Black & Red Floral Bustier Bathing Suit

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*Work In Progress

Here’s my sec­ond vin­tage inspired swim­suit. (View my first busti­er bathing suit top here.) It’s anoth­er boned busti­er top made with a polyester/rayon fabric.

I recent­ly test­ed my first busti­er swim­suit in sun, water & chlo­rine. The top worked real­ly well in all those con­di­tions. It did­n’t fuss, fade, or stretch out. 🙂

This was the orig­i­nal design drawn by a girl I babysit for. Read more about it here.

This swim­suit top is for my sis­ter. She’s expect­ing her first baby soon, so her size is fluc­tu­at­ing and it’s hard to pre­dict what size she’ll be this spring or sum­mer. As a result, I made some changes to my busti­er design.

First, I made the busti­er 2 sizes big­ger than the orig­i­nal top.

Sec­ond, I made the straps adjustable by adding plas­tic S hooks and rings. I was­n’t able to take any of her mea­sure­ments or make a mock-up ahead of time. Con­se­quent­ly, I had to go back and short­en the shoul­der straps because the first straps were WAY too long! (The S hooks land­ed on the top of the shoulders…oops!)

Third, I changed the back band to a tie back. I love it and it’s real­ly cute! How­ev­er, the fab­ric is thick and I’m wor­ried about how tight it can be tied. She has­n’t test­ed the top in the water yet, but I might change part of the back band & tie piece to a black polyester/lycra fabric.

I’m not sure when I’ll make the bot­toms because I’m not sure what size to make them!

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CONTACT ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ORDER ONE!

MARYGRACE[at]ANAGRASSIA[dot]COM

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