swimsuits. bathing suits. cover-ups. etc.

holy shit that is super cute

I'm really into the idea of maillot one-piece suits with side cut-outs that cover the stomach but go really low in the back and sides, but they're never quite right and/or they're made for thin people and don't have enough fabric. The search continues.

Like this, but not for $250. :|

http://res.cloudinary.com/keep/image/fetch/t_post_large/http://c389604.r4.cf1.rackcdn.com/7fb1ccc73f5c80d8d8245e32fe98d0e6.jpg

I def want to find a plunging neckline suit this year though--I've been thinking that since LAST year but I have 3 vintagey suits already and they weren't quite worn out yet. Now 2 of them are just about rags. Maybe by July, something I like will be on sale.

whoa i love that

i usually wear a 2 piece but this year everything ive seen that im feeling is a 1 piece

the swimsuit i started this thread for - would prance around and pretend to be katy perry in

A few years ago I fell in love with a maillot that had, like, decorative macrame/knotwork hammock between the top and bottom that was kind of hour-glass shaped. I can't remember who made it but it was expensive and I never found a good knock-off but it started me thinking.

http://images.neimanmarcus.com/ca/2/product_assets/T/7/J/D/7/NMT7JD7_mx.jpg

Love this one, but again: no more high backs! Also it's over $400.

http://images.neimanmarcus.com/ca/2/product_assets/T/7/J/D/7/NMT7JD7_ax.jpg

http://images.neimanmarcus.com/ca/1/product_assets/T/7/U/F/K/NMT7UFK_mx.jpg http://images.neimanmarcus.com/ca/1/product_assets/T/7/U/F/K/NMT7UFK_ax.jpg

Stella McCartney, $370

I mean I am not a huge fan of modcloth but it's like, the alternatives are so out of reach and the affordable styles are homogeneously awful/boring.

When I say I'm not a huge fan, I just mean because the styles tend to be so youthful! Sometimes I want to look like a sophisticated almost-40-year-old who has options, is all. Although I just saw this one: well played, modcloth:

http://productshots3.modcloth.net/productshots/0138/9611/cc6bf00f9db04d3166b1e000293da53f.jpg?1392242527

http://images.neimanmarcus.com/ca/1/product_assets/T/7/M/L/S/NMT7MLS_mx.jpg http://images.neimanmarcus.com/ca/1/product_assets/T/7/M/L/S/NMT7MLS_ax.jpg

My brain is at the beach.

swimsuits are the only thing that i don't wear in black! maybe its cause i wear black every day, but when i got to the beach im always in like, a hot pink bikini

I like it! You have to change things up. I can't imagine actually wearing a black swimsuit because you're in the blazing sun, for pete's sake, but I like how they look.

I have a dream of being the kind of woman who drives to the beach (or is driven) and wears a big straw hat and nice sandals and carries a tote bag and/or cool drink, instead of the person who biked there and is sweaty and sticky from sunblock and road dust and has gross sneakers on and might have heatstroke.

into this but it's like $100 and i don't need a swimsuit
http://images.dangerousminds.net/uploads/images/anatomicalsdfsdfsdfsdfdsfdsf.jpg

omg i LOVE that

it's like slim goodbody!