I'm currently on somewhat of a mission to find usable swim tops after spending a life time in crappy ones. It's my side project when I'm not busy overanalyzing what size and alterations I want to attempt on my next go-round with Comexim.

This was the other top in my original order of two "30G" bikini tops from Asos. If you read my 32G - Asos Swim » Hidden Underwired Print Fuller Bust Bikini To
review, you'll know already how much of a disaster the white one was. This one is not *quite* so bad. This particular mix n match style runs looser in the band than the hidden underwire, and bigger in the cups. However, it's still a big fat LIE that Asos Swim uses UK sizing, because I ordered this as a 30G from the size menu and received a US 30G/UK30F. So, keep that in mind.

30F is a cup smaller in volume than I can usually wear. This top is workable if I don't scoop & swoop. The band is TTS, which means it's too big on me, so I cut strips of elastic and sewed them to the inside of the band to act as a tightener. I would say the cups, at 5.3" wide and 9.0" deep, are TTS for a typical 30F - the problem being, I am not a 30F, I'm an FF-G. So, if you're a true 30F and were to get hold of this top, it would probably fit you quite well.

The double tie halter strap is simultaneously cute, and a giant pain in the ass to tie behind your neck. The insides of the cups have a side sling mesh, which is a great idea in theory, but in reality, if the mesh doesn't cover your nipple, you'll end up with a weird pointy shaped bulge. Of couse it doesn't cover my nipple, so if I were to wear this much I'd want to sew in some liner pads, but the cups are barely big enough to begin with, without pads.

The color is much more vibrant than the website suggested, which I liked. It's a bright teal blue with a crochet lace overlay and visually it's just very cute!

I kept it, and have swam in it twice, but the jury is out on whether I'll actually keep it long term.

Blue crochet lace colorway

This bra is not owned any more

Updated on Jul 17, 2015 Flag this

• ASOS will often ask to transfer you to the US site whenever they detect you are in the US, and there you will see only US sizes. If you stay on the UK site it should give UK sizes. I always make sure based on whether I see the letter "I" anywhere!
  

• Yeah I think I heard that after I reviewed the white one & I'd bought this one at the same time. That's so unhelpful of Asos lol. What's even more annoying is even on the U.S. site, there are still some brands of tops listed specifically as U.S. sizing like "US 30G" in the menu & Asos isn't one of them. So they change the sizing without really telling you they're doing it. I shoulda known when I saw the I but wasn't really paying attention to letters other than G in my first order.

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