Remembrance of Bikinis Past

Fast Times at Ridgemont High was on HBO (in the olde days kids, before Tivo and Netflix, hell, before the average family even had a VCR) about four times a week one summer when I was little. And though I had difficulty relating to the film’s risqué plot lines at a time in my life when risky behavior meant making prank phone calls, one thing did register indelibly in my young mind: Linda Barrett’s (as played by Phoebe Cates) red bikini. (This bikini is burned onto my boyfriend’s brain too, as it turns out, though apparently for entirely different reasons.)

Not just a bathing suit, this bikini symbolized the incredibly sophisticated lifestyle I imagined all teenage girls led, girls like my babysitter who laid out in the backyard wearing coconut scented suntan oil and drinking diet soda. I’ve had a thing for ‘80s-looking red bikinis ever since. My favorite Linda Barrett-inspired styles? Check out this Lisa Curran, this Lauren Moffatt, and this Rosa Cha.

Beach Bunny Chic

Salty air, seashells, waves crashing on sandy beaches. This year you've vowed to spend more time in a beachy paradise, and Bop Basics has a few good reasons to keep that promise. With a gauzy new collection of dresses, tops, and scarves, you'll be as perfectly outfitted for the sandy shores as you are for the boardwalk. The bikinis to match these bits of beachwear brilliance? They're coming from the likes of Rosa Cha, Rachel Pally, and Malia Mills. It's the beach bunny chic you need to make this summer shine. Find it, at shopbop.

Find Your Signature Swimsuit

In swimwear, as in dating, selection is everything. Fortunately for you, we've rounded up the best of the best, the hottest styles from the season's haute-est swimwear collections to make sure you've got the best bathing suit on the beach. Teeny bikinis in bold hues to sophisticated-yet-sexy one-pieces, sweet prints to show-stopping metallics, DVF to Shoshanna, we've put them all in one place to make swimwear shopping a snap. Score your signature swimsuit from our standout selection, right here, at shopbop.

Sultry Summer Swimwear

Now that winter's over, we're so ready for one really (we mean really) hot summer. And with the arrival of the sexiest crop of swimwear to grace the pages of shopbop, summer's prospects are approaching sizzling proportions. Itsy-bitsy bikinis by Vix, Brette Sandler, and Shoshanna are any sunbathing beauty's dream, and Tyler Rose has given the one-piece a steamy makeover with their back-baring Cartier maillot. And that's just the beginning. Swimwear is turning up the heat, and we've captured the must-have styles in our newest LookBook. See it. Covet it.
Buy it. Your sultry style waits, at shopbop.