Bathing Suit Shopping: Finding The Right Suit For Your Body

Resources for a Properly Fitting Bathing Suit

There I was, browsing through a rack of bathing suits, when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a size 16 bikini! Are you kidding me? I am all well and good with people who are happy with their body no matter the size. I am one of those people. I've been happy at size 9,12,16, 18 and even 20 but there is no way in the world I would ever put anything past size 10 in a bikini! First off if you have stretch marks a bikini is not for you no matter what size you are. With a bikini,much like the low row rise jeans and high rise shirts with the belly hanging out, no one wants to see the road map of the Mississippi Delta on your stomach. If the belly rolls over the top of the bikini bottom it's not attractive! If your breasts sag down and rest on the top of your belly it's not attractive! Why do they even make these? Yes heavy people want stylish clothes like thinner people wear but we want them to take into account that we are heavier and make the necessary adjustments. I can't imagine this is a very hard thing to do.

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!