Anne Cole Swim Collection

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Anne Cole
Lingerie Maillot Swimsuit

Solid Color Lingerie Maillot Swim

This Wonderful Suit...
Invites You to Be the Woman You Are
Your life will change the first time you put on this suit.  You will feel more beautiful than you have ever before felt in a swim suit.  This suit is actually your friend.  It's designed to be kind.  It knows that your body has shape, curves, length, softness, size.  No matter what other swim suit you wear, you will always remember the Lingerie Maillot and it will be the one to which you compare the fit of all others.  Sadly for them, none will match up.

Flattery
It may very well be that more figure types are flattered by the Anne Cole Lingerie Maillot Swim Suit than any other swim suit made.  We have sold this suit (and ONLY this suit) in our store in the Virgin Islands since 1987.  We have watched hundreds of ladies try it on, and amazingly, it looks great on just about everyone.  Put it on and, without even looking in the mirror, you know it flatters you.

Fit
The fabric is knit to Cole's specifications and is a blend of 82% nylon and 18% spandex.  The tricot knit stretches in every direction.  This is important!  It allows the suit to fit well right away and for a long time.  These particular proportions of nylon and spandex give the suit just the right amount of stretch—not too tight, not too loose either.  It hugs and holds your body.  You know the suit is “on” and snug like a swimsuit should be, yet the fit is comfortable and won't make you self-conscious about squeezing around your legs or under your arms.

Cut of the Leg
The Leg is cut moderately.  We've seen ladies “adjust” the suit so more of the leg is revealed.  We also know ladies who sort of “place” the suit a little lower on the hip and show less.  Both of these techniques are successful.  The leg is cut for a woman to wear in public, on the beach or at the pool.  The leg is not cut for someone who wishes to imitate a Las Vegas show girl.  It also is not cut for someone who wants to completely hide the fact that she has (or doesn't have) hips and legs and thighs.  This is to say that the cut of the leg is very flattering for many ladies and can adapt to a greater-than-may-be-expected range of  revelation or discretion.  When you try it on, fiddle around with the leg if you like, and you'll see how it can work for you.

Transparency and Lining
Different colors offer varying degrees of transparency when wet.  Generally, lighter color suits will be fully lined all over and triple lined in the “bottom”.  The front lining of these light color suits is constructed to include a shelf bra for “guidance”.  The dark colors are completely opaque even when wet and they are designed with a shelf bra and localized “bottom” lining.  The lining and bra fabric is 100 % nylon.  It's textured to do the job that lining must do—prevent see-through, and light weight enough to dry very quickly. 

Bosoms
The lining bras in the Lingerie Maillot, whether fully lined or shelf bra, offer the sort of “leadership” required by ladies who wear A, B, or C cup sizes.  Unmodified, the support offered by the suit's built in bra is, quite frankly, less than what is commonly desired by larger-than-C-cup ladies. 

Straps
The Lingerie Maillot's straps are completely sensible.  They are sewn to be round and are not easily twisted.  They are made to be just the right length and have no adjustable hardware that can fall out of adjustment, rust, break, or pinch.  The straps do not dent your shoulders, they grace them.

Try On
If you are new to this suit, you must try one on and see for yourself why we are raving.  Choose the most likely Size, from 6 to 16, and we will send you the suit to try on at home.  Suits which have been tried on with panty protection may be returned within 7 days of receipt for exchange, store credit,  or refund.  We reserve the right to refuse a return on a try-on if it is late, appears to have been worn, seems to have been tried on without panties, or for any other reason, fails to look brand new in every way. 

If you are among the many happy ladies who are familiar with this wonderful swim suit, you probably already know what size you wear.  You almost certainly either have or want it, in several colors.  We carry all current colors and also have stock of many colors from earlier seasons’ palettes.  They are listed on the Order Now page and described in the Colors section.


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