The Most Popular Swimsuits of the Year Are Mindy Kaling + Taylor Swift Faves

If you’re still unsure of what swimsuit to buy for your epic summer vacay, weekends away or backyard staycation, then this news might finally help you suit up. Online shopping search engine Lyst has rounded up its most searched for swimsuits for 2015, and the two most popular styles are a little surprising. While sheer everything and plunging necklines are dominating ready-to-wear right now, the biggest bathing suit trends are the opposite of itsy-bitsy. Coming out on top are the classic one piece and high-waisted bottoms. It seems like teeny-weenie bikinis have officially gone the way of the skinny jean.

According to a chart in a Fashionista report, which shed light on the swimsuit style ranking, 45 percent of all the swimwear on Lyst this summer are one-pieces. In addition to that, Fashionista said searches for one-pieces are up 56 percent on the site from last year. Remember, we’re not talking about the Speedos of yore. Today’s one-pieces, like the Mara Hoffman number Mindy Kaling showed off on Instagram, are cut through a modern lens to flatter all kinds of curves, and peppered with cutouts and patterns that can make it feel just as eye-catching as a next-to-nothing option. That doubled with the security over-all coverage affords you, and we can see why the one-piece is having a moment.

More surprising is the rise in high wasted bikinis, a search term which, according to Fashionista, is up 124 percent this year on Lyst. That comes after news that the granny panty — lingerie with the same up-to-the-belly-button, full-bottomed silhouette — is quickly become the go-to underwear of choice, beating out hipsters, briefs and thongs. Perhaps comfort is a major reason for this explosive swimsuit trend. Unlike other bikini bottoms, these all but guarantee full-coverage of your booty, which means you can concentrate on splashing in the surf instead of keeping your suit in check. Plus, the pinup style of the swimsuit bottom does wonders for elongating the torso, not to mention looks insanely cute with glamour sunnies and a bright red lip. Just ask Taylor Swift, who’s “always wearing, like, a 1950s bathing suit” + her besties the Haim sisters.

Got an itch to shop the trends? We’ve hand-picked our favorite one-pieces and high-waisted bikini bottoms below for every price range. Scroll below for the to see which vibes with your inner beach babe best.

One-Piece Swimsuit: Deal

Zara Stripe Swimsuit ($40): This halter-style swimsuit is sure to turn even the most staunch anti-stripes wearers into fangirls. Clashing diagonal lines create a chic monochromatic pattern that’s figure-flattering on any body type. A fringy kimono and oversized sunnies will drive home the modern glam.

One-Piece Swimsuit: Next-Level Basic

Samantha Pleet x UO Tabernacle One-Piece Swimsuit ($150): The traditional scoop neck one-piece gets a cool girl twist with diamond-shape cutouts along the waistline, a not-too-flashy detail that will make this swimsuit a go-to season after season after season. Keep it current with metallic slide sandals, stacking rings and a messy fishtail braid.

One-Piece Swimsuits: Splurge

Mara Hoffman Misun Reversible Lace-Up Swimsuit ($226): Celeb fave Mara Hoffman captures the Insta-perfect moment of a tropical sunset on this all-eyes-on-me one piece that ties sweetly in the back at the waist. Get double the wear out of this statement maker that reverses into a gorgeous gray-blue hue — a subtle switch-up we’re sure your bride-to-be bud would appreciate ;) Wear either way with sheer lounge pants and espadrilles.

High-Waisted Two-Piece: Deal

American Apparel Print Nylon Tricot High-Waisted Swim Brief ($30): Jungle blues and greens set the perfect island mood on these palm print briefs perfect for making your dip in the pool feel a little more exotic. Grab the matching top (cause the price is totally right) and bring out those dreamy hues with a pair of yellow sunnies.

High-Waisted Two-Piece: Next-Level Basic

BCBG Sun & Surf High Waist Bikini Bottoms ($58): Girly scalloped details and edgy mesh panels play nice on these all-black bottoms that feel surprisingly sophisticated. Keep it streamlined with a black bikini top and add a pop of color with neon flip flops and a rose gold lariat.

