An open letter to the bathing suit industry.

Dear Sirs.

(And yes I am saying sirs, because i am damn sure that a women would not design suits the way the ones i tried on today were designed.)

        I understand that when deciding what kind of styles to have available during a season, you must look at all types of information, in regards to demographics and the wants and desires of the Canadian Woman.
I just wanted to pass on some information that may not have been brought to your attention. Information that i think you will agree is very important to someone in your industry.

Firstly, I wanted to point out, that while a choice of colour is nice, we really would be more happy with you choosing a cut or style that will not RIDE UP OUR ENDS like there was no tomorrow.  While i understand that my more than ample derriere may be slightly larger than the ones who imagined wearing your suit....you did produce it in my size and damn it....and this might be news to you....MOST REAL WOMEN do not fit into the  "rack" styles that you have provided.

Secondly, but by no means less important, is the pretty factor.

Just because i am not a size 4 (and as someone recently asked me...why would you want to be) or even a 14, does not mean that i want to wear frumpy matronly clothing.
I want to be able to buy sexy clothing...not spots, stripes or funky looking flowers that resembled something that hung in my Grandmother's living room in 1974.

Can we talk a minute about breasts?

I am not sure if you are aware, but the average chest size is larger than what ever model you used for you suits. Now, I know that i have a more than average sized chest....
BUT
I would really like to be able to put on a suit and know that "the girls" will be where they are supposed to be, and they will stay there. No matter what i am doing.

I tried on 15 different suits today. My girls fit into none of them.

NONE OF THEM.

While the neckline was daring, and calling out for a substantial bust line, actually putting an real set of breasts into said suit...well lets just say it wasn't pretty.

And can we talk about straps?

If you are designing suit for "above-average" body types....DO NOT put those itty-bitty spaghetti straps on them. My girls will eat them for lunch.

After all is said and done, the other little thing i wanted to bring up was cost factor.

Most women my age are Moms.

Moms who have to make sure that bills are paid, children are fed, clothed and whatever else they happen to need on that day.
Paying $100 for a suit?????

I don't think so.

SO after all is said and done, did i buy one of your suits today?

Nope.

I was so depressed after trying them all on...I headed over to Timmie's and had a iced capp and a donut.

Oh yeah...I am pretty sure that you have a stake in them too...cause most of the other women who were trying suits on ended up there too. Getting kick-back are you?

Signed

Suit-less summer sister and her girls.

Comments

[creechman]

I'm not sure I'm old enough to read about "the girls" spilling out all over Macy's dressing room.

Yes I am.

[Linda Sherwood]

Me and my girls are over here with tears not because we are laughing at you, but because we are laughing with you. Or we will be just as soon as you start laughing too. I so hate bathing suit shopping.

[Jaime]

Yup- I hate it too! I usually leave bathing suit shopping feeling hot, pissed off and disgusted...and of course, empty handed!

[bubandpie]

I glanced at the bathing suits in the Bay the other day - for about five minutes before I ran away, deciding that my old maternity bathing suit would work for another year.