We tested a ton of swimsuits for women to find the very best ones — here are the 12 we recommend

Discovering the champion swimsuit for your preferences tin beryllium tricky. Whether you're looking for a functional one-piece that'll enactment successful spot portion you surf oregon a sexy bikini for your adjacent romanticist vacation, we're present to assistance you successful your search.

I've personally tested astir each of the suits connected this database (with assistance from my nonrecreational reviewer colleagues), and there's been a scope of peculiar features I ne'er would've imagined. I've tried suits with waist-snatching corset straps, ultra-stretchy "one-size-fits-all" crinkle fabric, and confidence-boosting underwire support. It's unthinkable however overmuch the close suit tin assistance you execute the champion formation Instagram photos you'll ever take. 

We've rounded up suits for each penchant — from the best high-waisted bikinis to the champion one-piece swimsuits, with features that scope from cut-outs to compression.

Best overall: TA3 Plungey

Editors Sally Kaplan and Samantha Crozier wearing the Plungey from TA3. Sally Kaplan, Samantha Crozier

TA3 is 1 of the champion swimsuit brands we've ever tested. The marque is celebrated for its signature corseted back, which allows you to cinch your waist to make a jaw-dropping hourglass effect. But 1 of our favourite features is however you tin tighten oregon loosen the backmost depending if you're prioritizing comfortableness oregon posing for cute formation pics. 

Plus, TA3 is 1 of the astir size-inclusive bathing suit brands we've found. You tin get the Plungey successful sizes XXS-4XL, and it's disposable successful short, regular, oregon agelong torso lengths. Personally, I got a mean successful the abbreviated torso since I'm five-foot-two — and it acceptable maine perfectly. I wore it each astir Positano (boating, swimming, and lunching astatine formation clubs) earlier declaring it the champion suit ever. Executive Editor and seasoned merchandise reviewer Sally Kaplan besides agrees:

"I opted for the regular plunge version of the suit successful sapphire bluish (there's besides a high-cut mentation here). I person a DDD cupful size truthful I specifically wanted to spot if the low-cut suit could grip larger cupful sizes. I was honestly amazed by however unafraid I felt portion swimming and snorkeling during my abrogation to Mexico! The suit kept everything successful spot and I felt truly assured doing tons of activities successful it" —Sally Kaplan, enforcement editor, Insider Reviews.

See our afloat review of TA3 present to spot however it looks connected antithetic assemblage types. 

Best budget: Quince Italian Triangle Bikini Top and Italian Adjustable Side-Tie Bikini Bottom

Quince

It tin beryllium hard to find a elemental bikini these days, but this 1 is astir arsenic classical arsenic you tin get. It has cleanable lines, nary frilly trims, and nary revealing cutouts. But successful summation to being refreshingly simple, it's besides refreshingly affordable. The apical and the bottommost are conscionable nether $25 each, making this a $50 acceptable — thing that's progressively rare, particularly for Italian-made fabrics.

The acceptable comes successful 7 antithetic colors, including babe blue, black, blistery pink, navy blue, and more. You tin besides premix and lucifer with several different apical and bottommost cuts. If you person a larger bust, it mightiness beryllium amended to opt for the underwire mentation of the top.

But benignant exertion Gabrielle Chase named the triangle mentation of this suit 1 of the best bikinis for tiny busts: "It's 1 of the fewer that didn't springiness maine awkward gaps, and the moveable triangles fto you customize their spacing," she says. 'I besides liked that removable pads weren't bulky oregon misshapen, and its golden accents are a beauteous detail."

Best reversible bikini: KYA Swim Coco Top & Camilia Bottom

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This bikini is incredibly versatile. First of all, it's reversible — truthful you tin crook the apical and bottommost wrong out. For example, the Martini/Peach colour is simply a neutral airy brownish connected 1 broadside and babe pinkish connected the other. Some options person the two-toned look (seen above) connected some sides, portion others tin beryllium turned into a coagulated colour suit.

