Customer Reviews Body Glove Smoothies Sidekick Swim Short

These were super cute and super comfortable! Great when you aren't trying to show so much skin!

I love the Body Glove swimwear. I have purchased several of the pieces and have always been pleased. The quality of the material makes a very good fit and long lasting swimsuit.

Great bathing suit if you're looking for something with a bit more side/bottom/back coverage than a traditional bikini bottom. Sizing was fairly true, but opted for the M (usually I fall between S and M) since it just wore a little more comfortably. Note the tie in front is purely style, not function. I paired this bottom with the Rip Curl Love N Surf Cross Back Top and the fabric finishes are quite similar. Could also mix and match colors. Great new suit combo for summer!

These are absolutely adorable. I typically hate boy short style bottoms but had to buy some to wear this summer. These are actually flattering and very comfortable. I am 5' tall and 107 pounds and ordered a M. I think a S would have been too snug and not flattering at all.

This is a very sexy cut. It shows peekaboo booty, which is why I bought it. It is really great if you are comfortable showing off a little skin. I thought the sizes ran a little small, so I would order one size up.

Little too skimpy for my 42 y.o bod. I usually wear a small so got a medium and still didn't feel like it covered enough. Be in good shape if you want these!

I love these. The wide waist band is flattering, and the coverage is great, while still looking sporty instead of frumpy. They mix and match well with lots of tops.

These are really cute and comfy. I don't like really low-rise bottoms, so these give me the coverage I want without being too bulky like some board shorts. I also like that they have the drawstring so I can connect them the bottom of my rashguards.

Loved these shorties the second I opened the box! They fit great and the coral pinkish color flatters sun touched skin. Definitely recommend these although a little pricey! I ordered a sm am 5'6" and weigh 115 and the fit is perfect!

I would say the sizing on these leans more toward juniors than misses. I'm a size 4 and got a medium - they fit great. Not completely full coverage for the rear, but I'm "gifted" in that area so I wasn't surprised. Super comfy, nice lining, didn't ride up badly in the ocean. One thing to note: the drawstring is strictly decorative; it doesn't go all the way around the waist. Definitely a good investment.

It's exactly as described. Very cute. Wish it were a little longer for more coverage, but it's better than swim suits for cheek coverage, which was my goal.

Love the look and good quality. Did start to stretch a bit after 2 weeks of constant wear on vacation. Still happy with the purchase though!

I read some of the comments and people were suggesting going up one size. I am normally an XS but I ordered a SMALL and I probably would have fit better in an XS. When I wore the swim shorts in the pool on a float, I noticed when Iaying down the waist was a bit big and there was a gap between my stomach and the swim shorts. I figured I couldn't return them because I already wore them, so I purchased a long shoe lace similar to the one that the suit came with, but longer, and pushed it through the waist band area so that now I can tie it closed. It worked! I don't have to worry about my bottoms being too loose.

They were very comfortable; however, I had to return them. I'm 5'1" and 95 lbs and the small was too loose in the waistband. Normally, I wear a size 0 pants and can fill the butt portion out fine, but with these, you really need a butt to make the waistband fit properly. It showed just enough butt cheek to not be considered skimpy. It's not a full coverage swim short; they're cheeky.

Close but no cigar. I'm 5'4, 125 lbs with a generally athletic build. However, upper thighs are my "problem area," and the cut of these shorts highlighted that. Boy-shorts are winners for me because they make for a smoother transition from waist to thigh (the dreaded "double-but zone). However, the way these shorts are cut up a bit on the side basically ended up kind of "framing" my fat. Oh, there was also a problem with camel-toe. Ugh! I LOVED the bandeau top from Body Glove, but just couldn't get a good match for the bottom. Sigh.

I liked the look of these shorts, but ultimately they were too small and gave me that super flattering muffin top look. I'm going to keep looking for a pair of short shorts that don't squeeze my top squishy areas so much.

These are ok but not my fav. Main complaint is they make my butt look flatter than it is because of the cut and the extra strip of elastic around the legs which creates the four-cheek look. I also got the Body Glove Sweetheart bottom- wow! Now those I highly recommend if booty view is a priority.

Not exactly what I was hoping for. I am a size 12 and these were not figure flattering.

I loved these the first 2 times I wore them but it's true what everyone is saying- the elastic banding on the top gets loose and you can look down and see your womanly quite easily. Don't stand near tall men with these on. It's really too bad cuz there's not that great of a selection of these types of bottoms and they really do LOOK adorable but it's a total waste of $ for the outcome. And I was not doing laps in a pool I was sitting in a spa.

I really wish I'd read the reviews of these bottoms more closely. I now see there are two other reviews warning people of exactly what I discovered when I tried these on: the dreaded camel toe. I love everything else about these bottoms. They cover way more than 99% of the bikini bottoms out there. But there's no way I could wear these to the beach and not feel completely self-conscious. Such a shame!

Lovely design. I am short (5'3") and reasonably fit (a somewhat muscular 130 pounds), but still have plenty of the usual "lady jelly" on my upper thighs and lower belly. These swim shorts did not make that a problem at all. But I still sent them back--why? The seam runs right through the center of the crotch, with NO padding. This made them both excruciatingly uncomfortable and created embarrassing 'camel toe'. Yuck. What a careless oversight, BodyGlove. I went with the Smoothies Bikini Bottom instead and am perfectly happy with it, though it would be nice to have a bathing suit bottom that allowed me to skip the occasional bikini wax.

These bottoms look amazing on, but are completely and totally see through when wet! Also, the drawstring does not go all the way around the waistband, so it doesn't actually tighten for water sports, etc.