By

Ambar Pardilla,

a senior writer at the Strategist covering fashion.

She joined the Strategist as a writer in 2021 and before that worked at NBC and HuffPost.

You know how difficult finding a swimsuit is. We know how difficult finding a swimsuit is. It doesn’t matter whether it’s an itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie, yellow-polka-dot bikini or a crinkle one-piece à la Hunza G. It feels impossible to know what will look good from pictures online — and let’s not even get started about slipping a bikini bottom over your briefs in a fitting room. But what if it didn’t have to be that difficult to find one you actually like? This summer, we’re taking some of the legwork out of buying your new swimsuit and diving into the Strategist Swimsuit Project.