A tank one-piece in Lime Ricki’s Sky Gingham check, on adjustable straps over a double-lined shelf bra — the whole suit in one pull-on garment.
Highlights
✓Adjustable straps — you set the strap length yourself, which is what actually decides the fit of a one-piece: torso length matters here as much as the number on the label, and a fixed strap gives you no way to correct it.
✓Double-lined shelf bra with sewn-in foam cups — two layers through the bust and cups that stay where they were put, through swimming and through the wash. They are sewn in, so there is nothing to fish out of a machine drum or reinsert crooked.
✓XXS is made without the cups — Lime Ricki builds the smallest size on the shelf bra alone. Worth knowing if XXS is your size and you were counting on the shaping.
✓80% nylon, 20% spandex, UPF 50+ — the swim blend that stretches to the body and snaps back dry, and Lime Ricki rates the cloth at UPF 50+ — so the fabric shades your back and shoulders while you are face-down on a float.
✓Rinse in cold fresh water after every swim — chlorine and salt are what break spandex down over a season. Cold rinse, squeeze instead of wringing, dry flat out of direct sun and the check stays crisp.
A tank one-piece is the suit you can swim properly in and still wear to breakfast under a shirt — high enough at the front to be comfortable in company, simple enough to go under a sundress on the walk back. The gingham does the work that a plain black suit cannot, which is to look deliberate rather than functional.
If you want a skirt over the same check, the Sky Gingham Boat-Neck Swim Dress covers the hips; if you would rather build a two-piece and size top and bottom separately, start from the Sky Gingham High-Waist Bottom. Nine sizes run XXS to 4X. The rest sits in swimwear and cover-ups and the summer edit.
Sky Gingham print, 80% nylon and 20% spandex, double-lined shelf bra with sewn-in foam cups (XXS made without cups), adjustable straps. UPF 50+ sun protection for the fabric per Lime Ricki. Sewn from imported fabric. Nine sizes, XXS to 4X.
