Fashion + Beauty

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Crave: Bathing beautifully

Land's End used to be my go-to place for well-fitting, utilitarian swimsuits for all sizes, and for that, I will always appreciate them immensely. This year, though? Page after page of little skirts. Bathing skirts. Bathing skirts make me mad, because they do not hide anything, and they just look sad and like you're trying too hard and fooling nobody about what makes you feel insecure. You cannot see my thighs because my little skirt bewilders you!

Esther Williams, though--Esther Williams knows from dramatic, old-fashioned, classy and flattering. She knows that sometimes you are going to pin a giant stargazer lily in your hair and slip on oversized sunglasses and red lipstick and lounge dramatically poolside with a trashy book, and other times you're going to go flying off the diving board and wrestle alligators and swim laps and you want to be both comfortable and look wicked hot. Her designs are classic, old-fashioned and elegant. I have great love for the classic sheath--it hides the bits you might not be crazy about, enhance the bits you love, and come in a ridiculous array of colors and patterns and sizes. I am going leopard, I think. And I will sprawl classily by the pool and raise my mai tai to you, Esther Williams.

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  • MariAlba's Avatar
    Posted by MariAlba Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:49am PDT

    Very classy bathing suit...not showing to much, but showing a nice figure...and leaving a whole lot to the imagination..The way it should be.

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  • MariAlba's Avatar
    Posted by MariAlba Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:50am PDT

    just simply love it!!!!

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  • vandalgrrl's Avatar
    Posted by vandalgrrl Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:59pm PDT

    ugh.. thanks for reminding me

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