Help Me Find A Swimsuit: Styles for Every Body Type!

[BeeNee]

1. Big Bust

If you have a big bust, looking for a supportive suit should be number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on your priority list. You don't want your girls taking a hike and going in different directions, or spilling out of your suit, or bouncing up into your chin. Look for halter top, racerback, sports bra and thick strap styles with cups built in. Style wise, adding extra bulk or volume, like that of a ruffle onto an already big chest, is only going to make it appear bigger rather than minimize it if that is your goal. Things like illusion patterns, or wearing a darker color on top, can visually help minimize the look of a big bust.

2. Small Bust

If your goal is to get a more proportionate look, especially if you naturally have larger hips and thighs and a small bust, unlike the big bust persons, you do want to add bulk up top. Look for swim tops with ruffles, fringe, turtle neck suits, bra tops with cutlets or other enhancers built in, and play with pattern. You want to add nice wide horizontal stripes or a bolder polka dot on your bust rather then a tiny teeny pattern because it will give the illusion that you have more up top. If you go for a micro, or string bikini, your top is going to look smaller due to less fabric which will call more attention to a small top being small.

3. A Tummy/Hips

If you have no desire to sport a beach cover up all day long, nor should you have to, look for suits that skim away from the body or high waisted suits with control tops to suck you in. Illusion suits work great for darting the eye from place to place so the focus isn't on your belly. You can also wear a cute little skirt suit or peplum style.

4. Sun Coverage, Modest, or Conservative

Maybe you don't personally want to show it all off on the beach or your religion prohibits it, but you don't want to miss out on a beach day. There are suits for you that offer up a bit more cover up for your chest or lower half to full and complete coverage (also works if your skin is super sensitive to the sun). Unlike just a cover up, these are suits that mirror clothing, but are made of swimsuit material.

5. Boy/Square Shaped Bod

If you have no such waist to speak of and your shoulder width is basically the same width as your hips, finding a suit that gives you a more girly curved or hourglass shape can be a pain. Go for suits that create the illusion of you having more of a shape that isn't on the square side, in the pattern and construction of the suit. You want to quite literally draw lines on your body where your bust will go in in a rounded shape, and then your waist will be darted in, and then your hips will flare out. Look for strategic details like lines on the suit that give this illusion or adding ties and fringe to your bottom to create shape. Widen your top half with an off the shoulder style with ties and other details like fringe on the arms and hips.

[mooky06]

I have the pink one with the black geometrical lines on it (first example picture in the small bust one). I love it.

I'd like to get the second picture in the big bust one! Me likey

[mooky06]

Thank you for MH

[coolbreeze]

They all look cute and unique in their own way.

[coolbreeze]

Thank you very much for selecting my answer as the most helpful opinion.

[Drunky_Monkey]

www.waxxunderwear.co.uk/.../...507829-49990400.jpg

You ladies have it hard. I buy few different colours in these and wear them all the tiime. lol

[IEat70sBush]

Fat girls in a 2-piece like the 3rd pic from the top = wtf are they thinking? The less whale-blubber showing the better. Same goes for guys, no one wants to see some shirtless 300lb dude with a hairy back on a beach in too-small boxer shorts with 1/3 of his ass-crack showing.

[Ilistic]

u have a cool name

[IEat70sBush]

@Ilistic ty, I'm just one of the rare guys that prefer hairy ones.

[Astoriana]

As a lady with a full bust, under no circumstances should you wear a halter top suit unless you feel like losing all sensation in your neck. Bra styles with an underwire are your best friend. A good quality suit will cost you in the $200 range, but it's worth it to not be in pain. As for bottoms, I hate high waisted pants. If you don't like someone's poochy belly, don't look at it. Dreadfully uncomfortable.

[Warmapplecrumble]

I didn't know that about high waisted bottoms and halter top. Lol I won't buy one. Ha. I always look for bikini tops and none fit my breasts :-/...

[Astoriana]

@Warmapplecrumble gotta go to an expensive bra boutique. The price tag will cause you physical pain but you will be able to find something that fits and fits well.

[Warmapplecrumble]

Lmao I hate spending money... I might lie down after a while and cry lol,

[Bleh-___-]

This is so complicated. I guess it's nude beaches for me this summer.

[MorganR1994]

Have you ever?

[matchrestore]

That's one benefit most people don't realize about nude beaches- much less pressure to be fashionable or buy the "right suit" for your body.

[SwolDishWasher]

you're just begging for those upvotes

[Bleh-___-]

@MorganR1994 no lol

[Bleh-___-]

@SwolDishWasher fine I'll stay in my bathtub

[SwolDishWasher]

Thats fine. Im not interested in seeing you naked.

[humanearth]

Here is the one I wear its a 40A Triangle Bikini with size 14 full cut brief bottoms

Meet Bikini Man, its my gimmick

I picked it up at Venus on a half price sale 4 years ago.

Right now I'm on the hunt for the new wild bikini set to get me noticed. My old one is wearing out.

