin? Or what about those scuba material bikinis?
Case and point: I never wear any of those suits anymore and find myself looking at my collection and thinking “I have nothing to wear”.
To help you prepare for summer, I’ve rounded up a list of swimwear worth investing in. These are suits that will truly last you years – no buyers remorse or “I have nothing to wear” blues. And just for fun, I’m including a list of this season’s trends (hello, belts and ruffles), but in silhouettes that are comfortable and flattering, thus lasting more than just one summer.
Read on for fit suggestions and key details to look out for.
Classic Swimwear
Ruffled Swimwear
Belted Swimwear