How to Find The Swimming Suit That Suits Your Body

The time has come for sun, water and skin! This is an opportunity to learn the tips and tricks of looking your best this summer with Style, Comfort, Fit and Color.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• An open mind and a positive attitude

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   Summer swing is on the way

   As the long summer days approach and the opportunities to travel and play are in full swing, it becomes the time to find a swimming suit up to the task. This is a large task to manage as it must protect, cover, flatter, and provide comfort all at once. As inventory is reviewed of trusty, past suits that carried us safely throughout many years, upgrades seem daunting. No need to fear. Plenty of options have become available to flatter and satisfy every kind of personality, shape and style. The biggest hurdle to face before the bare skin meets the sun is to know the shape of your personal body, and your best color options to flatter you personally. This will necessitate honest judgment, with a kind objective to discover the best looking swimming suit for you specifically. As much as we might think tight suits are not for everybody, touché, cuts and colors can flatter anybody with the right mix.

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   For many women, wide hips are a common complaint. The newest development and popularity of the “boy-shorts” has come to the rescue of millions of women worldwide. These durable short like suit bottoms will provide you a safe option that can be playful and manage quality coverage. Another alternative is a suit, either one or two piece that sits high upon the thigh as to elongate the look of your legs, and create a look of proportion. Always keep the larger, oversized areas of your physic covered in dark colors, as darker values will minimize that area, creating the illusion of shadow.

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   A thick waist is another common frustration when looking to purchase a bathing suit. This is an issue that can be easily stylized to form a smaller, leaner appearance. With angled lines, big patterns, and dark colors focused around the widest areas, the eye is drawn in and the composition creates an image of balance. Tankinies are another recent development in swimwear that has emerged over the last couple of years to aid in women’s attempt at comfortable coverage while enjoying the summer sun. These can offer a perfect option when accompanied with appropriate colors. For fair skin ladies, find blues, greens, reds and purples. These should be darker tonal values as to diminish the appearance of extra weight, also creating an illusion of tanner skin. Darker skinned individuals can get away with much more as far as color options, but keep the lines long and the colors around your trunk dark and bold.

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   For those women out there that find a small bust an issue, a few options exist to supplement what you think you don’t have. Padded tops have come a long way in swimwear, as they are more subtle and natural looking than ever. Try a few on to decipher the perfect look. The halter top that allows two straps to come together over the neck and tie in the back will create a natural cleavage through its ability to draw together even a small busted woman. Your bust is an opportunity to go for lighter colors. As lighter tones promote and enunciate an object, the upper portion of your figure will become emphasized simply through a lighter color on top.

5. Short legs and long legs are not necessarily a major concern, but can be adapted to look amazing with some simple trick. As you can see, flattery comes directly through the proper combination of colors, lines, patterns and shapes. Short legs will become longer looking with a high line on the hip, forcing the eye upwards and a longer exposure of the leg. Darker colors in the middle and lower segment of the garment will draw the eye upwards as well. Longer legs seem to be a desired asset among the throngs of women seeking the model-like sky high legs. For those women that have disproportionately long limbs, simply adjust the cut of your suit. A shorter cut around your thigh and hip will shorten the appearance of the leg and a two piece suit will cut up the length of the whole body to create pause when the viewer is seeing your length as a whole.

6. Short Torso’s and Long Torso’s can really benefit their cause to create balance with tankinis and dark one piece suits in monochromatic colors. The tankini will camouflage the length of a long torso, chopping up the fluidity creating length from the neck to the waist. A one piece suit with a tall neck will appear long and lean for those that have a shorter torso. These particular styles of swimming suits, worn in dark, semi-concurrent tones will create a smooth and lean visual look overall.

7. Finally, the dreaded tummy that the majority of women despise can be classily covered in a comfortable way. The wraps that have become synonymous with stylish coverage create endless opportunities to go play all day in style and without fear. Shorter styles allow women to show off their legs and camouflage a tummy. Longer alternatives are available to lengthen the waist to foot line, and protect skin from overexposure to the UVA, UVB rays. Take your time with these, and really try different styles to make sure you look and feel you’re very best this summer.
   
   Now for those women that crave a quality all over tan without going completely exposed, a “sun-through” concept of swimwear has been created specifically for you. The material that formulates these swimming garments allows only a minimal SPF 6 coverage for a complete, full body tan. Although this sounds good to many, be mindful to wear your sunscreen all over as to avoid a nasty sunburn on those fragile areas.
   
   Its time to go play, so find your best fit and color in order to feel your best and soak up the most this summer. Try on as many suits as you can, following the simple concepts listed above, and you will turn heads looking great in a style that “suits” you.

[Nephilian]

on 4/15/2009 5* and rec. Filled with information.

[betterbody]

on 3/30/2009 Good points in How to Find The Swimming Suit That Suits Your Body. 5*s

[johngalt310]

on 3/25/2009 Any article about summer and bikinis get five stars from me. Seriously though, this is a well thought out article with a lot of good content.