16 Brands Like Wicked Weasel for Minimal-Coverage Swimwear
Two sets in and you've learned the whole vocabulary. The thong bottom, the triangle top, the ties you spend ten minutes adjusting before you walk outside. Wicked Weasel has been cutting microkinis in Australia since 1994, when a bass guitarist started sewing them for his girlfriend, and the fit is why people keep coming back to the same five shapes. Tops and bottoms sell separately at $65 to $138 each in USD, with most landing near $75, across a catalogue of 577 pieces.
Finding that much skin on show anywhere else takes work. Search micro bikini and half the results give you a cheeky bottom and call it done. These 16 brands like Wicked Weasel cut properly small, and they run from a $17.95 thong at Yandy up to Australian labels that price in AUD.
| Brand | Price per piece | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Oh Polly | From £35 | Cutouts and hardware straps |
| Luli Fama | Premium | Ruched, reversible bottoms |
| Frankies Bikinis | $70-$165 | Micro cuts with collaboration drops |
| Boutine LA | $16-$60 | The cheapest close match |
| Nookie Swim | AU$89-AU$159 | Buying swim and a dress together |
| Solid & Striped | $68-$158 | A step up in coverage |
| Lascana | $24.95-$99.95 | D+ cup sizing |
| Yandy | Around $18 | Trying a shape before committing |
| Beach Bunny Swimwear | $34-$250 | Rings, chains and lace |
| Hunza G | From £90 | One-size crinkle fabric |
| ViX Paula Hermanny | From $86 | Brazilian cuts, finished properly |
| Kulani Kinis | Up to $69 | Stocking up on sets at once |
| Bamba Swim | $69-$119 | 1980s high-leg cuts, double lined |
| Peony | AU$110-AU$160 | Australian swim with resort pieces |
| Acacia | $128-$352 | Low-rise cuts in recycled nylon |
| Sommer Swim | $89-$109 | Plain shapes in Italian Lycra |
Oh Polly
Oh Polly is a UK label whose swimwear section holds 175 pieces, with triangle bikini tops starting at £35 on its own site. Prices show in GBP. The cuts lean on hardware rings and strap arrangements that hold a shape rather than removing fabric outright.
Wicked Weasel takes fabric away. Oh Polly moves it around, so a top that looks minimal from the front usually has more structure inside it than the equivalent microkini. The swim range sits inside a much larger catalogue of dresses and going-out clothes, which makes it a reasonable single order before a holiday. Our guide to brands like Oh Polly covers the occasionwear side.
Best for: Cutout swim that still gives you something to hold onto.
Luli Fama
Luli Fama sells more than 1,200 swim tops and bottoms in the premium bracket, and its signature is the ruched back bottom, which turns up in 546 of them. Wavy trim edges and reversible construction run through the range too.
Coverage runs cheeky to Brazilian rather than thong, so this reads as a half step back from a Wicked Weasel bottom. What you gain is print. Luli Fama builds seasonal families like Cosita Buena and Aqua Dreams where a top from one collection pairs with a bottom from another, and reversible pieces mean one purchase gives you two colourways.
Best for: Ruched Brazilian bottoms in tropical prints.
Frankies Bikinis
Frankies Bikinis prices swim tops and bottoms between $70 and $165 in USD, and it's one of the few US labels selling something called a micro bikini bottom outright. The Full Moon Micro Bikini Bottom sits at the bottom of that range at $70.
The catalogue turns over fast because Frankies works through named collaboration capsules, including drops with JENNIE and with Devon Lee Carlson. That's the practical difference from Wicked Weasel, which repeats its core shapes in new prints each season. Buy on sight here, because a print you liked in March has usually gone by August. We compare the closest rivals in our guide to swim brands like Frankies.
Best for: Micro cuts that arrive as limited drops.
Boutine LA
Boutine LA sells bikini tops and bottoms from $16 to $60 in USD, with most pieces landing near $38. That makes it the cheapest close match to Wicked Weasel on this list, and the coverage philosophy matches, all string ties and skimpy backs.
The catalogue runs to more than 1,300 swim pieces, split roughly evenly between tops and bottoms, so mixing sizes across a set costs nothing extra. Stock moves hard, though. About a quarter of the variants on site are buyable at any moment, so treat a size you want as gone if you leave it in the basket overnight.
