Lime Ricki’s scoop bralette in the Juniper Stripe print — a soft swim top with a built-in shelf bra, in 80% nylon and 20% spandex, across nine sizes from XXS to 4X.
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Built-in shelf bra — the support is sewn into the top, so there is nothing to put on underneath and nothing to adjust once you are in the water. On a scoop neckline that is what keeps the shape where you set it.
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80% nylon, 20% spandex — the standard swim blend for a reason: nylon holds colour in sun and water, and a fifth spandex gives the top enough recovery to come out of the pool the same shape it went in.
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UPF 50+ fabric — Lime Ricki rates the fabric at UPF 50+, which is the part of you the sunscreen always misses covered by the swimsuit itself.
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Nine sizes, XXS to 4X — XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL, 2X, 3X and 4X. The bralette and the matching brief are sized separately, so you can take a different size top and bottom without compromise.
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XXS comes unpadded — Lime Ricki leaves the padding out of the smallest size, so an XXS sits flatter and softer against the body than the eight sizes above it.
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Rinse it the minute you are out — chlorine and salt are what finish off a spandex blend. Cool fresh water, a gentle squeeze rather than a wring, and dry it flat out of direct sun.
This is a lounging-and-swimming top rather than a lap-swimming one: a scoop neck and a bralette cut are built for a pool chair, a lake dock and a hotel terrace, and they look as natural under a linen shirt or over a pair of shorts as they do in the water. If you want a higher neck and more back coverage for actual lengths, the racer-back tankini top is cut for that instead.
The Juniper Stripe High-Waist Bottom is the match, and it is fully lined. Juniper Gingham and Juniper Charm are different prints rather than variations of this one. The rest of the range sits in women’s swimwear and alongside the season in summer.
Juniper Stripe print. 80% nylon, 20% spandex. Built-in shelf bra, unpadded in XXS. UPF 50+ fabric per Lime Ricki. Made with imported fabric. Nine sizes, XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL, 2X, 3X and 4X.