The Perfect Fit

Ladies, we have got to talk about getting a suit that fits; I just returned from the beach and I saw so many ill fitting swimsuits, it was unbelievable. You have your shape, embrace it, enhance it, just don’t wreck it with a suit that strains, sags, bags or makes you look like a sausage.

Now, I know you are thinking, ‘but I am only going to wear it a few times, I don’t want to spend a lot’. Sorry, but let’s face it, you have to spend a little to get a great suit that looks good, and this is the key, FITS. Time and money are required to find a suit that flatters. So get your comfy shoes, grab your best friend and hit the mall to find a suit that flatters.

Yes, all those adorable cheap bikinis at places like Target and Wal-Mart are hard to resist; you run in for laundry soap and get a bikini too (without even trying it on!). For the greater good, you are going to have to try it on! It takes just a second to pop into the changing room and try on the suit. The cheaper the suit, the less likely that it has any support anywhere, and very few women look good without (and I include myself) a little help from the spandex gods!

I saw a woman who was really quite lovely, and she would have looked fabulous if her cheap little bikini bottom wasn’t sagging and making her look like a toddler that had been in the wading pool. She also spent her entire time at the beach readjusting the silly thing. Hello! You missed that cute guy waving at you, because you were too busy fiddling with your suit.

Another thing, sure the beach is the place that you flaunt your assets, but you ladies out their with the big assets, harness them! I saw some ladies that I was positive were going to have swimsuit failure at any moment. Repeat after me, our breasts belong on our chests, not dangling down around our knees! If you are large chested it is imperative that you get some support! Again, S-P-A-N-D-E-X, I don’t care if your man thinks you look hot, a)he’s a man and b) well…he’s a man! Ask your girlfriends for an honest opinion (and no getting mad when they give it).

Okay, so I told you to get spandex, now let me speak to the women who take spandex to the extreme. To these ladies I say-spandex will only do so much! If you have a rather round figure spandex will not, I repeat NOT give you curves, too much of it in fact, will make you look like a sausage. A little support here and there to keep you in place is fine, but so much that you can’t take a breath for fear you will pop a seam is TOO much.

Many suit companies including Land’s End now offer a nice selection of mix and match suits that allows you to get a perfect fit for your top and bottom…yes, each piece costs roughly the same as a one piece, but very few one pieces are flattering. Go with the separate pieces and get a custom fit.

Now, since there are several weeks of summer left, buy a suit that fits well, and you will find yourself using it more, and that will certainly justify the extra expense.

~ Jennifer Flaten