Tank Top Bikini

What a Tank Top Is

A tank top is a sleeveless top with shoulder straps — the straps vary in width and the neckline sits low and open. The name goes back to the 1920s: the tank suit, a one-piece bathing costume worn in swimming pools, was itself called a tank, and the sleeveless top took the name from it.

This collection holds 14 styles from about $17 under the tank top label. The honest note: the label runs very loose on this pool, and general sets and one-pieces sit alongside — the photos on each listing carry the true top style.

Tank Tops in Swim

• Tank top: sleeveless, strap top, athletic line
• Tankini: tank top plus bikini bottoms
• Bralette: soft-cup, no strap structure

In swimwear the tank top is the sleeveless athletic line — cut in swim fabric with a shelf bra or light lining under the chest. Paired with bikini bottoms it forms a tankini, the two-piece with the covered line, a style introduced by designer Anne Cole in 1998. The tank line differs from the bralette’s soft-cup look: it covers the torso in a strapped, athletic shape.

The Tank Line

Tank swim tops carry the construction of athletic tops in swim fabric: nylon-spandex blends for stretch, shelf-bra lining for structure, adjustable straps for fit. The sleeveless line covers the chest and upper torso and reads as sporty rather than minimal — the active member of the swim top family.

The description is construction, not a claim: the straps, lining and fabric are the verifiable parts, and how the line feels is personal.

What This Pool Carries

The 14 styles under this label mix true tank-style pieces with a very loose pool: leopard ruffle and halter high-waist sets sit alongside general one-pieces and cover-ups that the label pulled in.

Because the label runs this loose, shop by the silhouette you want — a strapped tank top for the athletic line, a halter or bralette for other reads — and confirm the top style on the listing photos.

Choosing and Caring

If the tank line is the look you want — the sleeveless athletic top — the store’s tankini collections carry the style across prints and solids, and this page is the label’s own pool. The tank covers more than a bralette and less than a one-piece.

Care follows the fabric: rinse after salt or chlorine, wash gentle, dry flat. Shelf-bra linings keep their shape with standard swim care.