30 Best Swimsuits for Women, According to Testing
Lounge by the pool in style wearing an affordable bikini or a flattering one-piece.
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Shopping for a new bathing suit online isn't easy, with so many brands and styles to choose from — there are bikinis and one-pieces in an endless array of colors, patterns and trends. You also want to make sure it feels comfortable, supportive and flattering and that it's durable enough to hold up season after season. Whether you plan to spend the warmer months lying outside in a lounge chair, hitting the waves or doing laps in the pool, we have you covered.
At the Good Housekeeping Institute, our experts research and test all kinds of swimwear in our Textiles Lab — in recent years, we've collected more than 1,400 data points on the bathing suits we've tested. We also give swimsuits to consumer testers who are able to try the styles out for themselves and share their thoughts on properties like comfort, appearance, fit and more. We put together this guide to the best swimsuits for women based on insight from our swimwear tests, as well as positive online reviews and enthusiastic recommendations from our own analysts and editors.
Keep reading for our top picks, including the best swimsuits on Amazon, top bathing suits for women over 50, swimwear for large busts and tummy control swimsuits.
Amanda (she/her) researches and reports on products in the Good Housekeeping Institute's Textiles, Paper & Apparel Lab, ranging from clothing and accessories to home furnishings. She holds undergraduate degrees in apparel merchandising and product development and advertising and marketing communications, as well as a master of science degree in consumer sciences from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining Good Housekeeping in 2022, Amanda was a lecturer for the fashion and retail studies program at Ohio State, where she taught fashion and textiles courses.
Emma Seymour (she/her) is a senior product analyst at the Good Housekeeping Institute's Textiles, Paper and Apparel Lab, where she has led testing for luggage, pillows, towels, tampons and more since 2018. She graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor of science in fiber science and apparel design and a minor in gerontology, completing research in the Body Scanner Lab on optimizing activewear for athletic performance.
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