Plus, you tin alteration the neckline. You tin deterioration the straps crossed oregon uncrossed successful the front, which truly changes the suit's aesthetics. Here's what our writer Rebecca Stong had to accidental astir the suit erstwhile she named it the best bikini overall.

"I archetypal bought this bikini successful 2019 — and it's inactive successful large shape, contempt countless wears and washes. But that's not the lone crushed it's my apical favorite. It's besides reversible, and since you tin premix and lucifer which broadside you deterioration the apical and bottommost on, it's fundamentally 4 antithetic bikinis successful one. This is ace adjuvant erstwhile I'm trying to battalion airy for a vacation.

"Did I notation however flattering this swimsuit is? The Coco Bikini Top offers plentifulness of sum for my DD-cup bust, portion the cross-front straps lend immoderate subtle lift. The high-waisted bottom, meanwhile, boasts a heavy waistband for immoderate added shaping and support, and the backmost broadside is chopped conscionable cheeky capable without making maine consciousness self-conscious."

Best sporty bikini: Andie Maui Top and Bikini Bottom

Business Insider employees Abby Narishkin and Paige DiFiore deterioration the Maui Top and Bikini Bottom successful Cherry Red. Paige DeFiore, Abby Narishkin/Insider

Andie is simply a large spot to prime the best bikinis for practicality and quality. They're celebrated for their elemental cuts, and thoughtfully-designed pieces. The Maui Top and Bikini Bottom are fantabulous options for radical each astir formation volleyball, kayaking, and hopping connected a board.

"For years I've either purchased heavy-duty underwire tops oregon inexpensive bikinis from sketchy sites wherever the cloth ne'er felt ace comfortable. This 1 felt similar a 2nd skin. With swimsuits known for enactment and coverage, I either look similar a grandma oregon a wannabe aquatic athlete, but this 1 really made maine consciousness good. Dare I say, adjacent a spot sexy? 

"This Andie swimsuit fits into my beingness truly well. It's cleanable for doing sporting activities portion looking cute and boosting confidence. On agelong kayaking trips, I usually deterioration a sports bra that either constricts my thorax into oblivion. This acceptable was truthful comfy I forgot I had it connected and it dried ace quickly" — Abby Narishkin, elder producer, Business Insider.

Andie's bathing suits are disposable successful sizes XS-3XL. Read our afloat review of Andie swimwear present to find retired which picks we tested and loved. 

Best sculpting: TA3 Lifty

Executive exertion Sally Kaplan wears the TA3 Lifty connected the left. TA3

The TA3 Plungey got our champion prime overall, but the Lifty is different 1 of our implicit favorites from the brand.

"I emotion each of my TA3 swimsuits, but the Lifty suit is my favourite due to the fact that the underwire is truthful supportive and prevents the dreaded uniboob that immoderate one-piece bathing suits tin cause. The mode the sizing works is thing abbreviated of a miracle. You get to take your bodice magnitude (short oregon regular/long), your accustomed swimsuit size (from XS-4X), and your cupful size (from A-J/K,) to get the implicit cleanable fit, positive determination are a clump of colour options. I've genuinely ne'er had a one-piece acceptable maine better!

"The heavy enarthrosis straps are comfy and adjustable, and the cups cradle maine perfectly with nary digging. It adjacent looks ace cute arsenic a bodysuit, truthful you could theoretically deterioration it with jeans oregon flowy linen pants and nary 1 would beryllium the wiser. But I cognize you're each present to find retired whether it really does what it promises to do, which is springiness you a snatched waist. The abbreviated reply is: yes!" —Sally Kaplan, enforcement editor, Insider Reviews.

This suit was 1 of our apical picks for the best swimsuits for ample busts.

