When and where to buy cover up swimsuits

I live part of the year in the tropics, Singapore. So I need protection. Firstly, from the sun. I don't want to get sunburned.

Equally, perhaps more important, I want protection from the sun's rays which cause cancer of the skin. So I want covered arms, long sleeves in the swimsuit.

What about the legs? I had short boy leg swimsuits before. 

My body silhouette is better now I am thinner. I no longer have large thighs. 

However, I have various things to conceal. Slimming has left me with wrinkled skin. 

I swim every day. I need a practical swimsuit. 

I no longer want to attract attention. I am not like the singles, searching for a date or a mate.

The pink does not go with my Crocs. It will have to do. I chose a base colour of black because I thought it would be easier to match up with accessories. I already have an orange swimsuit and want to alternate them when one is wet. And it's more fun to have two than wear the same thing all the time.

Today I did another search and realised why I chose this design. I wanted the top and shorts or trousers separate. If the trousers were too tight, the top might still fit. It the top was long or short for my torso, never might, that would not affect the position of the crotch.

I was not thrilled with the fabric. It is that modern this stuff they cut with scissors instead of needing to hem. I looked at the fabric specifications. Elastane, basically elastic, okay. 

I bought through ebay which is not as easy for me to use when checking reviews.

I went back to to reviews on Amazon, for other styles of swimsuit. I saw a one-piece I liked, and read the reviews. The item had several five star reviews. 

Sizing - Small or Large?

What of the sizing? A few found the style too small, or too large. 

Negative Reviews - No Lining

What about the negative reviews? Some said the fabric was thin and not doubled over vital parts. (My old Waveline brand swimsuit had inner fabric like a u shape under the crotch.)

Zips Liable to Break?

The one star reviews were complaining about the zip breaking. The item arrived with a broken zip. (Maybe a returned item sent out again?) Two more said the zip broke within the first wearing or second. Another said the zip broke soon after. The trouble with reviews which you cannot change, is that if the item arrives okay and breaks on second or third use, you cannot warn others.

That reminds me of why I was right to be cautious about a one piece costume. If it has a zip, the zip can break. You can replace zip pulls. You can replace an entire zip. A long zip is costly. Takes time to insert. For a swimsuit has to be waterproof. You can't have a metal zip which rusts. Nor one which is hard to operate. You don't want to be stuck inside a swimsuit.

After reading the reviews of one piece costumes, I looked at my new swimsuit again.

My Swimsuit

I did not return my swimsuit. I often find that something I hate and ignore on first sight, proves useful later. (I did not like my first pair of Crocs. Now I love them and have three pairs.) 

Once you have removed the tags, and worn the swimsuit in the water, you cannot return it. I have worn it once, in water, okay so far. 

Without Leggings

I wore it, as you see, without the ankle length leggings.

A complete wetsuit is heavy both in the water and afterwards when it is wet. 

Instead, I wore it with self-made bikini bottoms, cut from a one piece costume. I could cut down the lower half to knee length, over the knee. But I shall try them on later. 

Pink Colour

The lurid pink does not match, but it is very jolly. The pink offset the funeral black.

Horizontal Patterns Oblige You To Stand Straight

The horizontal pink draws attention to the fact that I am not standing straight. That's because I broke a collarbone in a car accident years ago. 

Lots of people are lopsided. If you want to avoid having to concentrate on standing rigidly straight for photos and to look good in general, go for an asymmetric design such as a diagonal stripe.

Why Cover Up

You might not be swimming outdoors in the tropics. You might be swimming indoors, or in a cooler, cloudier clime. 

If you live in a country where bikinis are banned, or men or women stare at you, you might like your main costume or your spare to be cover up. A wetsuit style is multi-purpose. 

Of course, it is also popular with both orthodox Muslims and Orthodox Jews.

Advantages Of Attached Hoods

This swimsuit has an attached hood which is handy. You don't have to remember to pack it. It matches the costume. You can leave your fringe (gangs) and long hair out or tuck it away.

My next post will be about the two ribbon ties inside the swimsuit.

 

Useful Websites

I have saved pictures of items I have not yet bought but like to he look of, under dress of the day in Pinterest.

Amazon

Ebay

An all pink outfit, short sleeves, above the knee 'boy legs, separate head covering. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/392276242775?_trkparms

Arab Muslim Modesty Women 2pcs Swimwear Beach Swim Burkini Islamic Swimsuit Set

The colour is rose red, up to 3X, about twenty US dollars when you add on the three dollars for shipping.

More details on swimsuits and fabrics in my post on dressofthedayangela.blogspot.com

 About the Author

About the Author Angela Lansbury

BIOGRAPHY

Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5 
The Author of several books including  Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.

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Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.

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Language and speech workshops in Singapore.

Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.

Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.

Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.

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Zoo Reviews : Write Parody Animal Reviews For Fun Whilst Travelling + Cute Photo Captions

Problem
How to brighten up a visit to a zoo, or even sitting on a park bench, or seaside bench watching the birds.

Answer
Spoof  Zoo Animal Reviews
Oregon Zoo and Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens have been doing this. What a great idea. Amusing.

An amusement for teens and tourists. Rate the animals or species at a zoo. Some zoos have started this and got attention. Create a game for the family or a school trip or charity event. Give a prize or vote for the best caption or review.

Fun Photo Captions
You could even do it to brighten up captions on your holiday snaps. I find it easier to write an advertisement than a review.

Cat : Self-cleaning.
Cockroach: Pre-historic model.
Dog: Noisy.

Fox in garden in London, England. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Elephant: Difficult to find a large enough parking space.
Fox: Runs well.
Magpie: Smartly dressed.
Rabbit: Buy one, get twenty free.
Robin: Very friendly.
Snake: Handle with care.
Spider: Useful for decorating corners.

Spider. Useful for decorating corners. Available in brown, black or mixed. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

The old jokes are the best: Zebra - horse designed by a committee.

Use it as NLP to get over your fear and disgust - perhaps not.

USA
California Academy of Sciences
Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Monterey Bay Aquarium - @MontereyAquarium
Oregon Zoo - @OregonZoo ; rateaspecies
Tennessee Aquarium - @TNAquarium (On the Chatanooga riverfront)
http://www.tnaqua.org

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-5504799/Zoos-post-hilarious-Amazon-style-reviews-animals.html

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Informative and amusing. Please share links to your favourite posts.

Hotels and Restaurants are Asking for TripAdvisor Reviews

Problem
You want to give honest reviews. But you don't want to upset a restaurant where you might eat again.

Answer
Damn with faint praise. That way the other customers know what to avoid. The establishment knows what or how to improve.

Everywhere is asking for feedback nowadays. That's good. We used to be shy about complaining in England.

The Americans are quicker to complain or sue. Although the American businesses promote the idea that the customer is king and the customer is always right.

The menu at a restaurant in Cambodia requested a TripAdvisor revue and gave the links of all their pages on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere. The hotel asked us to give them a write-up on TripAdvisor.

Back in London, England, we had just sat down in B & K salt beef bar in Hatch End, and had not even ordered, when a message appeared on a mobile phone asking us to give a TripAdvisor review.

How did anybody know we were there? A friend of mine guessed, 'It's like the ap which knows where you are to send you details of nearby restaurants and offers. It pinpoints your location. If you have allowed it on your phone, to tell aps where you are, it knows if you are in a street or a shop or restaurants or department store to send you information.

Restaurant, hotel, and other business cards are increasingly listing all their media pages. I see it as a good thing. everybody wants to know my opinion.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.

Do you trust reviews?

I often go to TripAdvisor because it offers a range of comments. Also you can find information in one column which is scattered over numerous pages on the company's own website.
 Great to have a forum on the Daily Mail allowing for lots of comments on parking charges. Yes, I do think parking charges are highly relevant to what you remember about an attraction.
  That's what I look for, on any site, comments on charges, service and the basics of what you actually see. So many websites say merely, a huge variety of historical items. That's why my reviews tend to focus one one or two items you can actually see.
 On TripAdvisor I read a section of views, the five star and one star. Often I visit a restaurant regardless. And yes, I would like to know about how the place was under previous ownership. It might be opened up by the brother of the previous owner, or the manager who has bought the place from the retiring owner. I want to know whether it is just as good as last time I went when it was under the old owners. I want to know whether the new owners have improved a place my family refuse to visit because they did not enjoy it under the old owners. If the place has stayed the same, I want to see my last review, so I can recall that parking is difficult, or you need a token for parking, and the recent reviews may not yet have commented.
   As a regular reviewer I also use websites as a way of recording my life history. If I want to remember the name of the coffee bar we went to this time last year when we visited the Edinburgh festival, I can find it in my history. If the old reviews are removed, my own reviews and family photos of our birthday party are gone forever. I would be better off recording my views on a blog. Or printing a book of my blog for my own records.
   If somebody moans about the long wait at a venue that may be true and relevant to those in a hurry. But if I want to spend all evening at a stately home restaurant on my birthday then I can judge whether the long wait was important.
   If somebody complains about the price, but your boss is paying, then you need not worry about the price. If the review is out of date, but the broken item was broken two years ago and is still not repaired, you know the place is not well maintained.

For more on the debate:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3132937/TripAdvisor-forced-apologise-deleting-negative-reviews-country-house-estate-employees-asked-to.html#comments 

Angela Lansbury B A Hons, author, travel writer, photographer, speaker.