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Are you modest on the beach or will you wear a bikini?
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Miss sofia
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I wear both a swimsuit or a bikini, both repro fifties styles i picked up along the way. Much more flattering and glamourous i think for all shapes and sizes. I also like a sarong or a man's shirt as a cover-up as i seem to have cellulite with some thighs attached to it, (sigh).
I'm afraid my days of running down the beach in a string bikini are long gone too and i wouldn't want to scare any children or small amimals!
I'm afraid my days of running down the beach in a string bikini are long gone too and i wouldn't want to scare any children or small amimals!
Lady Jessica
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I used to wear tankinis (when i was in middleschool and high school) but now I wear fifties-styled one pieces. I'd like to wear a fifties styled bikini but only if I can try it on before buying it... I've never seen any in person!
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I used to swim and I can't stand any suit that doesn't adequately stay on when really swimming. I do wear a bikini top around the house with shorts when it hits 95F degrees or more, just because it is too humid and we do not have AC.
Romy Overdorp
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I wear a bikini, I got a nice one with a bandeau top and a sort of high waisted bottom. I really want a vintage one but it's hard to find one I like.
shazzabanazza
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I wear a bikini 
I wish I had bought one of the 1950's inspired bikinis from Glassons store this year
I wish I had bought one of the 1950's inspired bikinis from Glassons store this year 
Geiamama
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After having my first little darling I gained around 90lbs and two more little darlings later :wacko: I have only managed to drop 40lbs so bikinis are but a distant memory. I wear a very basic don't-look-at-me black swimsuit and stay in the water lol
LinaSofia
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I currently have a 50s inspired halterneck tankini and bottoms. it's pretty nice and a bit more forgiving now that I've managed to grow about 2 dress sizes! But when I was a bit slimmer I wore a bikini. Mind you, when I'm not in the water I like to wrap up in a sarong! I can't wear swimsuits at all, because my torso is too long! :eusa_doh:
But when I was a bit slimmer I wore a bikini. Mind you, when I'm not in the water I like to wrap up in a sarong! I can't wear swimsuits at all, because my torso is too long! :eusa_doh:
Geiamama
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I currently have a 50s inspired halterneck tankini and bottoms. it's pretty nice and a bit more forgiving now that I've managed to grow about 2 dress sizes!
Sarongs are fabulous, wonderful things that I just couldn't be without! On holiday though I wear a sheer kaftan-type top, which when worn with a huge hat and equally huge sunglasses, make me feel glamorous enough that I forget I'm in a swimsuit
Kiri
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I'm Christian so I tend to stay more on the modest side. Which is a large part of the reason I love vintage styles, most of it is much more covered up. Last summer I just wore a one piece with a black shirt and high waisted polka dot shorts over top. This summer I was maybe thinking about ordering this pattern from Wearing History: http://www.wearinghistorypatterns.com/products/1940s-Bathing-Beauty-Swimsuit-Pattern.html
It looks very nice and covered up enough for my taste.
It looks very nice and covered up enough for my taste.
Barbigirl
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Bikini here, modesty just doesn't peak my interest.
I don't lay around in the sun, but I love to swim. We have a summerhouse in the archipelagio outside Stockholm and though not exactly ON the neach, it only takes me two minutes to go there. So I usually just put on a bathrobe over my swimsuit and go and have my swim and then go straight up to the house after. But I was never much for wearing bikinis, even when I was slim and trim. In my teens it was very in to go topless but I hated that and never did.
However, in the evenings when the beach is deserted, I love to skinny dip, but only if no one is around.
However, in the evenings when the beach is deserted, I love to skinny dip, but only if no one is around.
I have my grandmother's swimsuit from the fiftires and the cut is just the same! Only mine is dark blue. And, sadly, I can't wear it anymore.I have a great swimsuit by Esther Williams
Love this swimsuit!
This picture is 2 years old and I'm actually smaller now, so I think I'll try a bikini (50's style, like the girl in the background)this summer, haven't worn one since.. I was 18 or something.
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