This season’s swimwear is made for posing; not so much for swimming but being the belle of the pool. This includes sexy bandage-style swimsuits and one-shouldered pieces, and exteme cut-away bikinis/monokinis that leave little to the imagination.

One-Shouldered Swimwear

The must have piece for summer 2010 is a stylish one-shoulder number. Taking the lead from the current trend in one-shoulder toga-style dresses and asymmetrical necklines, this year’s single-shoulder swimsuits are subtly sexy and sophisticated. The diagonal line narrows across the upper body and the look is seductive without being slutty. Plus it gives you an extra expanse of bare shoulder to tan!

One-shouldered monokinis tick two trend boxes in one, with both cut-outs and one-shoulder dressing. Marios Schwab embraced both features in a risqué piece of swimwear with summer florals and Hervé Léger by Max Aria’s spring summer collection of bandage-style single-shouldered swimsuits and bikinis provide some daring designs in the extreme.

Some monokini’s are not truly single-shouldered but their asymmetric-necklines give that effect. Iconic swimsuit label Gottex has some stunning designs which give the appearance of single-shoulders, but provide better support.