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Girls Open Back One Piece Swimsuit – Fernleigh Avenue
FINALIST
Best Kids Apparel / Swim 2026
$74.95
Fernleigh Avenue designs sustainable, age-appropriate swimwear for tweens and teens, made from premium recycled fabrics. Each piece is double-lined, durable and UPF50+. Packaging is reusable and recycled. Fernleigh Avenue supports Take 3 for the Sea.
Clean Ingredients / Materials
Made from 85% recycled polyester and 15% Spandex. Swimwear is packed in bags made from recycled plastic. UPF50+.
Ethical Practices
Fernleigh Avenue designs swimwear in Australia and ethically manufactures it in Hong Kong with a certified facility, maintaining long-term partnerships to ensure consistency and shared values. The brand conducts regular video calls and virtual walkthroughs for transparency into working conditions and production processes. It opposes child and forced labour, requires fair pay and safe, respectful conditions and mandates assurances of ethical labour practices throughout production. Open communication with the manufacturer ensures ongoing alignment with brand values.
Sustainable Practices
Fernleigh Avenue’s sustainability initiatives include crafting swimwear from premium recycled fabrics to reduce reliance on virgin materials and divert waste from landfill, producing in small, considered drops to minimise overproduction and textile waste and using reusable recycled swimwear bags and Hero Packaging mailers made from recycled materials to reduce packaging waste. The brand supports Take 3 for the Sea to help reduce plastic pollution and operates without machines in packing and storage to lower emissions.
Social Impact
Fernleigh Avenue’s social responsibility efforts include building an engaged online community of mums and families who photograph collections, ensuring all website imagery features real customers. The brand develops a lookbook representing diverse body types and expands sizing into adult ranges to improve accessibility and inclusion. Annual community gatherings in NSW connect families and provide confidence-building experiences. Support for Take 3 for the Sea encourages environmental responsibility among children and partnerships with local small businesses extend to reusing shipping cartons within the community.
Product Reviews by Experts
Often, the more conscious products ask families to compromise on style or fun. This proves you can deliver exceptional quality, thoughtful design and genuine child appeal all in one beautifully executed piece. My daughter absolutely lit up when she saw it and immediately wanted to wear it – a reaction that says so much about how thoughtfully it has been created. The commitment to helping tweens and teens feel confident through thoughtful, age-appropriate design feels important, and especially admirable during formative years when body image can be so influential. I also really loved the choice of having real families create and appear in brand imagery – it gives a real sense of authenticity and passion for the brand and allows for representation that would otherwise not be possible or practical.
This swimsuit is wonderfully colourful and playful and allows my sweet 4yr old to continue her princess play amongst the waves and in sand castles. The vibrant patterns and thick material assure me that there will never be mishappening of the product. I can tell that this swim piece is going to last the distance and become a wonderful hand-me-down to my youngest girl. My daughter has been obsessed with this swimsuit since its arrival! Using recycled materials to create this product is a wonderful way to keep a minimal environmental footprint while reducing waste. I appreciate the ability to create such a high quality product using recycled materials. I think the social responsibility statement to build a swimwear brand that represents a diverse range of body types is endearing and wonderful to see a conscious effort going towards creating a line to promote body confidence.
Sunny could not wait to wear this swimsuit – she LOVED the design, print, colours and how ‘girly’ the piece is. The design was a standout. I love that they use ethical manufacturing and support Take 3 for the Sea. It’s so important to me that we reduce our plastic exposure and recycle what we can – this brand is doing exactly that.
Girls Open Back One Piece Swimsuit – Fernleigh Avenue
$74.95
Often, the more conscious products ask families to compromise on style or fun. This proves you can deliver exceptional quality, thoughtful design and genuine child appeal all in one beautifully executed piece. My daughter absolutely lit up when she saw it and immediately wanted to wear it – a reaction that says so much about how thoughtfully it has been created. The commitment to helping tweens and teens feel confident through thoughtful, age-appropriate design feels important, and especially admirable during formative years when body image can be so influential. I also really loved the choice of having real families create and appear in brand imagery – it gives a real sense of authenticity and passion for the brand and allows for representation that would otherwise not be possible or practical. This swimsuit is wonderfully colourful and playful and allows my sweet 4yr old to continue her princess play amongst the waves and in sand castles. The vibrant patterns and thick material assure me that there will never be mishappening of the product. I can tell that this swim piece is going to last the distance and become a wonderful hand-me-down to my youngest girl. My daughter has been obsessed with this swimsuit since its arrival! Using recycled materials to create this product is a wonderful way to keep a minimal environmental footprint while reducing waste. I appreciate the ability to create such a high quality product using recycled materials. I think the social responsibility statement to build a swimwear brand that represents a diverse range of body types is endearing and wonderful to see a conscious effort going towards creating a line to promote body confidence. Sunny could not wait to wear this swimsuit – she LOVED the design, print, colours and how ‘girly’ the piece is. The design was a standout. I love that they use ethical manufacturing and support Take 3 for the Sea. It’s so important to me that we reduce our plastic exposure and recycle what we can – this brand is doing exactly that. Fernleigh Avenue designs sustainable, age-appropriate swimwear for tweens and teens, made from premium recycled fabrics. Each piece is double-lined, durable and UPF50+. Packaging is reusable and recycled. Fernleigh Avenue supports Take 3 for the Sea.