High-Waisted Two-Piece: Splurge

Roy Strappy High-Waisted Tribal Bottoms ($64): Daring details like the slashed sides and tribal patterned front and back panels make this bikini bottom a prime mix-and-match candidate. Match your top to the seafoam green sides or create your own colorblocked masterpiece with a bright red bikini top and white sunnies.

Will you be rocking a one-piece or high-waisted bikini bottom this summer? Tell us about your fave swimsuit styles in the comments below.

I've had white bedroom walls for at least a decade, but I'm loving all of the color I'm seeing in my scroll. Whether it’s paint or wallpaper, I’m ready for a refresh. And with so many hues and paint brands to choose from, it really comes down to personal preference vs. trends. Earthy tones are definitely having a moment, but so are richer jewel tones and neutrals never go out of style IMO. Take a look at these colorful favorites for your bedroom paint inspiration!

Scroll 15 bedroom paint colors we're swooning over for 2025.

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Clare Paint Coffee Date

Browns are in for 2025 and I'm so here for it. This bold "dark roast" hue creates a warm and cozy vibe, setting the perfect mood for nights in and restful sleep.

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Farrow & Ball Worsted

This rich taupe color is such a sophisticated look for bedrooms leaning more traditional.

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Clare Paint Good Jeans

Blue lovers, this lovely muted blue is like your favorite pair of jeans, goes with everything and always classic.

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Little Greene Split Pink

Warm stone colors like this earthy pink hue pair well with other softer neutrals but also deep blues and greens.

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Farrow & Ball Inchyra Blue

This aged blue grey adds a classic, understated elegance to your intimate spaces.

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Benjamin Moore Paper White

If you want white, but not "white-white," this blue-gray white is clean, crisp and perfect for spring.

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Clare Paint Dirty Martini

You’ve got to love the name — this cloudy olive green offers a cheerful twist on classic sage, bringing a fresh and grounded feel to your sleep space.

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Backdrop No Curfew

This moody dark gray is a nice contrast to the warm, earthy neutrals we're embracing this season.

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Little Greene Baked Cherry

It's cherry season! This gorgeous rich crimson is a bold but absolutely beautiful choice for the bedroom.

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Little Greene Aquamarine and Ambleside

I will forever love green in nearly every muted shade. These farmhouse greens, Aquamarine up top and Ambleside down below, are stunning choices for green bedrooms.

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Backdrop Modern Love

When you're craving a subtle, romantic touch, this warm, muted pink delivers — soft, soothing, and so pretty.

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Farrow & Ball Cromarty

This light green grey is the perfect backdrop to your farmhouse or vintage decor. It's very Studio McGee aesthetic.

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Benjamin Moore Stone Hearth

This stony neutral warms up a room better than any white.

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Backdrop Ghost Ranch

O'Keefe lovers will embrace this warm, earthy terracotta for a modern desert aesthetic.

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Sherwin Williams Debonair

This cool sophisticated blue has been getting buzz for its classic charm. Designer Emily Henderson recently used it in her Scandi-style bedroom and it totally works!

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All the intensity of Yellowstone and 1923 season 2 can be hard to consume when you just want to turn on the TV and relax. And that's exactly where When Hope Calls comes in. The TV show has all the Western flair you love about shows like Yellowstone, with the romance, friendship, and well, hope, of your favorite Hallmark movies.

You can stream the first season on Hallmark+, and it looks like after three years, we're finally getting season 2! Keep reading for everything you need to know about the When The Heart Calls spin-off, inspired by the world of Janette Oke's books.

Here's everything we know about When Hope Calls season 2, premiering on PureFlix and Great American Family April 2025.

Where can I watch season 2 of When Hope Calls?

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New episodes of When Hope Calls are premiering on PureFlix Thursday, April 3, 2025 and Great American Family Sunday April 6, 2025.

What is When Hope Calls about?

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The TV show follows Lillian (Morgan Kohan) and Grace (Jocelyn Hudon), who were separated as children after the death of their parents. Reunited as adults in 1916, and still healing from past wounds, the sisters open an orphanage of their own in the Canadian town of Brookfield, and quickly fall in love with the children — and handsome strangers — they meet.

