You'd think there'd only be a certain number of ways to cover the human body for the beach/pool and that America's swimsuit designers would have reached that threshold by now, but nope! Live from Swim Week, here are 27 of the more creative suits, featuring some even more creative cutouts. Hope you brought your SPF.
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Cirone Swim
💃 + a half-moon across your stomach
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Cirone Swim
Okay, I guess, if you don't want to wear any more normally cut bottoms for a while.
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Cirone Swim
That mesh looks too fine to leave sieve marks, but someone should really test this out to make sure.
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Rocky Gathercole
Caution: Probably not meant to be worn under the sun.
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Rocky Gathercole
From the back.
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Rocky Gathercole
On the other end of the spectrum, we've got "figure skating costume."
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Rocky Gathercole
Funnel cake!
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Rocky Gathercole
When you want to go for a dip at 3, but you have to host Eurovision at 6.
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Rocky Gathercole
A few more and you've got a xylophone.
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G Saints
Treat your abs like a Fabergé egg.
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G Saints
Or half-garter thingies.
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G Saints
Do this with Kinesio tape. Dare you.
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G Saints
A little bit Jacquemus, no?
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Bella Mar
Not *such* a weird silhouette, but consider what the flower petals would do to your sternum.
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Bella Mar
Swim Week '16 trend: the random tie that leaves you wondering if that's what you're meant to do with the ones on backpacks.
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Blue Life and Beach Riot
Told you.
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Blue Life and Beach Riot
Business on the left, party on the right.
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Blue Life and Beach Riot
A corset-lace tan could be kinda cool...
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Blue Life and Beach Riot
Or that, but on your sides.
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Blue Life and Beach Riot
Cooler than a boob cage, anyway.
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Blue Life and Beach Riot
We've seen this border detail on bras...
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For Love & Lemons
Now it's on swimsuits.
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For Love & Lemons
More Random Ties.
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For Love & Lemons
Yet more.
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For Love & Lemons
Do the extra straps even make your bottoms less prone to falling off, though?
Chelsea PengI'm Chelsea Peng, the assistant editor at MarieClaire.com.
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