Customer Reviews Body Glove Smoothies Sidekick Swim Short

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.