Summer is just getting started, but 2026 swimsuit trends and I are already attached at the hip. Thanks to my favorite fashion girls, I stocked up on bikinis, one-pieces, and happy-medium monokinis weeks before my apartment pool re-opened. Now, I can finally flaunt them beyond the confines of my balcony's sun lounger.
For L.A. locals, swimsuit season never expires. Midwestern weather doesn't afford me that luxury, but I did live vicariously through them by shopping new It-suits as early as February. My first Summer 2026 style arrived in early March—not long after Hailey Bieber's bandeau swimsuit gave me an unhealthy dose of FOMO. (I wasn't even aware of its vintage Gucci tags yet.) By the time I tried on the strapless top, Addison Rae and Kate Hudson followed Bieber's lead.
