The Most Fabulous (And Flattering) One-Piece Swimsuits For Summer 2018

Everything about this bathing suit – the color, the cut, the waistline, the front-tie – is perfect. A word of caution, though: Reformation’s tops are sometimes cut on the small side, so if you’re a B-cup or more, consider sizing up so you don’t, you know, overfloweth.

If you buy one new suit this summer, let it be a high-leg, low-back stunner in a neutral color – and then add matching sunglasses.

A suuuuper low back and barely-there straps (so expect a little sideboob)…and that COLOR. (Obviously a little self-tanner will need to be applied first, but it’s worth the effort.)

It’s a mullet swimsuit! (…Party in the back…? …No?)

Why I like it: The slightly rusty shade of red feels very ’70s, and the ruffle accents add a little extra something without taking away from the suit’s simplicity.

Like everyone else on the planet, I love a great black bathing suit, and the graphic cutouts and single shoulder on this one make it feel dramatic. (Available in sizes 0XPlus-3XPlus.)

I don’t even understand how this is a swimsuit, but it’s wonderful. And if you just throw some high-waisted shorts on top, you’re dressed! Like, for-real dressed! Amazing.

I just picked up one of these myself (in red) – it’s sleek and classic, and I can wear it in my non-beach life, too. I also really love it in black and in the navy stripe.

I own a bunch of Summersalt swimsuits – they’re really nicely made, and really nicely priced, and I love how they’re all simple and classic, but have unique elements like unexpected cutouts or colorblocking. The Swan Dive, pictured here, is my favorite – it’s a teeeeeny bit retro-feeling – sort of like something Taylor Swift would have worn during her high-waisted bathing suits phase – but not costume-y at all, and the mustard-and-navy combo is killer.

This gives me all the 1990s Miami Vice feels (in a very good way).

I don’t know how Mara Hoffman does it, but over and over she creates bright, multicolored one-pieces (with cutouts!) that manage to be universally flattering. None of this makes sense, but there you go.

Remember this suit? The one pictured above is like the 2.0 version of that.

The light grey bottom half makes this evoke a kind of swimsuit-meets-sweatsuit.

Which is to say: I’m into it.