A navy-striped one-piece with a scoop neck, a scoop back and a knot tied at the centre front, built over a double-lined shelf bra with foam cups sewn into it.
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Foam cups sewn in, over a double-lined shelf bra — the shape is part of the suit, so there are no loose inserts to work their way sideways in the water or vanish in the wash. Two layers of lining under them also means the navy reads solid rather than translucent when it comes out wet.
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The knot does the work at the front — it gathers the stripe in at the centre and breaks the lines where they would otherwise run straight across, which is what keeps a scoop-neck one-piece from reading like a plain swim tank.
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Scoop front, scoop back — open at the shoulders and across the upper back, so it tans evenly and sits under a sundress without a strap to hide. One garment means one size decision and nothing to match up at the waist.
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XS to 4X are padded; XXS is not — Lime Ricki makes the smallest size without foam cups, so XXS sits flatter and softer through the bust than the eight sizes above it.
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80% nylon, 20% spandex, UPF 50+ — Lime Ricki gives the fabric UPF 50+ sun protection and sews the suit sustainably and ethically. Nylon sheds water quickly and the spandex pulls the shape back, so it is dry and flat again long before the day ends.
The same navy stripe runs across three separates if you would rather split the suit in two: the Navy Stripe Bralette, the Navy Stripe Racer-Back Tankini Top and the Navy Stripe High-Waist Bottom. Separates let you take a different size top and bottom; this suit takes one size and gets you out of the changing room faster.
Navy and white stripes are the swimwear that reads nautical rather than tropical, so this is the suit for a boat, a lake house or a hotel pool where you will spend as long out of the water as in it — throw linen trousers or a shirt over it and it works as a bodysuit for lunch. The Black Knotted One-Piece is the same cut without the stripe. Rinse it in cool fresh water and lay it flat to dry rather than wringing the knot out; chlorine, salt and a hard twist are what shorten spandex.
Navy Stripe print. 80% nylon, 20% spandex, with a double-lined shelf bra and sewn-in foam cups, a scoop neck, a scoop back and a centre-front knot. Lime Ricki gives the fabric UPF 50+ sun protection. Sewn using imported fabric, in nine sizes from XXS to 4X — padded from XS up, unpadded in XXS.