Ocean Blues High Waisted Swimwear

High-waisted on an Ocean Blues card means the band sits at the navel or above it, and the pieces on this page are the ones cut that way: two bikini bottoms, one on the plus run, six pairs of board shorts and boyshorts, the mesh-lined swim skirt, and two bikini sets whose bottom half is high-waisted. It is the cut that pairs with a bandeau or a tankini top, because the two meet in the middle, and the cut people buy first when they want the stomach covered without a one-piece.

The waist is the second number on this page after the hip. A high-waisted band is wider and firmer than a mid-rise one, and it has to clear the waist as well as the seat: the chart on the buying page gives both in inches, and a band that is snug dry rolls down wet. The board shorts add an inseam to that, three to eight inches, and the skirt adds a mesh short beneath. The high-waisted ruched set is the piece with the colourways, eleven of them, and its bottom is the same cut as the bottoms sold alone.