A fully lined high-waist swim brief in Lime Ricki’s Dahlia floral — the half you build a Dahlia two-piece on.
Highlights
✓Fully lined — front and back, so it stays opaque coming out of the water rather than only in the changing room. On a printed bottom this is the spec that decides whether you relax in it.
✓High waist — the rise clears the hip bone and covers the middle, which keeps the band flat under a crop top and stops the whole thing rolling down when you climb a pool ladder.
✓80% nylon, 20% spandex, UPF 50+ — nylon and spandex is the blend that stretches to your shape, dries fast and holds the floral flat instead of letting it pucker. Lime Ricki rates the fabric at UPF 50+, so the cloth itself shades everything under it.
✓Two Dahlia tops already cut to match it — a cropped square-neck on wide straps, or a high-neck tankini on double crisscross straps — so you can pick a neckline rather than accept the one that came attached to a one-piece.
✓Rinse in cold fresh water after every swim — chlorine and salt are what wear spandex out. Cold rinse, squeeze rather than wring, dry flat in the shade and the floral keeps its depth.
Separates solve the problem a one-piece cannot: you size the bottom to your hips and the top to your bust, instead of splitting the difference and living with whichever end is wrong. Pair it with the Dahlia Square Neck Crop Top for a lower neckline or the Dahlia Double-Cinch Tankini Top for more coverage up top. If you want a layer over the hips instead, the Dahlia Ruffle Skirt has its own brief built in and takes the place of this piece rather than going over it.
A high-waist brief is the one to pack for a holiday where the pool is the day rather than an hour of it — more coverage through the middle means less sunscreen to keep chasing, and with a linen shirt over the top it walks to lunch without a change of clothes. Nine sizes run XXS to 4X. The rest is in swimwear and cover-ups and the summer edit.
Dahlia print, 80% nylon and 20% spandex, fully lined, high-waist cut. UPF 50+ sun protection for the fabric per Lime Ricki. Sewn from imported fabric. Nine sizes, XXS to 4X.
