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A great swimsuit should be one you can put on and get on with your day. The right support, comfortable coverage and a fit that feels good, whether you’re heading...

Coolum, Long Torso, Sorrento, Coogee, Esperance, Burleigh or the Tankini? Every Active Truth swimsuit compared on neckline, straps, cups and coverage.

Have you ever tried on a one-piece swimsuit that seemed to fit everywhere except through the length of your body? The size looks right. The swimsuit goes on. But then...

Bamboo has a reputation for being soft, which undersells it. The reason it ends up being the thing you reach for four days a week is thermal regulation: it moves...

A long flight is a fourteen-hour experiment in temperature swings, swelling ankles and sitting still. The outfit that works is the one you'd also be happy to walk into a...

Walking is the most under-dressed-for exercise there is. It's low impact, so people reach for whatever's clean, and then spend 40 minutes pulling at a waistband or peeling damp cotton...

Rolling waistbands are the most common complaint we hear, and almost nobody's actually at fault. It comes down to three things: waistband height, waistband construction, and whether the fabric has...

Getting back into the water after breast surgery is rarely about the swimsuit. It's about the change room, the mirror, and whether you'll spend the whole afternoon adjusting something. The...

Most swimwear doesn't die of old age. It dies of chlorine, sunscreen and sitting damp in a beach bag. If you swim regularly, or you're in and out of a...

If you've ever spent a beach day hitching up a strap or crossing your arms over your chest, the problem was never your body. It was the swimsuit. Most swimwear...

Ever fallen in love with a colour online, only to receive it and think, “Wait... is this the same colour?” It is. Promise. But colour can be a little tricky,...

Some collections start with a trend. This one started 45 years ago. Long before Active Truth, there was wool. I grew up in Hamilton, in Victoria's Western District, a place...