Fun Swimwear Prints For You

Hurray! You love beach parties and you can hardly wait to see your body fitting some hot swimwear. Swimwear pieces are intensely sexy, allowing the fabric to hug and trace your body and to play up your assets. What's even better is that these amazing pieces of summer apparel are well-loved by beach goers and pool partiers that you need not come up with the silliest excuse at all to wear one. Check out the following list of the most popular prints and see which one is right for you and your girl friends.

• ANIMAL PRINTS. When you want the sultry look characteristic of the African safari, get yourself some animal-printed swimwear. The most common designs are the zebra stripes and the leopard dots. The zebra stripes are actually a good choice if you have tummy folds to conceal; just make sure that the direction of the stripes is diagonal or horizontal, running at a parallel course as your love handles. On the other hand, leopard dots are a darling and will make you look like a member of Josie and the Pussy Cats. Select this print if you have a complexion that is not as flawless as you want it to be. Your occasional skin blotches will seem to form part of your swimwear getup, rather than contrast to it.

• POLKA DOTS. Who doesn't love these fun round prints? Polka dots are as adorable as Minnie Mouse's ribbon and will make you look just as endearing. The shapes of polka dots are practically the same (when the dots aren't round, they won't be called “dots” in the first place); what does vary are the size and color of the prints. By rule of thumb, select the size of the dots based on your body size – that is if you are huge, go for the gigantic dots and if you are lean, go for the mini dots. Doing otherwise will make you appear larger or smaller than you really are and you don't want that to happen.

In terms of color, the conventional polka dot prints come in two contrasting shades: usually white dots and some darker color such as black, blue or red on the background. The contemporary prints already sport numerous variations so that you will find styles that use white as the background color, that combine three or four colors and others yet that make you look like you're iced with yummy M and M chocolates all over.

• STRIPES. If you want the classy look loved by a span of generations, select stripes. These prints can always work wonders on your overall look if you know how to wear them as they are positioned on your swimwear. Go for diagonals if you want to create the illusion of curves. If you want to look slimmer, go for verticals that create the illusion of length. If you want to look fuller, go for horizontals that create the illusion of width.

Whether classic or contemporary, these prints speak of one thing in common: fun.