Modest Swimsuits?

[KarenNC]

Yep that’s where my dughter got hers. I am still looking for a matching shorts or skirt to go over it for when we are at the beach.

Are sarongs still popular? Look in the scarf section or somewhere like World Market/Cost Plus, or I frequently see them at thrift stores.

 

[laariii]

i have a bikini but i wear board shorts & if i am outside i wear a T shirt because i get sunburnt very easily.

 

[Wammy101]

Whether your skirt or shorts are as long as or longer than your fingertips when your arm is held straight down at your side.

Some of my stuff would fail, seeing as i have long arms/legs. i am, however, adversely anti miniskirt, UNLESS it is worns over jeans or leggings. no fish nets whatsoever.
speaking of modest, my bathing suit is exactly that. boardies that go past my knee, and a large red tee.
like i said. modest

 

[Biblioassistant]

I’m older and long past the bikini stage, so I wear a one piece tank suit that I found on sale at Dillards. It’s black with royal blue accents and looks good and feels good when I swim. I tried one with a skirt and it looked bad on me, so I went with the tank. The legs aren’t high cut and it covers my butt and stays in place, so I am very pleased with it.

 

[Mimi]

I don’t…

When I saw this thread, I was hoping you’d post your photo!! I’ve seen it on other threads-- just too cute!

I checked out the swimwear site someone else posted (on the 1st pg?); there’s one with the long legs and even short sleeves – that’s the one for me! I have a few veins and can’t think I’d be comfortable in any suit, although I did find a nice one at a local store, plus they had lots of those large scarves to tie at the waist – covers a multitude of sins/bulges/whatever.

'nighty-night:yawn:
& God bless,
Mimi

 

[jazzy_987]

Target seems like a good store. But it’s not in my area.

 

[johnpaul2_fan]

Speedo has some great modest cut swimsuits. It can be a bit more expencive, but they are better quality in general.

 

[bobzills]

Here are links to modest swimwear for women:

ohanaswimwear.com/onepiece.php

primomoda.com/store/index.php?cPath=39

jelbab.com/Swim-Suit.asp

 

[Smber2c]

primomoda.com/store/index.php?cPath=39

jelbab.com/Swim-Suit.asp

WOW. These two links are…I don’t know what to say. I don’t want to insult anyone, so I guess I’ll just say they are pretty extreme.

I have read something that Pope Pius XII (or something like that) wrote explaining the Absolute Norms of dress (not for swimsuits just to clarify). I honestly think most of what he says is right on:

• neck lines dip no more than two finder’s withs below the colar bone.
• women should not wear shorter when 1/4 legnth sleeves.
• their backs, shoulders, and mid-drifts should always be covered.
• skirts should go a full 4 inches past the knee.
• clothing should never be colored to give the illusion of revealing flesh or contain see through potions. (so much for olympic ice skating)
  I think this is fairly accurate to what he wrote. His saying that women should never wear pants did throw me for a loop, but I grew up with it all around so he very well may be right that it isn’t okay and I’m just falling to my culture on that issue.
  
  But these Muslim bathing suits make Pope Pius XII’s rules look quite liberal.

 

[thechrismyster]

the ULTIMATE modest swimsuit!

 

[ChristineML]

I tried to access those swimwear websites, and my internet filter wouldn’t let me look at ohanaswimwear. But then it won’t let me access pureloveclub either. Ha!

For modesty reasons, I no longer allow bikinis for my daughters. Hopefully, with this early introduction of the idea, I won’t have to argue about this in their teenage years. I wear a “skirt-kini”, tank top plus skirt with attached panty. No midriff shows, but I don’t recall ever checking the fingertip test for skirt length. My daughters asked for tankinis for ease of using the restroom, and I had a HARD time finding tankinis in girls’ sizes. We finally found some at www.lioninthesun.com. My two oldest girls now wear tank tops (no midriff showing) and boy-cut shorts. For those wishing even more coverage, this place also sells one piece suits covering from just above the knee to the neck to elbow length; they look like short surfers’ wetsuits in a lighter, prettier SPF50 fabric.

I bought SPF50 “rashguard” shirts for my sons ($13 at Target), and someone asked me if it was for modesty. Umm, really it was for sun protection; I didn’t even consider bare chests a modesty issue for my sons. What do others here think? Does age of the child make a difference in dress standards?

A friend bought her daughters’ suits at www.swimmodest.com. Their suits are one piece bodysuits covering mid-thigh to neck to cap sleeve, with an attached sarong. But my friend tells me they sell out early in the season.

The Duggar family links to www.wholesomewear.com, which sells swimsuits that are basically dresses with kneelength bodysuits underneath.

I agree that modesty is an important virtue, but where to draw the line of what is necessary for modesty vs. unnecessary coverage seems to vary so much with the “eye of the beholder” individual opinion. Sigh. Can’t please everyone, I know.

 

[bobzills]

A friend bought her daughters’ suits at www.swimmodest.com.
The Duggar family links to www.wholesomewear.com, which sells swimsuits that are basically dresses with kneelength bodysuits underneath.

Both of these sites (and possibly others) show that modest swimwear for women can be found.

 

[ASimpleSinner]

I bought SPF50 “rashguard” shirts for my sons ($13 at Target), and someone asked me if it was for modesty. Umm, really it was for sun protection; I didn’t even consider bare chests a modesty issue for my sons. What do others here think?

15 years or so ago I might have told you a bare-chested teenage boy is no big deal.

Given the changes in our culture and the pansexualism running rampant, from vanity body-building to “meterosexuality”, honestly, I would say have your sons wear shirts. People can stick their head in the sand if they wish (not saying you are) but the “gay 90s” and beyond have demonstrated that boys/young men/men are prone to every bit the sex-object/vanity/immodesty temptation that women have to deal with.

I know plenty of guys who spend hours at the gym and are doing so for the same reason women are spending mega-bucks on dresses that cover less than a postage stamp. Little hint? It ain’t so people will notice their shoes. But traditions of modesty aside, both are trying to get the opposite (or sadly the same) to notice chests/tummies/bottoms. With pretty much the same end in mind.

Don’t think your boys don’t also run the risk of being oogled by dirty old men (or women! School teacher affairs anyone??), or succumbing to the temptations of vanity that, especially in our modern culture, are getting pretty dangerous. People need to put all chauvinism aside and realize that raising a little “stud” is just as bad (maybe worse) than raising a girl who could be labeled a four-letter “S” word.

Besides, it DOES offer sun protection. (And - for me - other folks at the beach don’t have to see my french-fry gut!!!)

 

[KarenNC]

Here are links to modest swimwear for women:

If there are women who wear a size 14 or above and looking for something not quite as extreme as some of the links offered, but a bit more than you find in an average store, there’s an online company called Junonia that makes plus size active wear. They have added a bit longer swimskirt option for their tankinis

junonia.com/thumb.htm?tl=3&ldid=2&sdid=14 will link to their “full coverage” options—higher necklines and armholes, swim shorts and skirts, rash guard shirts, aquatards, etc.

 

[jazzy_987]

Thanks so much for all the links and resources!
Now I just need to get a new swimsuit again…
I love so many of these; with my old swimsuits, they wore out fast just because I often pulled on them, trying to cover up a bit more