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01Panelled, ruched or loose: three ways to cover the middle

Ocean Blues Tummy Control Swimwear

Twenty-five pieces whose card says tummy control: most of the tankini tops, the shirred and ruched one-pieces, the swim dress, the high-waisted bottoms, the board shorts and the swim skirt.

  • 25 styles
  • 48 colourways
  • S to 4XL Plus size run
  • $8.99 to $39.99

Colourways on this page: Black, Hot Pink, Paisley, White, Black Polka Dot, Royal Blue, Sky Blue, Floral, and 40 more.

Tummy control on an Ocean Blues card means one of three cuts, and it helps to know which you are buying. A panelled front is a firmer layer sewn behind the fabric that pulls the middle in: the twist-front and ruched bandeau tankinis, the slimming one-piece, the high-waisted bottoms. A ruched or shirred front gathers the fabric so that it does not lie flat against the stomach: the shirred bandeau one-piece, the ruched plus-run suits, the ruched-side bottom. A loose front hangs from the bust and touches nothing: the blouson and loose-fit tankinis. The first holds, the second hides, the third leaves you alone.

The board shorts and the swim skirt are on this page because a high waist is its own kind of cover, and the swim dress because a skirt over shorts is another. What none of these do is change your size: a panelled tankini top is bought by the bust, a high-waisted bottom by the hip, and a suit that is a letter small pulls harder at the middle rather than smoothing it. Between two sizes, the panelled and molded-cup pieces take the larger letter; the ruched and loose ones forgive the smaller.

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Every colourway here is priced on its own; the Ocean Blues edit keeps the figures current and the till is what decides.

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Questions about Ocean Blues Tummy Control Swimwear

Panelled, ruched or loose: three ways to cover the middle

Which Ocean Blues tummy control swimsuit holds the firmest?

The panelled cuts: the twist-front tankini top and the ruched bandeau tankini top, both with a molded cup and a shaped front, and the slimming molded-cup one-piece. On the plus run, the ruched tummy-control one-piece. A ruched front hides more than it holds, and a loose front does neither; the card names the cut.

Will an Ocean Blues tummy control tankini ride up when you swim?

The panelled tops sit on the hip and stay there; the blouson and the loose-fit tops float, because they are cut to, and a high-waisted bottom under them keeps the middle covered when they do. A tankini top that rides up on land is a letter small in the bust, and the chart on the buying page is the fix.

Do Ocean Blues high-waisted bottoms count as tummy control?

The card says so on the high-waisted full-coverage bottom, the plus-run high-waisted bottom, the ruched-side bottom and the low-rise brief, and on the board shorts and the swim skirt. What a high waist does is cover to the navel or above and hold the front with a wider band. Under a bandeau or a tankini top it is the bottom most people on this page end up with.

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