Categories: Best Kids Apparel / Swim 2026
$74.95
Often, the more conscious products ask families to compromise on style or fun. This proves you can deliver exceptional quality, thoughtful design and genuine child appeal all in one beautifully executed piece. My daughter absolutely lit up when she saw it and immediately wanted to wear it – a reaction that says so much about how thoughtfully it has been created. The commitment to helping tweens and teens feel confident through thoughtful, age-appropriate design feels important, and especially admirable during formative years when body image can be so influential. I also really loved the choice of having real families create and appear in brand imagery – it gives a real sense of authenticity and passion for the brand and allows for representation that would otherwise not be possible or practical. This swimsuit is wonderfully colourful and playful and allows my sweet 4yr old to continue her princess play amongst the waves and in sand castles. The vibrant patterns and thick material assure me that there will never be mishappening of the product. I can tell that this swim piece is going to last the distance and become a wonderful hand-me-down to my youngest girl. My daughter has been obsessed with this swimsuit since its arrival! Using recycled materials to create this product is a wonderful way to keep a minimal environmental footprint while reducing waste. I appreciate the ability to create such a high quality product using recycled materials. I think the social responsibility statement to build a swimwear brand that represents a diverse range of body types is endearing and wonderful to see a conscious effort going towards creating a line to promote body confidence. Sunny could not wait to wear this swimsuit – she LOVED the design, print, colours and how ‘girly’ the piece is. The design was a standout. I love that they use ethical manufacturing and support Take 3 for the Sea. It’s so important to me that we reduce our plastic exposure and recycle what we can – this brand is doing exactly that. Fernleigh Avenue designs sustainable, age-appropriate swimwear for tweens and teens, made from premium recycled fabrics. Each piece is double-lined, durable and UPF50+. Packaging is reusable and recycled. Fernleigh Avenue supports Take 3 for the Sea.
Categories: Best Kids Apparel / Swim 2026
Often, the more conscious products ask families to compromise on style or fun. This proves you can deliver exceptional quality, thoughtful design and genuine child appeal all in one beautifully executed piece. My daughter absolutely lit up when she saw it and immediately wanted to wear it – a reaction that says so much about how thoughtfully it has been created. The commitment to helping tweens and teens feel confident through thoughtful, age-appropriate design feels important, and especially admirable during formative years when body image can be so influential. I also really loved the choice of having real families create and appear in brand imagery – it gives a real sense of authenticity and passion for the brand and allows for representation that would otherwise not be possible or practical. This swimsuit is wonderfully colourful and playful and allows my sweet 4yr old to continue her princess play amongst the waves and in sand castles. The vibrant patterns and thick material assure me that there will never be mishappening of the product. I can tell that this swim piece is going to last the distance and become a wonderful hand-me-down to my youngest girl. My daughter has been obsessed with this swimsuit since its arrival! Using recycled materials to create this product is a wonderful way to keep a minimal environmental footprint while reducing waste. I appreciate the ability to create such a high quality product using recycled materials. I think the social responsibility statement to build a swimwear brand that represents a diverse range of body types is endearing and wonderful to see a conscious effort going towards creating a line to promote body confidence. Sunny could not wait to wear this swimsuit – she LOVED the design, print, colours and how ‘girly’ the piece is. The design was a standout. I love that they use ethical manufacturing and support Take 3 for the Sea. It’s so important to me that we reduce our plastic exposure and recycle what we can – this brand is doing exactly that. Girls Open Back One Piece Swimsuit – Fernleigh Avenue
Fernleigh Avenue designs sustainable, age-appropriate swimwear for tweens and teens, made from premium recycled fabrics. Each piece is double-lined, durable and UPF50+. Packaging is reusable and recycled. Fernleigh Avenue supports Take 3 for the Sea.
Categories: Best Kids Apparel / Swim 2026
Often, the more conscious products ask families to compromise on style or fun. This proves you can deliver exceptional quality, thoughtful design and genuine child appeal all in one beautifully executed piece. My daughter absolutely lit up when she saw it and immediately wanted to wear it – a reaction that says so much about how thoughtfully it has been created. The commitment to helping tweens and teens feel confident through thoughtful, age-appropriate design feels important, and especially admirable during formative years when body image can be so influential. I also really loved the choice of having real families create and appear in brand imagery – it gives a real sense of authenticity and passion for the brand and allows for representation that would otherwise not be possible or practical. This swimsuit is wonderfully colourful and playful and allows my sweet 4yr old to continue her princess play amongst the waves and in sand castles. The vibrant patterns and thick material assure me that there will never be mishappening of the product. I can tell that this swim piece is going to last the distance and become a wonderful hand-me-down to my youngest girl. My daughter has been obsessed with this swimsuit since its arrival! Using recycled materials to create this product is a wonderful way to keep a minimal environmental footprint while reducing waste. I appreciate the ability to create such a high quality product using recycled materials. I think the social responsibility statement to build a swimwear brand that represents a diverse range of body types is endearing and wonderful to see a conscious effort going towards creating a line to promote body confidence. Sunny could not wait to wear this swimsuit – she LOVED the design, print, colours and how ‘girly’ the piece is. The design was a standout. I love that they use ethical manufacturing and support Take 3 for the Sea. It’s so important to me that we reduce our plastic exposure and recycle what we can – this brand is doing exactly that.You Might Also Like