Best for: Buying three sets for the price of one elsewhere.
Nookie Swim
Nookie Swim is the swim line of an Australian designer label, with 64 pieces priced from AU$89 for a wrap triangle top to AU$159 for a one-piece. Prices show in AUD, and express shipping inside Australia is free above AU$300.
The shapes are closer to Wicked Weasel than the parent brand suggests, with scrunchie thongs and 80s high-leg pants across collections named Wild At Heart and Pool Party. Nookie's main business is gowns and mini dresses, which means one order can cover the pool and the dinner afterwards. No piece in the range counts as a microkini in the strict sense, but the leg lines run high.
Best for: An Australian label where swim and eveningwear share a basket.
Solid & Striped
Solid & Striped prices bikini tops and bottoms from $68 to $158 in USD, working in stripes and seersucker. Squared-off necklines and fuller-cut bottoms put it well above the microkini end of this list.
Read it as the brand you buy when the microkini stays for the pool and you want something for lunch afterwards. The 237 bikini tops and bottoms sit alongside dresses, shirts and shorts in a 693-piece catalogue, so one order covers the whole trip. Our roundup of brands like Solid and Striped maps the rest of that field.
Best for: Retro cuts you can wear off the sand.
Lascana
Lascana lists 625 swimwear pieces on its US site between $24.95 and $99.95 in USD, and it's the only brand here with a dedicated D+ swimwear category alongside underwire and push-up bikini tops. Bottoms include a plain high-leg alongside more covered shapes.
Support is the argument here. Underwire and push-up tops run through the range, and the D+ section exists so a bigger bust doesn't get pushed into a triangle top that won't hold. The trade-off is design, because prints run to animal and tropical themes that read closer to a department store than a micro-bikini label. Buy it for the fit engineering rather than the cut.
Best for: High-leg shapes built for a D cup and up.
Yandy
Yandy runs a micro bikinis collection of 50 styles, and the Anything But Basic Thong Micro Bikini costs $17.95 in USD. Nothing else on this list gets close to that number for a full set.
What you get for $17.95 is permission to test a shape you've been curious about without spending Wicked Weasel money to find out you hate it. Yandy's main trade is lingerie and costumes, so the swim page reads more bedroom than beach in places, and the styling follows. Treat it as a fitting room rather than a wardrobe.
Best for: Testing a cut you aren't sure about yet.
Beach Bunny Swimwear
Beach Bunny Swimwear prices tops and bottoms from $34 to $250 in USD, with the middle of the range around $110. Its catalogue splits by cut, and the skimpy bottom and Brazilian bottom categories together hold more than 200 styles.
Where Wicked Weasel keeps its hardware minimal, Beach Bunny loads it on. Gold turns up in 46 style names and lace in another 22. The Ireland High Apex Halter Top at $110 shows the house style, cut narrow through the cup with the strap doing the work. This is the dressed-up version of a small bikini rather than a cheaper one.
Best for: Small cuts with rings, chains and lace on them.
Hunza G
Hunza G sells one-size swimwear in its Original Crinkle fabric, with bikini tops from £90 and full sets around £175. The site prices in GBP, so budget accordingly if you're shopping from elsewhere.
The crinkle stretches across a wide span of bodies, which is why Hunza G skips conventional sizing. Silhouettes come out of the 1980s, with square necks and wide straps. Coverage is the opposite of a microkini, and the appeal is that the same piece keeps fitting through body changes for years. Our guide to brands like Hunza G covers the one-size field in more detail.
Best for: One suit that keeps fitting for years.
ViX Paula Hermanny
ViX Paula Hermanny carries 736 bikini tops and bottoms starting at $86 for the Basic Bottom, in USD, with the middle of the range sitting near $138. Bottoms come in a Full or Brazilian cut on the same product page, so the coverage choice happens as you buy.
Brazilian cutting is the whole argument here. Seams sit where they do on a Rio beach rather than a Californian one, and the finishing on hems and linings explains the price gap against the cheaper labels on this list. Note the older vixswimwear.com address stopped working, and vixpaulahermanny.com is where the shop lives now.
