Swim Suits
May 16, 2007 by fromthenarrows
It’s that time of year again. Time to buy swim suits for three growing girls. This is a time I envy those moms with all boys. How much easier to buy a pair or two of long shorts and a rash guard shirt. Likely the boys won’t be too particular on color or pattern. Likely the more plain the better and who cares if they match. Not so with girls. Not only must they match, but have to be the color and pattern of choice. They must not cost as much as a car payment and they need to pass mom and dads criteria on modesty and fit. I’m telling you, the pickings are slim folks. After seeing that I missed the window of opportunity to buy the desired Lands End swim suits, due to everything practically being sold out, I headed to town to every store I could think of that sold girls swimsuits. Nothing! Nada! Zip! Zilch! I found the selction to be rather small, and the selection of one pieces even smaller. The selection of one pieces that didn’t have the triangle bikini style top even slimmer. I wouldn’t necessarily mind a two piece tankini as long as the top was long enough to cover the belly. I couldn’t find one of those either. I finally found two suits for my little girls. The fit OK. They were a little baggy at the neck line. But they will do. They were on sale. My oldest at 9 going on 10 this summer is skinny, tall with a long torso. All suits we tried on didn’t come up high enough at the neck line. Larger sizes just produced a baggy bottom. I finally had to tell her that I would pick something at Lands End, and it likely won’t be her color choice. I got a tankini with a skirt bottom and tank top. I was able to order two different sizes to accomodate her body and then I got her the rash guard shirt with long sleeves. It wasn’t cheap, but at this point it doesn’t matter. It needed to be modest and I needed to find something and hopefully she will be able to get two years out of it. If not, it should be in good enough condition to pass on to little sisters.
The swimsuits are purchased and I am thankful, until next year!
Susan
I’m a fan of the Costco 1 pieces for Car and myself. Modest, simple, cute patterns, cheap.
no, not till next year! buy at the end of the season and get them on sale!
i do that every year and since my children are stunted (they rarely grow), thye keep wearing old suits along with their new ones.
susie is not expensive but there was a long wait. like since march.
You’re right, boys are easier - at least so far.
Have you ever considered sewing your own suits or having someone else sew them? There are modest swimsuit patterns I’ve heard of through other homeschool moms. Do a search for modest swimsuit pattern and you’ll likely find something. And the girls can pick out their own fabric. :o)
Try Target. I have 3 girls (9,7,5) we find fun modest 1 piece suits every year and at great prices too.