Make a splash, all in one piece
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The Associated Press
If you’re hoping to make a splash poolside this season, try a one-piece bathing suit
It’s a dose of retro style that falls in line with the overall fashion of more modest looks. More is more, with an emphasis on chic cover-ups, flattering Lycra-enhanced fabrics and goddess-like silhouettes.
“I’m feeling that one-pieces are a lot sexier than the two-pieces,” says Suze Yalof Schwartz, fashion editor at large for Glamour magazine. One of her favorite swimsuits is a Norma Kamali draped maillot that could almost be described as a skirt suit with a deep plunging neckline. She had it photographed for the magazine.
“It’s chic, sexy and modern,” she says. “It allows for a little imagination.”
Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss agrees that the taste for tiny bikinis has waned somewhat.
“We’re definitely doing more one-pieces now. A few years ago, no one wanted them,” the designer says. “Ever since I had my baby, I’ve started wearing one-pieces, and I had never really worn one before. But once you’re moving around much more, you want to keep your parts all tucked in. I think they’re supportive and sexy, and there are a lot of pretty options.”
Boy shorts and underwire tops are trends right now, too, as are hardware, neutral colors, twists and knots.
Designer Melissa Odabash says one-piece bathing suits with cutaways can give many women what they’re looking for. If you want to hide your tummy, choose a bandeau with an open back — it looks like a bikini from the back, but it gives full coverage in the front. For those who need bust support but have toned abs, one option is a halter-style top with cutouts below the bust.
“A halter shows off shoulders, gives a little lift to the bust but doesn’t flatten you out in the way that tank straps do,” she says.
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