<-h2->Bikini tops bought separately<-h2-> Summer starts with the top half. Bikini tops in this edit arrive as triangles, bandeaus, balconettes and tie fronts, in black, solid colour and print, with the shape doing as much as the fabric. Buying the top on its own is the point: it lets you build something that actually fits rather than settling for whatever came in the set, and one top can answer to several bottoms across a week away. The mood here is confident rather than fussed over. Smooth swim fabric, a little ruching, a clean underband, a strap you can move without thinking twice. Black is the one that goes everywhere, print is the one you remember, and a deeper solid colour tends to be the one you keep longest. Worn under a linen shirt with the buttons left open, a bikini top stops being swimwear and becomes part of the outfit. We design these to be chosen, not matched.