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The Blooming Jelly set is a two-piece with a high-waisted, ruched bottom and a cross-front top that ties at the back. It covers the midsection and still reads as a bikini. Fit is the thing to get right, and it depends on your shape.

We haven’t travelled with this one ourselves, so what follows is the spec and what owners keep saying about it.

High waist, drawstring sides, a tie back

The top is a cross-front V-neck with soft removable cups and a crisscross tie at the back, so you set how snug it sits. The bottom rises high over the belly, is ruched through the front, and has a drawstring on each side finished with a metal ring, so you can pull the sides up for more coverage or leave them lower. Blooming Jelly ships it vacuum packed, so it arrives creased and needs a wash or a steam. Sizes run Small to X-Large, which the brand maps to US 2 to 12, in nine colours and prints.

Family pool in the morning, beach in the afternoon

Pull the side strings up and it’s modest enough for a pool full of other people’s kids. Loosen them and it’s an ordinary beach two-piece. One set does both, which is one fewer thing in the carry-on, and the tie back means the top still fits at the end of a week of buffets.

What keeps coming up

Owners like the coverage first: the high waist holds the midsection without squeezing, the lining means it isn’t see-through, and the top fits a full bust without spilling. The colours match the photos and the fabric gets called soft and good quality.

The fit complaints depend on shape. Petite owners say the bottom rises so high it feels like too much suit, and smaller-busted owners say the top runs big and to size down. A few found the top’s support thin.