I won't buy a bathing suit if I can't see the back, I want to show off my assets and don't want much coverage. I wanted to love this, the color was beautiful and the pictures made it look perfect, but it just fit really awkwardly. I bought medium, my normal size, because I wanted less coverage. The top portion of the back of the suit was too lose. The sides of the back of the suit cut into my butt, leaving that awkward line midway through each cheek. I prefer a suit that lies flat instead of cutting in. The front was too low. If I tried to pull it higher in front, my butt would have been hanging out. Maybe its because I have a big booty, but this suit just did not work.  Plus the strings for the top seemed flimsy, I live on the Florida Gulf Coast and I wouldn't trust them very long even in our calm waters.