2015 Women’s Swimwear Fashion Trends

As summer fades into fall 2014, we thought it would be fun to consider what lies ahead for 2015 swimwear and bikini trends. 2015? Are we crazy? Not really as most of the big swimwear manufacturers are already preparing their 2015 swimwear catalogs. Maybe you have a cruise planned in the winter or spring or will be traveling to another warm weather destination. But whether you’re soaking up the sun’s rays in Aruba, or on the French Riviera, the most crucial decision won’t be the SPF of your sunscreen (Always 50+ SPF by the way!), but which swimwear pieces you’ll be wearing.

While the accessibility of classic swimwear styles (and the fact that swimwear trends move relatively slowly) means it’s not a requirement, it’s still always worthwhile to learn what styles will fit well with spring 2015 trends. Whether it’s creating a bold statement or simply perhaps taking your personal style credentials to the waterside, an update for your bikini selections will make holidays and hot weekends all the more exciting and enjoyable.

Read on to find out what cuts and styles are in fashion for 2015:

Swimwear trends don’t exactly move at as fast a pace as the cycles in other fashion trends. That’s because it’s not an easy thing to reinvent the bikini or the monokini. With a strong need to balance functionality with sex appeal, designers are restricted as to what they can really do. Regardless of this, one piece swimsuits and bikini trends are definitely still impacted by other fashion trends.

So what swimsuit trends can we expect for 2015? You’d be right in the event you guessed swimsuit styles will be strongly influenced by other key fashion trends for the year. So when it comes to selecting a new swimsuit, these represent the swimwear styles worth shopping for.

Vintage-inspired swimwear

The trend towards classic retro styled swimsuits continues to expand in today’s swimwear market. Needless to say it’s the bombshells, the pin-ups, of the same era we’re most likely to think of with regards to 1950s bathing suits especially – the Marilyn Monroe’s and the Jayne Mansfield’s. They’re playful, curvaceous, and steeped in sex appeal. So the reason we refer to the former is to balance out the latter: Vintage-style swimwear has its place in 2015’s swimwear trends, but it’s not always going to be about strawberry cheesecake and other cliches. Instead it’s a subtle infusion of retro cuts and prints – so while the right type of swimsuit for you could be as bombshell as Marilyn or as sophisticated and subtle as Grace, it may also sit squarely in between. Everything in swimwear doesn’t need to be about extremes and vintage swimwear is a great area to fuse the perfect combination between class and sexy. Most often for this coming year, it’s about high-waisted bikini bottoms in an effort to inject just a hint of vintage feel into otherwise modern swimsuits. Here are some other features to look out for in the 2015 vintage swimwear market:

  • one-pieces with cinched-in waists, sweetheart necklines and cute pockets
  • high-waist bikini bottoms
  • playful prints – kaleidoscopic, psychedelic, geometric – made in modern cuts in order to avoid vintage overkill
  • shirred sides that highlight the waist and hips
  • fuller-cupped tops
  • minimalist accents and elegant cuts.

Bikini Separates – Mix and match bikini tops and bottoms

The aura of nonchalance and effortlessness surrounding our clothing seeped into our bikinis for 2014 and you should expect more of the same for 2015. A clash of color and/or print between your bikini top and bikini bottoms not only creates an intriguing look, but inherently oozes a kind of eclectic, fun summer vibe. It’s not that you don’t care about your bathing suit being all properly matched, it’s that you’re way too cool to. Occasionally a bit of mismatching simply demonstrates that you’re throwing yourself headfirst into summer and squeezing every last drop of adventure out of the sunshine, not caring about uniformity. It’s also a fantastic way to get numerous and varied wears out of just a couple of different bikinis.

Here are a few additional pointers about bikini separates:

If you don’t choose to go for all-out clashes, start by selection a classic black bikini and blend in either the top or bottom along with other bright colors and prints. You can’t really get it wrong by taking this approach.

With bikini separates, the bolder and more obvious the clash the more desirable and unique the look. You don’t want to appear as if you’ve made an effort to match two similar pieces without success. Try picking any two of the following and mixing them without any trepidation: animal print, geometry, floral, stripes, or even digital patterned prints.

