Aaaaaah summer is nigh and the
air is feeling sweet. With the Fourth of
July under our belts, the most sought after season is most definitely upon us. And of course those summer rays have the inevitably
sumptuous feelings of summer lovin’ following closely in their wake. You know the type that I’m talking about…..the
type where everybody is out and about and just looking for a good time…..where
you get to fall in love multiple times a day.
There is truly nothing that beats it….
Nonetheless, with every silver
lining some rain must fall. When the
temperatures keep heating up, a little more skin is ultimately on show and so
ensues the battle of the bulge versus the bikini. If you’re like me and your weight fluctuates
as often as Kim Kardashian’s marital status then the summer months are
something you both look forward to and loathe in equal measures. I love nothing more than the thoughts of
frolicking on a beach in Santa Monica. I
yearn year-long to drink out of coconuts in Costa Rica. Some might even say that my perfect pastime is reveling in the thoughts of beach-trotting along the Californian coast. Yet with every sandy dream that
saunters through my mind comes that inevitable knot of anxiety in my un-abbed stomach
that betrays my true feelings of trepidation. Ultimately, beaches = bikinis.
The bikini celebrated its 66-th
birthday this week and with that came some revelations that were not completely
unsurprising to me. Low and behold, the
bikini was indeed created by a man. Shocker. Furthermore, his designs were defined by the
ability of their flimsy fabrics to be pulled, with ease, through a wedding
ring. Interesting choice. Indeed, while the bikini is one of the more
fun fashion choices it is undoubtedly one of the more feared. Let’s face it, our LBD can hide a multitude,
our itsy bitsy polka dot bikini…..not so much.
So what’s a girl to do when she’s got curves in all the right places but
her credit cards are overbaked??
There are a multitude of online
stores offering swimwear available at discount prices but, as in life, it’s not
always easy to know who to trust. One of
my more favored is www.everythingbutwater.com
. It offers some of my favorite designer
labels at rock bottom prices. Every bikini-clad
starlet you’ve ever seen wandering across the pages of People magazine and the
like has endorsed these brands. Another old
reliable is www.bluefly.com – this was one
of my more favored un-heard of treasures, until of course Heidi Klum had the
audacity to promote it on her internationally acclaimed show, ProjectRunway. Seriously, is there anything
more irritating than that? It’s like
when you stumble across a secret song that you fall in love with and the next
minute it’s been played on every radio station every minute of the day. Yes, Gotye.
I’m talking about you.
Nonetheless, when all else fails and
you need a cheap buy I’ve had many a seasonal success with the ever-favored Target. But just like a good summer romance don’t
expect it to last longer than just that…………..a summer.
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