Who's in the When Hope Calls cast?

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The When Hope Calls season 2 cast features some incredible names, including your favorite Sullivan's Crossing star! Here's the full breakdown:

  • Morgan Kohan as Lillian Walsh: Grace's older sister who was adopted after the death of their parents.
  • Ryan-James Hatanaka as Gabriel "Gabe" Kinslow: a local Mountie who catches Lillian's eye.
  • Wendy Crewson as Tess Steward: the owner of the big local ranch and Chuck's mother
  • Hanneke Talbot as Maggie Parsons: Brookfield's new nurse
  • Marshall Williams as Sam Tremblay: a newcomer who works as a handyman at Lillian's orphanage
  • Neil Crone as Ronnie Stewart: the hotel manager who's also Tess's brother-in-law
  • Christopher Russell as Michael Fletcher: a new Mountie in Brookfield.
  • Sarah Fisher as Hannah Lawrence: a woman in town who's recently inherited a ranch.
  • Nick Bateman as Wyatt: Hannah's foreman.
  • Cindy Busby as Nora: a lawyer.

How many episodes of When Hope Calls season 2 are there?

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There will be eight episodes of When Hope Calls season 2 total, premiering on April 3, 2025. Stay tuned for the full schedule!

Why is Grace no longer on When Hope Calls?

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Because of scheduling conflicts, actress Jocelyn Hudon was not able to appear in the When Hope Calls Christmas specials. To explain her absence, the show wrote that Grace moved to England to open an orphanage there. I have all my fingers crossed we'll see her make a season 2 guest appearance, though!

Will there be more season 2 of When Hope Calls?

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Yes, season 2 is coming! The When Hope Calls: A Country Christmas holiday special premiered in 2021, but it's not necessarily part of season 2 of the show. You can rewatch the special anytime you want on PureFlix.

Stay tuned for the latest When Hope Calls season 2 news, and updates on Netflix's New Romance TV Show Ransom Canyon.

Though we're all about our reusable water bottles (and everything related to the Stanley tumbler), the love we have for fancy-shmancy bottled water is just undeniable. Despite the crisp, cold convenience associated with bottled drinking water, there's a *huge* rift in which brands actually taste good.

Some drinkers prefer Aquafina over Dasani (or even artesian water cuvée, like the cast of Vanderpump Rules), and that's okay – but sommelier Belinda Chang has an immeasurable wealth of knowledge to dictate which ones are worth sipping on based on their flavor (and yes, they differ).

Not every bottled water is created equal, and this expert-backed ranking is proof. Onward!

What type of bottled water is healthiest?

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Mineral water is considered the healthiest bottled drinking water since it contains additional minerals and vitamins.

What is the top-rated bottled water?

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According to our ranking of the best and worst bottled waters, Roundy's bottled drinking water is #1.

Is bottled water safe to drink?

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In terms of your health, all plastic bottled waters are the worst – they can contain hundreds of thousands of microplastics that harm the body. The safest bottled water you can drink is likely some filtered drinking water that you put into a reusable water bottle.

What are the top 5 worst bottled waters?

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Propel, Dasani, Ice Mountain, Aquafina, and Naleczowianka are the top 5 worst bottled drinking waters, according to their taste.

What is the top 5 best drinking water?

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According to expert water sommelier rankings, the top 5 best drinking waters are: Evian, Smeraldina, SmartWater, Fiji, and Roundy's.

Meet Sommelier Brenda Chang!

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Belinda Chang hails from Chicago, and was formerly the head of the wine and spirits program at upscale steakhouse Maple & Ash, so she knows her drinks. While she usually puts her skills towards perfect pairings of wine and sumptuous meals, Belinda welcomed Thrillist into her domain to put water to the ultimate test.

Belinda compared ten different bottled water brands by evaluating their flavor, aroma, texture and finish of each, giving them a score out of a possible 100 points. Her bottled water ratings shed light on which brands you should drink!

“A good bottled water shouldn’t have any off-putting aromas or flavors – that would be an automatic negative,” Belinda explained. “In wine, we always talk about terroir, and I think for water, it’s the same. You want it to speak of the place where it comes from. And, of course, you want it to be delicious.”

