How to buy the right bikini to suit your body type
As a woman, you already know how to get the perfect bikini body; just put a bikini on your body and voilà - you're all set for summer! However, for style-conscious girls, there's a little more science and psychology behind choosing the perfect pieces.
So, are you an athletic girl or a voluptuous apple girl? Perhaps you're a beautiful pear shape, a stunning rectangle, or maybe you're the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe blessed with an hourglass body? No matter your build, there's a bikini that suits you – all you need to do is pick the right style.
Pear
Pear women have wider hips, narrow shoulders, and a small bust. To balance this bottom-heavy shape, pear-shaped women can draw attention upwards, away from their lovely thighs and shapely hips – and to achieve this effect, it's all about fancy tops.
Bikini tops with elaborate patterns, bold styles, plunging necklines, and padded cups magnificently enhance the natural curve of the bust. Meanwhile, below, solid colors and dark shades are perfect for minimizing attention to the lower half of the body. Additionally, a high-waisted bikini works wonders for the pear physique, flattening the hips and tummy area, while lengthening and slimming the legs.
Apple
Apple-shaped ladies tend to carry their beautiful shape on top, having a wider waist and wider bust in proportion to their hips. One-piece swimsuits are excellent for this body type, working to streamline and slim curves, not hide them.
To accentuate an apple girl's hip curves, she can opt for pretty patterned bottoms with side ties while wearing halter bikini tops or plunging necklines to create a more slender torso and shoulders. Tankini tops with high-waisted bottoms also help tone the apple-shaped physique.
Hourglass
An hourglass figure implies a shape that shows perfectly proportionate hips and bust with a smaller waist. Fortunately for hourglass girls, most bikini types are flattering, so it's hard for them to select a style that doesn't look amazing.
Women with this shape can choose how much they want to emphasize their curves, and they can do this with bikini styles. High-waisted bottoms draw the eye to the slender waist while covering the tummy, while one-piece swimsuits in solid colors and shades accentuate this impressive overall silhouette. Moreover, although a bit bolder, a thong bikini can truly draw attention to the feminine outline of the hips, bum, and thighs. So, if you fall into this body category, string bikinis are one of the most flattering types for you.
Rectangle
Rectangle-shaped women typically display a straight silhouette with very little differentiation of waist, hip, and bust. The key to perfecting this shape is to create curves – and all bikinis add curves, so girls with this figure look beautiful in all types of bikinis.
Whether it's one-piece bikinis to sculpt an hourglass illusion or triangular tops and side-tie bottoms, rectangular goddesses cannot choose wrong. In particular, bandeau bikini tops with bright colors, ornate patterns, ruffles, frills, and flounces are supreme styles for rectangular girls; all these features add volume to the bust and hips!
Athletic
Women with an athletic body type usually possess wide shoulders and a straighter combination of bust, waist, and hip. To embellish this physique, they should opt for plain and simple bikini tops paired with fancier, colorful, and patterned bottoms, which even out the hips and shoulders and draw attention to the long, lean legs.
Additionally, padded cups and plunging necklines narrow wider shoulders and add volume to the chest to enhance smaller breasts. The triangle bikini is also suitable for athletic types, especially when mixed and matched to create the perfect look. Furthermore, the Brazilian bikini is also great for athletic women, as it complements a muscular rear.