I was looking (online) for a new bikini. My old one is, I think, over 10 years old. Old enough that I cannot remember how old it is!
And the internet is full of totally ridiculous tiny pieces of cloth being sold as bikinis. I’m no prude but when wearing a bikini requires not just a shaved bikini line but a shaved everything, and it looks like it barely covers the relevant body parts, the whole thing looks indecent, frankly, and faintly disgusting (to the point that I don’t want that picture on my blog). Better to go naked, then: I would prefer wholesome natural nudity to this affected “covering up”.
Swimwear appears to fall into two categories. On the beach you bare everything (limited only by your notions of decency); in the swimming pool you wear a one-piece swimsuit. There’s very little in between – very few bikinis that look like they would be comfortable and actually allow me to move as well.
In the end I found some from BonPrix that appear comfortable, although they do make me think of middle-aged ladies… But then again I will mostly be using mine in a middle-aged setting (in the swimming pool with Ingrid), not strutting around on the beach like a teenager, so I guess it’ll sort of fit in.
Turns out that the bikini bottoms from BonPrix were not much better. They just looked OK on that slim hipless model they used. The tops however looked and felt good.
Eventually I found some bikini bottoms that actually fit me in Debenhams. Just in time for today’s baby swimming!