The Best Swimsuit Brands on a Budget

Victoria’s Secret semi-annual clearance, TJ Maxx, Marshalls… I’m a budget shopper but bathing suits are the one thing I will splurge on- I just think it’s worth paying the extra $$ for a suit that fits and flatters… which is a tough feat considering how little fabric is involved. While suits at Target and Old Navy are pretty cute (and I always try to pour myself into them), I think they are made for more of a teenage body, less for curvier (read: top heavy) shapes.

Believe it or not I got one at the dreaded Wally-World when I was in a panic one summer. Left my b-suit bottoms at home while visiting family. Otherwise I try to stick with big sales to get a good suit at a good cost. Target definitely did not cut their suits for a woman over 18 (Size or Age!).

What is considered curvy? Do you have to be over a certain size or else you just look like a 12 year old boy to everyone? I am not skinny skinny, but I am not bigger by any means. A size 7 in most jeans brands. I have no trouble finding bathing suits anywere, but it’s like anything else you have to have an hour or two to invest in digging through the racks, especially at discount stores.

Just being “top heavy” is not the only curvy that there is! I’ve been told I have “baby making hips” and other not so nice remarks that I won’t say on this! haha. when you have bigger hips, you want to play them up, embrace your curves because when you hide them, you just make yourself look worse instead of better.

Every body has issues when bathing suit shopping and sometimes the best thing to do is just to try on EVERYTHING, even bathing suits you would never try on before. I found my favorite suit a few years ago that way.