Most comfortable: YouSwim Aplomb Suit

Style exertion Gabrielle Chase wears the Youswim Aplomb suit successful size Stretch I, colour "Yuzu." Gabrielle Chase

If you privation to walk your clip lounging, snacking connected poolside treats, and taking a speedy nap connected a chaise lounge, past this is the acceptable for you. Youswim's suits lone travel successful 2 sizes — meant to acceptable sizes 2-14 and past 14-24. These ultra-stretchy suits are the astir comfy we've tried and tin acceptable small busts oregon fuller set sizes.

"Youswim's suits are lightweight, unlined, and seamless. The cloth is made from a flexible Oeko-Tex-certified nylon yarn and elastane blend that has a plush, puckered texture. Its cloth is notably stretchy — truthful overmuch truthful that erstwhile I propulsion the bottoms halfway crossed my wingspan, it inactive snaps backmost to its archetypal shape. The lone drawback is that the worldly is slow-drying.

"I tried some the Poise and Aplomb and successful the end, the Aplomb was my favourite due to the fact that its scoop cervix feels much unafraid than the Poise's stringy straps." — Gabrielle Chase, subordinate benignant editor, Insider Reviews.

See our afloat review of YouSwim to perceive astir our different favourite styles from the brand.

Best for agelong torsos: Andie Mykonos LT

On the left, benignant writer Talia Ergas wears the agelong torso mentation of the Mykonos suit. Talia Ergas, Andie

Style writer Talia Ergas ever searches for long-torso swimsuits since they're large for taller folks and won't thrust up. Her favourite is the Andie Mykonos Long-Torso suit.

"With a profoundly plunging neckline, heavy straps, and bully bum coverage, this suit has a silhouette that's highly becoming connected a assortment of assemblage types. The Mykonos suit is my go-to due to the fact that it's ace cute, but it besides offers decent sum to support maine unafraid during the day's activities. The eco-nylon one-piece comes successful 9 coagulated colors, with some creaseless and ribbed variations, and it's disposable successful sizes XS-XXL. I emotion that erstwhile you apical it with a sheer formation skirt oregon a brace of denim cutoffs, it looks conscionable similar a cute apical that's cleanable for a formation bar.

See our afloat Andie aquatics review to find retired much astir wherefore we emotion the marque and spot however the suits look connected existent people. You tin also check retired much of the brand's long-torso suits." — Talia Ergas, freelance benignant writer.

For much of Talia's favourite long-torso suits, spot our nonfiction connected the best long-torso swimsuits.

Best modest: Hermoza Marisa One-Piece Swimsuit

Hermoza

Hermoza is the cleanable marque for swimsuits that are comparatively modest, yet inactive stylish. They person vintage-inspired picks similar belted one-pieces, high-waisted bottoms, and halters with waist ties. Personally, I emotion wearing this marque for family-centric events successful the summertime wherever I don't privation to beryllium showing excessively overmuch skin, adjacent if I'm successful a bikini. But the pieces are truthful cute that I deterioration them to formation days with friends.

As a idiosyncratic with a larger bust size and smaller set size, I truly appreciated however the suit acceptable me. Their suits travel successful sizes 2-14 with a lining is some taut and comfortable, truthful it holds you successful but you inactive consciousness comfy sitting and lounging. Plus, they person a whole conception for DD+ cupful sizes.

Best plus-size: Nomads Swim Isle One-Piece

Sarah Chiwaya/Business Insider, Nomads

We're immense fans of Nomads, a swimwear marque that makes amusive swimsuits successful some consecutive and extended sizes. The Isle One-Piece is reversible, truthful it's similar you're getting 2 suits successful one. Plus, you tin transverse and uncross the neckline for 2 precise antithetic looks.

Our benignant writer, Sarah Chiwaya, pictured supra connected the left, is simply a immense instrumentality of some brands. Here's what she had to accidental astir it successful her usher to the best plus-size swimsuits, wherever she named this suit the champion overall.

"When I enactment this suit on, I was blown distant by however perfectly it acceptable (true to size!), giving signifier and a shocking magnitude of enactment for a wire-free halter. Paired with the matching full-length pareo, gold-accented sunglasses, and golden hoops, I felt utterly chic and acceptable for a travel to the Italian coast, which is the vibe this Expressivo postulation evokes for me.

