Take care of your swimsuit

You probably know it, but you may not do it: taking care of your swimsuits means guaranteeing them an extended lifespan!

A few tips to make your swimsuits last forever… (or almost!):

1. Be careful where you put your butt! Avoid sitting directly on the rocks, at the risk of damaging the fibers of your new bikini! Remember to take a pareo, a towel or a beach mattress!

2. After swimming in salt water or in the chlorinated water of a swimming pool, rinse it with clear water if you have the opportunity (there are often showers on the beaches!)

3. After the beach, put your wet swimsuit in a bikini pouch (often offered by brands), it will always be better there than thrown at the bottom of your beach bag!

Albertine swimwear beach bag, 2014 collection

4. Never machine wash your swimsuit ! Wash it by hand with cold water and a little Marseille soap and do not soak it in hot water, it might rub off and the fibers and elastics would relax! It will only take you a few minutes and you will keep it much longer!

5. As paradoxical as it may seem after a day at the beach, once rinsed and washed, don't dry it in the sun (it's already had enough!), put it in the shade instead!

6. When the season is over, store your swimsuits in their pockets or invest in a pretty cardboard or plastic box!

Now that you know how to take care of your swimwear, all you have to do is fall in love with our 2021 novelties !