Any ideas where I can get something loud and wild. Send me a link

[Lopezz1999]

I've seen all of these types of swimsuits at the one beach I've ever gone to that one time. Except 4 of course, those look pretty unique. Though overall, nice job! I'll be sure to take a selfie with someone wearing #4. We'd be good friends lol

[Anonymous]

cf.girlsaskguys.com/.../...f-918f-e84405c30a96.jpg

that one seems to be the most popular right now. why, i do NOT know

[jul4a]

its been popular for a few years and it's completely overrated i think! it's not even that cute !

[Opinion Owner]

i just don't understand why it's so popular

[Robin48]

All the above pictures are fine. They all are in good standard. Yes, males can also wear speedos. It the behavior in what males and females do when they wear swim clothes that are appropriate or inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

I think this one looked the best: cf.girlsaskguys.com/.../...f-918f-e84405c30a96.jpg

[Gymjess]

I've got a small bum so I normally wear a thong bottom bigbig deal most beaches everyoneswears thongs haha

[Anonymous]

Never understood the advice for women with big boobs. Why is minimizing their appearance such a high priority in a bikini? For everything else the idea is to highlight your best features and minimize less attractive ones.

[MeelaJay]

Girls with bigger bust have harder time keeping there breast in a bikini unlike thinner looking girls. also girls with bigger bust usually have thicker body's so high waisted keeps the muffin top in place.
Also its all about what matches your body shape.
I hope that answers you question..

[Opinion Owner]

@MeelaJay I totally understand the high waisted thing to control a muffin top, but that's really a different issue to having big boobs (though I know a lot of bigger boobed girls will be bigger all around). I guess what I'm confused by is that if a girl has big boobs, the go-to bikini advice seems to be "here are 15 ways to reduce their appearance" in the same way that if she has a gut you'd say "here are 15 ways to hide your tummy." Contrast this to the bikini advice of "here's how to show off your long legs" rather than "here's how to make your legs look shorter."

[helloitsmethere]

Because when those girls jump up and down and they hurt like hell if we wear string bikinis. It's not comfortable AT ALL.

[Opinion Owner]

@helloitsmethere Fair enough. If you're going to be super active (jumping up and down a lot! lol!) and it's uncomfortable, then I get it. But if you're just lounging by the pool and want something that looks good and compliments your body, then it makes less sense.

[helloitsmethere]

Some people just prefer to be modest though.

[Opinion Owner]

@helloitsmethere That's true, and I get that of course. I guess what always confuses me is how all the advice for girls with great legs, for example is to dress to highlight them. But if a girl has great breasts the advice is to dress to hide them or downplay them.

[helloitsmethere]

Some of us want to downplay them so it fits our figure more. We just feel that way, or some women feel like they are just disproportionate in size to their bodies, for example skinny petite women with larger busts. We also need full support because of back pain and stuff, so that's why the straps are wider and the cups are larger and try to contain everything for full support. If anything, it's just up to the woman. Show it off if you want, encase it all in if you want.

[Opinion Owner]

@helloitsmethere I 100% agree with you that it's up to the woman. But what I'm saying is that is NOT reflected in the "bikini advice" you see written in articles like this. In those, you see all kinds of advice for other girls on how to highlight their legs (for example) if they're really good, but you never see similar advice suggesting bikinis to slim and busty girls (for example) that they should highlight their best features. Rather, all the "advice" is on how to hide them or downplay them.

[BeeNee]

If you're an adult woman and you have no idea how to highlight your boobs... uh, you probably shouldn't live on this planet. If one is confident with whatever body part, they know how to show it off and are proud of it already. Magazine articles, and my own take, are for those that are struggling with fit, or want to minimize something that they don't want to call attention to. I think most women want to appear to look their best anyway they can, and no matter how great someone else may think your thighs, your butt, or your boobs look, if you don't feel that way, you're not going to magically get confident with it. The same is true for guys with whatever they don't particularly like about themselves.

[Opinion Owner]

You say that BeeNee, but then would you be able to say the exact same thing about an adult woman having no idea how to highlight her great legs, or butt, or waist? Or how to hide her cellulite or beer gut?

[notofthisworld]

Some of those are just odd... but i like the green two piece the best. Good luck finding one!

[ace9881]

I agree with most of these, not sure if last one is a swim suit.

[soe11]

My girlfriend wear none of them above.
She wear Thong bikini, micro bikini, one piece, transparent bikini and floss bikini.

[Anonymous]

Makes a lot of sense for all the body types out there and what works best. I like to see women in bikinis though but obviously you need the body for it so I guess what ever works best for each individual

[neoagent1]

I'm not sure what kind of opinions you're looking for but I think you've got the right picks for the body types you mentioned.

[DizzyAster]

Didn't know what to wear was a thing.
Good to know.
good take

[GirlThatDraws]

How about wear whatever the fuck you want and enjoy the beach?

[BackAgain]

Great examples, i like how spme

[BackAgain]

* some are applicable to more than 2 types

[COCOCHANEL]

i like that geometric? pink one