This is not a very blousy tankini. It fits tight like a bathing suit would although there is ruching on the left side. The bra is in the bathing suit and hooks with 3 hooks instead of a bathing suit type S hook. The straps are thin and stretchy but don't have to support much as the underwire of the bra does that very well. On me, I fill the cup completely and the gore lays flat. It is a bit weird that the suit extends beyond the top of the gore, so it's a nice gentle sweetheart scoop shape but because the gore ends below the ... neckline the suit fabric has to stretch from the gore to the top edge of the suit and when I look down into the suit, I can see the fabric reaching upwards from the gore. It's intended this way, and it looks fine on the outside. I wonder if it will rip at some point.

The suit is very comfortable and I mused with wearing it as a tank top but it's a little too revealing on my aged body for general wear, unless of course, I was going to Walmart. (jk really!) I think though, if a younger woman wanted to, she could easily wear it as a tank top. I do wish it was blousier, but since I have not bought anything Panache yet, I was very pleased it fit so very well.

Now to buckle the bra, I had to pull up the tank part, past the bra in order to reach the straps which felt quit firm, but once I figured out that I had to do that, it was not difficult. It was at this point I could actually see how well it fit me and I had that moment in the mirror where I though what an engineering marvel it was.

I had to chuckle when the tag on care for it said to 'dry away from direct sunlight' after washing and I had to wonder if that had something to do with the fog in England as most bathing suits in my area, are worn in the water and dried in the sun on the beach... But, if it fades, it fades. All suits do fade and this, being bought on sale, is less than I have paid in the past.


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