Tankinis - Swimwear We Love for So Many Reasons!

So, what exactly is a tankini? Well, according to Wikipedia a tankini is a bathing suit combining a tank top and a bikini bottom.

What is there to love about a tankini? Why, just about Everything! Tankinis swim wear is:

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• Stylish and fashionable for starters!
• Versatile
• Tankinis are ready in a collection of top styles such as Bandeau, Halter, Soft Cup, Underwire,Shirred Top, V-Insert, Racerback/Crossback and combinations such as the Bandeau-Halter top.
• Tankini bottoms can be various as well. Expect to pair your tankini top with a bikini stylebottom or a more modest panty style, or a short tankini skirt or tankini shorts. Truthfully, youhave the flexibility to faultless your outfit in so many ways - with your favourite capris oryoga pants or that sarong that makes you feel frightful every time you wear it. The possibilitiesare endless!
• 'Personalize-able' - as in 'Mix 'n Match-able'. (See above!) Vary your selection of style/color/pattern of top with your selection of style/color/pattern of bottom.
• Modest, or not so! The selection is yours.
• Convenient - trips to the washroom are a breeze!
• Flexibility - Tankinis offer you the flexibility to heighten or conceal what you love or,don't love 'so much'.

Homage must be paid to designer Anne Cole for introducing us to the tankini 'life-style' in the late 1990's. When Anne Cole first introduced us to the tankini it caught the imagination of many a woman - in fact the tankini, with its flexibility and endless Mix'n Match possibilities fast captured nearly a third of the swimwear market!

Tankinis swim wear holds mass appeal. Initially attracted to the tankini were women with smaller busts - the clever make of the tankini drew one's eye away from focusing on the bustline. Also, post mastectomy women are apt to find a clear ease with the tankinis more modest elements and cut. Women with longer torsos are also attracted to the tankinis variable and versatile lines that trick the eye and embolden the wearer. Equally so, women with stretch marks they wish to hide or a few extra pounds they'd like to camouflage gravitate towards the tankini.

Mothers too, for their own personal reasons favour tankinis not only for themselves but also for their young daughters. The tankinis flexibility covers just that much more skin hence a little less sunscreen to put on. And, with the tankini top, there's less shifting and less occasion of 'exposure'! Then there's that convenience 'thing' again when there's that mad dash to hit the loo! (I've got to go Now, mom!) Factor in the tankinis 'mom approved' Mix 'n Match capabilities and versatility and you definitely have a winner when your little girl picks her clothes 'all by herself' which, trust me, can otherwise be a very scary proposition in my household!

With big name designers such as Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Nautica, Calvin Klein and a host of 'boutique' designers adding their names to tankini collections around the world on a continual basis you have to know that tankinis swim wear is here to stay! (And I, for one, couldn't be happier!)

Tankinis have hit the ground running... 'er, make that the pool swimming or just for hanging out in. Tankinis swim wear has you covered whichever which way you turn - or not! The selection is up to you.

Tankinis - Swimwear We Love for So Many Reasons!