These Swimsuits Aren’t Just For Swimming—Wear Them Everywhere

Fashion icons have long been in on the secret that the best way to maximize a wardrobe is to tap into swimwear’s hidden potential. “Life is a hybrid!’ says Los Angeles-based stylist Karen Levitt of the summer flex she’s seeing everywhere. “I saw Michèle Lamy at The Chateau Marmont yesterday, and she looked as amazing in her black look and jewelry sitting by the pool as walking down the street in Paris.”

It’s a matter of making the most of the day—and night. “People don’t always have time to stop and go home to change, so throwing on shorts and a blazer over a bathing suit with heels makes heading to dinner or a party look effortless,” says Levitt. It’s the kind of style move that doesn’t age. Levitt references an image of Blondie’s Debbie Harry “wearing the most perfectly fitted shrunken crop denim jacket and string bikini bottom with a cup of coffee—she looks so natural.”

Of course, the California babes of ’90s television solidified the concept. “I remember a pretty iconic scene in 90210 where Brenda tosses on some denim with a red bikini top and a white linen button up to leave her house,” says Donna Lisa, the wardrobe stylist who works with the new guard of experimental celebs like Phoebe Bridgers, Mia Goth, and Noah Cyrus. “She looked effortlessly cool and sexy.”

Here, the best brands making swimwear hybrids for summer’s easiest style wins.