Elegant frilly swimwear

Feminine frills are twice as good on the subject of swimwear, and 2015’s collections are going to be inspired by that fact. Firstly, they provide a soft, dainty, summer vibe. And secondly, they can add volume where you need it making an effort to shape your figure in flattering ways.

Beautiful | Natural whites, soft pastels or colorful micro prints result in very fashionable choices with regards to the ruffled busts and mesh frills. One important thing that’s a given in terms of this style: you should definitely pick out quite possibly the most unexpected interpretations to both flatter your figure, and distinguish you from the rest of the crowd.

For many years cutout bathing suits, whether or not it was cutout detailing on bikinis or monokinis was the design and style of choice. Cutaway swimwear has since become something of an ever-green style, but if we’re to gauge based on the 2015 runways, the cutaways are marking a return to the frontline for swimwear trends. The sultry one piece swimsuits are all about marketing fresh and surprising shapes, with sexy cuts that seem to instantly flatter our bodies. Look for them within both vibrant prints and monochrome tones, but be sure that your choice translates to a modern day look.

Sporty swimwear styles

Yet another of last season’s highly-influential trends ended up incorporating the 2014 / 2015 swimwear styles with a sporty-chic attitude. The overall feel of this swimsuit style should still be high on sexy, the uniqueness lying in the super-slick silhouettes with trendy cutaways and vibrant colors.

Digital print swimwear
Digital prints were everywhere in spring / summer 2014 and we see this trend only growing in 2015 as women seek to avoid the dreaded moment when they take off their swimsuit cover up to reveal the exact same swimsuit as the women two blankets down. While printed swimsuits have always been popular, this coming year they will get their cues from street wear trends and discover the prints for swimwear that is functional in addition to being highly fashionable, often capable of being worn as outerwear.

For 2015 digital prints will take the shape of everything and anything from delicate floral designs to intense animal prints to abstract patterns or even cityscapes. There aren’t any real rules here: opt for whatever print strikes your heart with desire, and if you would like to get extra mileage go for a one-piece swimsuit that can also be used as a bodysuit.

On-trend swimwear for your figure type
The reality is that when it comes to swimwear, you cannot assume all cuts are going to flatter every figure. But between each of the trending 2014/2015 styles there’s certainly something for everybody. It will certainly always depend upon what you’re most comfortable with, but if you’re looking for a place to start below are several shape-based recommendations:

Full figure
Embrace the retro trend and utilize it to accentuate as an alternative to hiding your curves. You might try halter necks or cupped styles, and anything that brings in the waist to play to an hourglass shape.

Small Bust Size or Pear Shaped

Use ruffles to your advantage by adding volume at the top half of your swimsuit. Ruffles across the bust can give an illusion that will make you seem visually larger. It’s also possible to use vintage cupped designs with padding to produce curves.

Large Bust
Once again, ruffles can help to cover up trouble spots by alternatively adding them to swimsuit bottoms to balance your hips together with your bust. Avoid unstructured crochets or even string bikinis if they don’t offer any support; instead stick to structured styles and halter necks to keep everything from sagging up top.

Short legs
To lengthen the appearance of your body in swimwear, pair a printed bikini top with a block-colored bottom, which will draw a person’s eye upwards. Avoid having your legs look like a little boys and go for high cut thighs instead in order to not shorten the legs further.

Athletic figures
If you’re slim but not big on the curves take full advantage of styles like push-up, backless styles and crochet that instead show off a toned physique.

The women’s swimwear market is a multi-billion dollar business every single year. That means good news for consumers with top manufactures always looking to innovate and inspire with bold new looks for at the beach or pool. While every swimsuit isn’t right for every body type, there is a swimsuit style out there that will meet mesh perfectly with your own personal style. After all, we are rarely more “exposed” to the world then we are while in a bikini walking down the shore line at the beach. Doesn’t it make sense that you choose a swimsuit style, color, print that absolutely conveys who you are as a person. It is possible.

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