Girl in a red Pera Sport bikini holding a volleyball on the beach

The collection

Active bikinis for girls who can't sit still

MADE FOR MOVEMENT FIRST

Active swimwear is a category defined by one test: can you actually swim in it without thinking about it? Pera is four pieces, cut in recycled Italian nylon with ECONYL® and REPREVE®, designed around movement first — dives, duck-unders, sprints to the buoy — and styled so it never looks like gym kit.

Two girls in Pera Sport at a beach volleyball net at dusk

What separates active swimwear from resort swimwear

Resort swimwear is engineered for stillness — lying down, standing up, looking good doing both. Active swimwear has to survive load: water resistance pulling at seams, straps under tension, fabric stretched and soaked repeatedly. That means denser knits, wider bands, anchored straps, bar-tacked stress points and higher-grade elastane. The difference is invisible on a hanger and obvious the first time you jump in.

The swim sports bra, done properly

Most bikini tops are designed to be photographed, not swum in. A swim sports bra is built around the same principles as a high-impact gym bra — encapsulation, compression, a wide band and straps that can't slip — then cut so you still want to be seen in it. That means a wide underband that carries weight at the ribs, straps set closer to the centre of the back (racerback or cross-back), and a dense chlorine-resistant knit that doesn't relax mid-swim. The Racer is our answer: a longline racerback top with the construction of a sports bra and the lines of a bikini.

Two girls in Pera Sport bikinis standing on the beach

Performance swimwear that doesn't look like it

There has been a long-standing gap between swimwear that performs and swimwear you want to be photographed in. We build the construction of the first into the silhouette of the second: high support cuts, clean seam lines, no logos across the chest, reversible bikini tops where it makes sense, and two considered colourways in Dates and Bubblegum.

Two girls in Pera Sport leaning against a sandstone wall

Choosing by what you actually do

Lap swimming and squad: the Racer, worn as a swim sports bra, with the Brazilian. Surfing and bodysurfing: Racer with the Scungies, so nothing gets pulled off in a wipeout. Diving, snorkelling and boat days: any of the four, with the Scungies for board-short coverage. Beach days with the occasional swim: the Club Halter with the Brazilian.

Girl in a red Pera Sport top and pink bottoms on beach stone steps

Swim activewear fabric and fit

Every piece is premium recycled Italian fabric from Carvico: either 80% recycled nylon with premium elastane, or 78% ECONYL® regenerated nylon with 22% XTRA LIFE LYCRA®. It's quick drying, opaque when wet, and resists chlorine degradation, so pool sessions don't age it prematurely. Fit runs firm by design — active swimwear should feel snug dry, because the knit gains slight give once wet.

Girl in a baby-blue Pera Sport top sitting on coastal stone steps

Active swimwear in Australia

We're small and Sydney-based, shipping domestically in recyclable packaging, producing in short runs on purpose. Four pieces to start, made properly, rather than fifty made carelessly. More is coming.

SWIMWEAR YOU CAN ACTUALLY SWIM IN.

High support · Chlorine resistant · Recycled Italian nylon