Best for: Brazilian cuts with the finishing to match the price.
Kulani Kinis
Kulani Kinis is an Australian brand selling cheeky and Brazilian thong bikinis, with tops topping out at $69 in USD and plenty sitting lower. Its bikini tops page alone runs to 314 styles, organised by cut names like Double Bind Crop Halter and V Cheeky.
The fabric is soft rather than moulded, so it packs flat and dries fast. Buying by cut instead of by collection makes it straightforward to repeat a shape you already know fits, which is the same reason people stay loyal to a Wicked Weasel style number. We line up the alternatives in our guide to swimwear brands like Kulani Kinis.
Best for: Buying several thong sets in one go.
Bamba Swim
Bamba Swim is an Australian label cutting 1980s-inspired swimwear, with tops and bottoms from $69 to $119 in USD. Its US store keeps 992 of 1,017 variants buyable, which is the healthiest stock position of any brand here.
High legs and small triangle cups put it in the same territory as Wicked Weasel, minus the thong. Styles carry first names and reference points, and the Elle Bottom takes its cut and its name from Elle Macpherson: moderate coverage, double lined against sheerness, in an 80% nylon and 20% spandex blend. The Dolce Top at $89 sits in the middle of the range. See our roundup of brands like Bamba Swim for the wider Australian set.
Best for: High-leg 1980s shapes with lining that behaves.
Peony
Peony is an Australian swim and resort label pricing bikini tops and bottoms between AU$110 and AU$160. The store charges in AUD, which puts it near Nookie and above Kulani Kinis once you account for the currency.
Peony sits at the softer end of the spectrum, with textured knits, bralette-style tops like the Lover and bottoms cut cheeky rather than skimpy. Dresses and cover-ups sit alongside the 96 swim pieces, so it works as a whole holiday order. Stock is thinner than the volume brands here, with about 60% of variants buyable, so a size you want may already have gone.
Best for: Australian swim bought with the cover-up.
Acacia
Acacia, founded by Naomi Newirth, prices swim between $128 and $352 in USD across a 509-piece range. Its best-selling Ho'okipa bottom is described on the site as a low-rise cut with minimal coverage, made from 80% recycled nylon and 20% spandex, and the Maui Swim Bottom at $148 shows where the middle of the range sits.
Recycled nylon at this price point is the reason to pay it. Coverage runs from cheeky to minimal, ready-to-wear sits alongside the swim, and about 28% of variants are buyable at any moment, so a size you want can vanish between visits. This is the most expensive way to buy a small bikini on this list.
Best for: Low-rise minimal cuts in recycled nylon.
Sommer Swim
Sommer Swim cuts plain bikinis from Italian Xtra Life Lycra and finishes them with vintage-inspired gold-tone zinc alloy rings. The Cece bandeau top costs $89, the Stella triangle top $109 and the Nyra cheeky bottoms $99, all in USD.
The Lycra drapes instead of holding a moulded form, which reads European beach club rather than pool party. Colour stays plain across most of the range, so the rings do the talking. If the Wicked Weasel cut works for you but the prints don't, this is the closest thing to a blank version. Our guide to brands like Sommer Swim compares the near neighbours.
Best for: Plain sets where the ring is the only detail.
How to Pick Your Next Bikini
Start with how small you want to go. Boutine LA, Yandy and Frankies Bikinis cut closest to a Wicked Weasel thong, and Boutine LA does it at $16 to $60 a piece. Kulani Kinis and Bamba Swim land a step back from that, cheeky and high-leg rather than barely there. Solid & Striped and Hunza G go the other way entirely, and both are worth the detour if the microkini has stopped feeling like the only answer.
Then check the currency before you fall for something. Nookie Swim and Peony price in AUD, Hunza G and Oh Polly in GBP, and the rest here in USD, so the sticker rarely means what you assume at a glance. Buy one piece from a new label before you commit to a set, because swim sizing shifts more between these brands than the size tag admits. The bikini brands like Triangl roundup and our coastal edit cover more ground, the article archive has the rest, and you can get in touch if you want a recommendation for a specific fit.
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Written by
Spencer Lanoue
