Ok I have to tell you guys about this awesome thing I found. First let me give you some background here. I am pleasantly plump. Well, that's what I'm calling it today okay? And no, I am not giving anyone a penny for their thoughts!
So anyway, I definitely have some er, uh, "thigh issues". Its getting hotter and hotter by the day and I love going to the pool, but I totally hate showing my upper thighs. What's worse is that I have ITP (you will never be able to pronounce what that stands for so let's leave it at acronym). That means I have low blood platelets. The problem with that is that it causes bruising for no reason at all. The bruises don't hurt and they are not from bumping into anything. They just appear. On my upper thighs!
So for the past two weeks I've been trying to find THE perfect coverup. Something gauzy and sheer but not pornographic. Something without sleeves so I don't sweat to death. Something that looks chic and casual without screaming "I'm fat, please don't look!" Overall I'm a pretty confident woman but you know . . . sometimes a girl needs to cover up some stuff.
I've been all over ebay, llbean, Lands End, Macy's, Roaman's, The Avenue, etc. Nothing really fit my ideal description of a coverup. Sometimes the fat lady stores have things like dashikis and off the shoulder cutout thingys and batwing this or that. It's so annoying. I mean I don't want to look like a damn Golden Girl you know?
Anyway, I get this catalogue in the mail yesterday and there it was. It was like light and gregorian chants burst from that page and my face lit up in thankfulness and gratitude. Woman Within has what they call a "3-way Convertible bathing suit". Oddly, I've seen this on their website but for some stupid reason they don't show you the 3 ways it can be converted so I had no idea how cool it was. But the catalogue shows you.
Check this out. The bathing suit has a dress attached to it with a slit on the side. And not a dress that makes you look like a hippo in a tutu either. It's a full size dress that comes down your leg right above the knee!!! How freakin cool is that. So you can wear it tied under the bust which looks nice if you're like the model in the catalogue: toned and just big boned. Or, you can wear it like a sarong to show as much or as little thigh as you want and tie it to the side. Or just leave the whole thing down like a dress. And its all swimsuit material so you can go into the water like that and never have to take it off or put it on!!!!
Why don't they make this a standard design for all women?? Women with big butts would love it. Women with big thighs would love it. Women with ITP would love it. And modest women would love it. Woman Within should kill their advertising and PR company for missing such a unique opportunity to stand out. Anyway. . . I ordered it yesterday and can't wait to get in the water!!!
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