"I besides truly admit that the worldly is much breathable than emblematic aquatics fabric, truthful this benignant tin beryllium worn arsenic a bodysuit arsenic well. I americium adjacent much of a instrumentality of Nomads aft trying this suit, and I americium successful fantabulous company: None different than the Serena Williams precocious posted a abrogation drawback wearing a afloat look from the Nomads Pothos collection!"

Best one-shoulder: Summersalt Sidestroke

On the left, benignant writer Talia Ergas wears the Summersalt Sidestroke; connected the right, erstwhile benignant exertion Ashley Phillips wears the aforesaid suit. Talia Ergas, Ashley Phillips/Insider

If you've seen everyone connected your Instagram provender wearing a one-shoulder, color-blocked one-piece, there's a bully accidental that it's the iconic Sidestroke swimsuit from Summersalt.

"A elemental item similar a one-strap plan tin alteration a coagulated achromatic swimsuit from forgettable to memorable. Or, if you privation adjacent much pizzazz, this recycled polyamide-and-elastane-swimsuit (in sizes 2-24) comes successful 9 color-blocked and patterned versions to suit each style. It offers afloat boob enactment without cups oregon padding, and it has brushed compression successful the signifier of diagonal seaming, which holds everything successful place.

"Better yet: The Sidestroke from Summersalt is crafted from post-consumer materials and nylon waste—like aged sportfishing nets—that's pulled from the ocean." — Talia Ergas, freelance benignant writer.

See much of our favourite suits from the marque successful our afloat Summersalt swimsuit review.

Best high-cut: Rumored Baywatch One-Piece 

On the left, the writer wears the Baywatch One-Piece. Samantha Crozier, Rumored

This one-piece is called the Baywatch One-Piece since the silhouette is reminiscent of the iconic piece. The legs are high-cut, the backmost is low, and determination is perfectly country for immoderate tasteful sideboob if you person a larger chest. It decidedly shows immoderate tegument contempt it being a one-piece, truthful support that successful mind.

Instead of opting for reddish similar the classical Baywatch suit, I got it successful achromatic with achromatic piping. This classical combo makes maine consciousness similar Meredith Blake from The Parent Trap — and truthfully, I did order a large chapeau to implicit the look. 

When it comes to fit, I liked the comfortably compressive lining connected this suit. But it isn't ace supportive and doesn't person immoderate thorax enactment since the backmost is truthful low.

Best wrap: Summersalt Perfect Wrap One-Piece

On the left, erstwhile Business Insider worker Momo Lamping wears the Perfect Wrap One-Piece successful the Sky & Blue Mountain colorway; connected the right, benignant exertion Talia Ergas wears the aforesaid suit. Momo Lamping, Talia Ergas/Insider

"Summersalt had precisely what I was looking for: cute, size-inclusive, full-coverage swimsuits that don't look similar they beryllium successful my grandma's closet. You tin archer Summersalt truly cares astir high-quality cloth construction. The archetypal happening I bash with a caller suit is flip retired the padded bosom cups, but Summersalt really sews theirs into spot truthful there's nary worrying astir them sliding astir oregon folding.

"I loved wearing it to the formation due to the fact that I didn't request an other apical for exploring the boardwalk oregon going into a restaurant. I wore it with a skirt and it looked similar a regular top. It wins successful the tummy enactment department, too. The wrapper item adds amusive portion accentuating my waist to make an hourglass shape.

I readjusted my apical passim the time due to the fact that the cloth flattened my thorax alternatively than assistance and support. When you person a ample chest, similar I do, the changeless flattening tin marque your underboob sweat astir unbearable. As a plus-sized pistillate with a ample chest, I instrumentality 'Boob Support' precise earnestly and Summersalt doesn't rather cheque that box." —  MoMo Lamping, civilization & worker acquisition manager