Bathing Suit Shopping: Finding The Right Suit For Your Body
Resources for a Properly Fitting Bathing Suit
While I'm standing there another woman sees the size 16 bikini and picks it off the rack. She puts it in her hand with the size 20 jeans and tells her shopping buddy that it's okay because it's spandex!!!!!! AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!! I had to bite through my tongue and walk away!
Lucky me, I get the dressing room next to her. I am privy to the conversation as each outfit emerges. By the time I am done trying on my own choices my tongue is nearly hamburger. As I exit I get the full on view of a thirty something, size 20, crammed into a size 16 bikini. As she admires her physique in the three-way mirror I want to cry. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel as she tells her admirer she'll wear a t-shirt over it when she goes swimming!
Am I missing something? Isn't the point of a bathing suit to not wear your actual clothes swimming? Why in the world would you buy it only to cover it up with a shirt? My rule of purchasing is if you're not comfortable with the item the way it is, or confident enough to use it for it's true purpose, then you shouldn't buy it. This poor woman plunked down $60 for something that didn't fit her and was going to be covered up with a $15 t-shirt. What an utter waste.
There is absolutely no reason heavier woman can't find a suit that fits properly and is attractive. Many companies are making suits with the plus size woman in mind. Delta Burke has a line, which includes a two-piece tankini style with a more voluptuous cut to accommodate the curves of a real woman. Always For Me utilizes the wrap style and empire waist to accentuate the positive and camouflage the negatives. Carol Wior takes the baby doll to a new level and uses skirts, flounces and ruching to create seductive silhouettes. Finally the Sunflair collection sells suits by cup size for the more busty among us. Along with a specific size, graphics and seaming are used to hold it all in and in style.
Please, I beg you, plus size women everywhere, dress like you deserve to be dressed. Wear things that actually fit and allow others to appreciate the curves that are uniquely you. Give people the chance to see past your clothing instead of being distracted by it.
Published by Lori Borys
Married, mother of two boys with a BA in English Literature. View profile
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8 Comments
Post a CommentI love to read the comments by the people who didn't understand what they read at all. Cracks me up! I leave them on here so others can crack up too.
I fluctuate between a size 0 and a 6. I CANNOT believe how INSENSITIVE this writer is. Yeah, so you have an opinion. Keep it to yourself!
You know I agree 100% with the artical, but it somehow made me feel angry. To think you would say what you did so harshly! I am one of thoses people who have been a size 6 my whole life but because of medical problems I have gained a bunch of wight. Two years later I am now one of thoses size 20's you talked about and I would like to think that if I was trying something on and it didn't fit me someone would tell me. I went baithing suit shopping with my husband this year and all I wanted was a "real" oppion, maybe I should have asked you because you know what women like me should wear without making others around us feel uncomfortable!
What is wrong with people today? Have you all given in to the stero-typical expectations that society has provided all of our nation with? What are you saying for the generations to come? Who are we to criticize what other women wear? I am young and thin and am as worried about wearing a bikini as someone who is 300 pounds and 50 years old! When I read things like this I remember what makes me so worried! Women should embrace their bodies, whatever the size. Let their doctors worry about their weight issues. What makes a woman beautiful? Are you an expert? Such terrible things should never be published. I just can't believe anyone would write such terrible things! You all need to check what reality you live in? Do you live inside a television?
Personally, I would never want to be caught dead, let alone alive in a bikini. I am not that confident.
When I stopped being a 12 I stopped wearing a swim suit or anything skimpy in nature. I know that some people are confident to wear such things. I'm not one of them.
Great article! Ever since having my oldest daughter, I've been in size 16 clothes. I remember when my husband and I took a trip down to Cancun a few years back and we stepped out of our hotel room to see the most horrendous (in my opinion) view. There in front of us was a 300+ lb woman in a bikini! It was not attractive at all and I was disgusted, while my husband said she's just confident with herself. Lucky for the kids, it was an all adult hotel so they did not have to be scarred by that view! I agree with every point you made in this article!
Valid points but I suspect you might get some flak on this one.