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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Fleur Britten

Upside-down bikinis: the trend made popular by Love Island and the Kardashians

Love Island contestant Antigoni Buxton wearing an upside down bikini
Love Island contestant Antigoni Buxton says with a triangle bikini ‘you get four bikinis in one’. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

What could possibly explain the upside-down bikini trend? Given the style’s popularity among Love Island’s female contestants, one might reasonably assume a hasty recoupling with their bikini tops after a session in the “beauty salon” (Casa Amor’s code for the bedroom, apparently).

It’s not just the Islanders, though – most of the Kardashians have posted selfies posing in bottoms-up bikinis, most recently Kendall this week, who teamed her skimpy yellow string number with a self-satisfied smile. In fact, Kourtney and Kylie were early adopters of the look when it emerged last summer.

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