The Best Bottled Drinking Water, Ranked

10. Propel: 69/100

Propel

When it came to tasting Propel bottled water, Belinda was immediately put off by the odor, saying it smells "salty, metallic.” Ew. When it came to taste, it might not have been as bad, but it certainly wasn’t an A+.

“When it gets onto your tongue, the impact is bizarre. The texture and flavor is a lot like Gatorade, but not masked with orange or blue raspberry.”

9. Dasani: 70/100

Dasani

Dasani was another bottled drinking water that was... somewhat stinky. “See, this one does not smell good — it smells like a wine that’s been dosed with sulphates.” What’s with all the smelly water?

Belinda deemed that when it comes to Dasani, “The thirst-quenching quotient is really low on this guy.”

8. Ice Mountain: 81/100

Ice Mountain

Ice Mountain bottled drinking water got it right if you’re looking for nothing but water – tasteless water.

“It’s completely neutral in almost every way, which I think is a total positive.” In this case, definitely. Though Belinda did note a slight “mineral-y” aftertaste, a “pipe-like flavor.” No thanks.

7. Aquafina: 84/100

Aquafina

Instead of tasting pipe-like, Belinda felt Aquafina tasted “a little powdery, with some dissolved minerals and a little bit of salt.” Still, she felt that this was a decent thirst-quencher.

“For an inexpensive water that you’re just drinking because you’re in the airport and you want to hydrate before you go on a flight, I think this is a good option.”

6. Naleczowianka: 89/100

Naleczowianka

Naleczowianka bottled drinking water was another water with a “distinctive” smell — this time, a stony hint. Kinda strangely, it made Belinda think of “a salt character — I want it with a pierogi.” That’s… specific.

Overall, this one failed where it seems to matter the most, with the skilled sommelier noting, “It’s not that thirst-quenching. It dries out the palate.”

5. Evian: 90/100

Evian

Evian bottled drinking water is better when it comes to the smell, Belinda claiming it’s “really clean on the nose.” But interestingly, she also noted, “I do taste the Alps — I don’t smell them, but I taste them. And I can definitely imagine myself après-ski with a bottle of Evian.” That’s a plus for Evian!

4. Smeraldina: 92/100

Smeraldina

Smeraldina bottled drinking water scored slightly higher than Evian despite the fact that “after you have a sip of it, it feels like there’s this fine silt lying on your tongue.”

Besides that, however, “this would transport you back to the south of Italy.” Whoa. First the Alps, now Italy. We’re globetrotting with every sip.

3. Smartwater: 93/100

Smartwater

Smartwater is actually something that Belinda is familiar with herself, but admitted, “I’ve always chugged this the next morning when I’m hungover.” However, when she took some time to consider it, she claims, “it’s probably 1000% the marketing, but it does taste different,” i.e. a really interesting texture in the mid-palate, which Belinda assumes is the added electrolytes.

2. Fiji: 98/100

Fiji Water

Fiji took the runner-up spot of the best bottled water to drink, partly due to the fact that it’s “totally neutral on the nose, which [Belinda thinks] is important,” but it was also the fact that it’s a heavy water that got Belinda’s stamp of approval.

“[If] you want to drink a glass of water after a spectacular dish or, like, a great bite of a burger, you want something that cleanses, and this is it. I really love this water.”

1. Roundy's Purified Drinking Water: 99/100

Roundy's

And the bottled water winner is… Roundy’s!

First, the smell won Belinda over. “This is going to sound so weird, but it’s a little sweet-smelling — which I like!” But, of course, that wasn’t all. Taste is the major factor here, and the sommelier thought this option was delicious. “It has no pretension, it’s incredibly thirst-quenching."

"It doesn’t taste like anything, which is perfect. When you’re drinking water you just want to be drinking water, and this is the most watery of all the waters. This is the Moet Imperial of bottled water — it’s simple, it’s classic and it does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It delivers and that’s my professional opinion.”

Do you notice differences in the taste of water from different brands and your tap? Tweet us @BritandCo!

H/T Thrillist.

This post has been updated.