Ocean Blues Ruched-Side Swim Bottom

A mid-rise brief with the fabric gathered into ruching down each side seam, so the hip line breaks into folds instead of one flat stretch of cloth. The waist lands between a low bikini cut and a high-waisted one: above the hip bone, below the navel. The back is full coverage. The fabric is quick-dry, with enough stretch that the ruching opens as you move and closes again when you stand still.

Wet, it holds its shape rather than bagging, and it dries quickly once you are out of the pool. Sizes run S to 2XL, one run only. Rinse the chlorine out in cold water, skip the bleach and dry it flat. Eleven colourways, black and white among them, put it under almost any of our tops, plain or printed.

One of 9 on the bikini bottoms rail in the Ocean Blues swim drawer. It also answers to bikini bottoms, tummy control swimwear. A size letter describes the garment rather than a body, and the way we keep the figures current is set out on how we update the catalogue.