Selecting Swimwear

Here are some tips to make it a bit easier to find the right one for your body shape. Basically, highlight assets with lighter/brighter colours or prints or detailing and camouflage figure challenges with darker/plainer colours

Small Bust: Choose lighter /brighter colours for top half, a little padding, or detailing eg frills, ruching at the bust.

Big Bust: Make sure you get the support you need. Opt for wide shoulder straps (not thin, string or strapless). The right halter-neck style can work well. Avoid detailing at bust area, keep it simple. Plain, darker fabrics will visually minimise.

Thick Waist: create curves with draped surplice (cross-over) style, darker/plainer colour at waist. Add emphasis to bust & hips as visually widening them makes your waist look smaller.

Round Tummy: Distract away from area by high­lighting a figure asset eg bust. Draping & ruching flatter by preventing fabric from clinging (which emphasises).

Big Hips/Thighs: draw the eye up with print top, use plainer/darker colour for lower half.

Short: a one piece with plunging neckline or vertical stripes will elongate you. Or plain bottom with printed top (draws eye upward). Simple & unfussy styles.

Tall: opt for patterns, blocks of colour, details, or cut outs (to break up your length). Avoid high necklines, vertical stripes, dark solid colours.