While swimsuits were once merely something to cover up in as you enjoyed the pools and oceans or lakes, today they have been turned into a form of art. While some appear on the main four runways, we find that the major bulk of the swimwear comes from Miami and Sao Paolo, representing additional fashion weeks that seem not to be as prestigious or well-known as the New York, London, Milan and Paris shows. The Beach Fashion Week, on the other hand, is held in Miami every year, with good reason. The Miami beaches are one of the best-known North American haunts. In Brazil, however, it is Sao Paolo that grabs our attention and you can imagine how we fell in love with many of the hottest swimsuits for 2016. But which swimwear trends made it onto the runway this season?
1) Single pieces

Single piece swimsuits can come in all shapes and sizes and one of the biggest sub-trends to it was the cutout. You saw it at Nookie Beach in bondage style and Chromat with a slit around the cleavage to add to its elongating appeal. Cutouts on the side of single piece halter suits with psychedelic designs as per Mara Hoffman are also quite amazing. Majorly plunging necklines can be found on blue single pieces at Caffe Swimwear, while strapless pieces appear on Mia Marcelle.

Gorgeous fringe adorns the Pocahontas look at the 6 Shore Road by Pooja show, while pretty ruffles only add to the off the shoulder Mara Hoffman piece with the matching headpiece. Pretty cutouts mark the beauty of the single piece halters and plunging sweetheart necklines at Runway Australia featuring Jewels + Grace + Allerton, while purple never looked as good as it does on 6 Shore Road by Pooja. Hey, they even come in long sleeves and leather, the former including Belusso, and the latter going at Lolli x Amuse Society.

We see ethnic prints and lions staring back from the San Lorenzo looks, while fish scales rule the prints section on Caffe Swimwear. Of course, if you want to go rainbow colors in a style that is wholly revealing while still maintaining some standards, the ‘80s vibe of the Amapo one piece is where to look this coming spring. Toned midriffs appear on the Maxim runway, where we see navy with a whisper of color appear in a nautical theme, a very hot spring and summer statement going on. Indah’s one-piece suits were beyond amazing with the mesh and the see through and the plunging necklines with the bondage effects.

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2) Cut-outs

Cut-out pieces were quite possibly one of the main summer 2016 swimsuit trends on the runways. Body parts were bared through strategically placed slashes and holes, the cutouts featuring more skin than normal while still providing ample support, for the most part. Gorgeous forest green two-piece ensembles were seen on Tori Praver, where the belly button might have been closed off but the cut on the legs was high and there were pretty open slashes across the sides of the bikini bottoms making the body look like it was artfully wrapped up. The hipbones thus jutted out while the triangle top was complemented with a pretty heavy necklace in silver and gold coloring.

 

3) High waists
was quite possibly one of the main summer 2016 swimsuit trends on the runways. Body parts were bared through strategically placed slashes and holes, the cutouts featuring more skin than normal while still providing ample support, for the most part. Gorgeous forest green two-piece ensembles were seen on Tori Praver, where the belly button might have been closed off but the cut on the legs was high and there were pretty open slashes across the sides of the bikini bottoms making the body look like it was artfully wrapped up. The hipbones thus jutted out while the triangle top was complemented with a pretty heavy necklace in silver and gold coloring.

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