Okay first off, if you are like me then what you want are the measurements of the person trying on the item and then the review instead of just too small or too big or did not fit as expected, that tells me nothing unless I have your measurements so here we go. I bought this outfit in a size 4XL after weighing the reviews.

I wear a size 20/20W in pants depending on the brand, sometimes I can squeeze into a 18W if they run large, but they would be tight on me. My hips measure about 51-52. The bottom was perfect. I may have gotten away with a 3XL because of the stretch, but I bought the size due to the comments about the top. I was prepared to make adjustments to the bottom if they were too big, they weren't. They have room but not enough that I don't feel secure. I tried them on, they are sexy as hell, and they come up high enough to give the illusion of an hourglass figure.

The Top

Now here is where I usually run into problems with bathing suits. I am a 38/40 N depending on brand. For more info, I usually wear 38N/O in the Goddess brand depending on the style with bra extenders as sometimes especially when I start exercising the 40 gets too big. Reading the reviews and hearing the top ran big I was pleased. It was on sale so I took the chance. The top goes over your head. I would suggest getting rid of the cups inside, they don't do anything for support or comfort.
The top to me was too big, and too small at the same time. Too small in that it did not cover my girls at the side when I tried it on, but when I looked in the mirror I figured this was the actual design as I have seen bathing suits with the same side coverage on smaller individuals. It offered ample coverage from the front. It was too big for me in that when I pulled in the side on both ends, it added a little support, so I guess I could have gotten a 3XL, but then I don't have much back fat or underarm/side breast fat so if you have this issue then the extra material would be necessary. Also, the bottom part of the front had me seriously thinking that too much arm movements and I would be playing peek-a-boo or outright flashing people when the girls dropped out.

That being said, I have figured out a way to make this suit work, because looking at myself in the mirror, I was blown away at how dang foine this BBBW (Big Beautiful Black Woman) looked in it. I intend to buy the blue to this as soon as it goes on sale, hopefully before my trip this July. To making it work. I spoke to a seamstress friend of mine and she agreed with me, that I can get some black elastic (1 inch or larger width) and sew a strip on each side, this will deal with my sides issues. I can also sew a strip on the inside across the front to address slack issue there.

I don't believe this will hold up to swimming, maybe gently waddling in the pool but I rarely swim in 2 pieces anyway. I usually buy a 1 piece for swimming and a 2 piece for slaying, but I will revisit this review after my trip and tell you how much exertion you can expect to do in this suit without the girls playing peek-a-boo or outright flashing everyone.