Black & Red Floral Bustier Bathing Suit

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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. 🙂

Retro Vintage boned bustier floral swim suit Marusya Anagrassia

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

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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.

black red floral vintage bustier swimsuit with boning marusya

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

black, red, floral, vintage, bustier, bathing, swimsuit, boning, summer, marusya

black, red, floral, vintage, bustier, bathing, swimsuit, boning, summer, marusya

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CONTACT ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ORDER ONE!

MARYGRACE[at]ANAGRASSIA[dot]COM

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black, red, floral, vintage, bustier, bathing, swimsuit, boning, summer, marusya

black, red, floral, vintage, bustier, bathing, swimsuit, boning, summer, marusya

black, red, floral, vintage, bustier, bathing, swimsuit, boning, summer, marusya

black, red, floral, vintage, bustier, bathing, swimsuit, boning, summer, marusya
The busti­er top does­n’t fit the dress form. Also, this is a pho­to of the swim­suit before I short­ened the straps.

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