Lime Ricki’s high-waist swim brief in navy — fully lined, sold on its own, and a plain colour that will go with almost any top you already own.
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A colour rather than a print — navy does the job a print cannot: it pairs with a stripe, a floral or a plain top without a clash, so one bottom covers several two-pieces in the same bag.
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Fully lined — a second layer through the whole brief rather than a gusset panel only. That is what keeps a light-coloured top’s worth of opacity in a bottom once it is wet.
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High-waist cut — it rises toward the natural waist, so it meets a cropped top like the Navy Knotted Crop Top cleanly, and it stays put when you push off a pool wall.
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80% nylon, 20% spandex, rated UPF 50+ by Lime Ricki — the blend is chosen for recovery: it snaps back rather than stretching out at the seat, and the sun rating is on the fabric, not on a coating that washes off.
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Nine sizes, XXS to 4X — and because the bottom is sold separately from the top, you can size the two halves independently instead of compromising on one.
Navy does quiet, steady work. It reads as swimwear at the pool and nearly as clothing under a shirt on the walk back, and it does not date the way a season’s print does. The matching top in solid navy is the Navy Knotted Crop Top, a boat-neck crop with a knotted front and a built-in bra; if you want the same cut with something going on, there is the Navy Stripe High-Waist Bottom.
Deep dyes and chlorine are not friends, so rinse the brief in cool fresh water as soon as you are out and dry it flat rather than over a hot rail — that is what keeps navy from going chalky by August. More in swimwear and cover-ups.
Navy, 80% nylon and 20% spandex, fully lined, high-waist cut, sewn using imported fabric. Lime Ricki rates the fabric UPF 50+ and sews the range sustainably and ethically. Nine sizes, XXS to 4X.
