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Allie,
I'll check that out. I seldom buy anything online. Probably just old-fashioned. I like trying things on and enjoy interacting with people. I usually only fully dress and go out about twice a month and I sometimes use shopping (groceries, drugstore, hardware store, etc.) as one of those opportunities to fill out my day with meaningful activities.
Suzi Q
I would probably look and feel fat !
JAS
Haven't done it since the part of my life when just putting on anything vaguely feminine was a big thrill and there was no critical eye looking at everything that wasn't working. Did like how it made the tush look!
I look terrible, but feel great in swimwear. I even got an opportunity to go for a dip once while house sitting. I own a cheap maillot, I don't see getting an expensive one if I only rarely get the opportunity to use it.
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This was from yesterday.
I think I look ok, and I feel normal. Than I wear bikini's all the time.
Wow Jean you rock!!!!!
I have just purchased a retro suit for a photo shoot. No regrets. I just hope it fits!
Since I have my own pool and my backyard has privacy walls all the way around, I enjoy taking a swim once in while wearing a bikini. Took off a bit over 20lbs since the first of the year, so feeling better about wearing one as each week passes.
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Mostly I feel naked. I know that sounds obvious but until you experience it you don't fully get it. Nothing to hide. Everything (almost) exposed.
Never really considered it before. I'm in Myrtle Beach this week with some family. Not much opportunity to dress. Seeing all of the beautifully dressed women and girls on the beach have just about caused me to go crazy with envy. Not really but you all understand how I feel. With the right suit I think I could tastefully pull it off. It's on my bucket list now. :)
I love one piece swimsuits. I have about 15 of them. And since I lost 45 lbs over the last 9 months, I think I look as good as I feel wearing one. The only problem is that I don't get to swim in one all that often; usually only when I travel for work a couple times a year. I usually wait until the pool is about to close. That way, there is less chance of someone walking in on me. Once I was in a hotel pool, about 15 minutes after if officially closed. I stepped out of the water and began walking back to where my towel was. Just then, the lady from the front desk came walking in with a stack of clean towels. I was only about 8 feet away from her when she came through the door. I froze and nervously asked, "Is the pool closed? Did you come to throw me out?" she just smiled and replied, "You can stay, I won't tell anyone". I walked over and sat into the Jacuzzi while she straightened up the area for about 15 minutes. That was the only time that I got busted.
I wear both. Bikini if I am just sitting in the sun, one piece swimsuit if I am going in the water.
I love swim dresses. I also like the one piece tank style especially vintage ones, but I really prefer a skirted swim dress. These are just a few of mine.Attachment 305625Attachment 305626
Krissy
Growing up, I definitely had a great time trying on my sister's one and two piece swimsuits that were drying on the shower curtain rod. :dance:
You look lovely in that. What great taste. Wish we had that type thrift shops. May I ask the name?perhaps a web site.Quote:
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I look absolutely TERRIBLE in a women's bikini or a one piece!
Just no other way to put it......:)
Men's swim trunks.... I look pretty good
I have a couple of swimsuits that I've only worn once whilst at a closed/private pool session just for transgender folk.
These photos are over 5 years old and I've been on HRT for about that long too so my shape has changed a little.
How do I feel?
Back then nervous as all get out.. I thought I looked fat and ugly and nowhere looking right.
Now I still think I'm fat and ugly and don't look right but now I don't care what others think.
It's only really the cost of going swimming that stops me doing so otherwise I would. Oh and the fact that I can't really swim either.
No point in going to a pool when you can't swim?
I have been meaning to do this since this thread started but my swimming suit as been missing since our vacation.
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As I said, I love this swimming suit.
I have at least 3 one piece swimsuits. I look like a whale (eheheheh), but I feel wonderfully good. I often wear swimsuits as a leotard or as underwear. I Never went to the beach (during the day time) with it dressed.
19 years ago I was at a hotel and decided to go swimming in the pool in my one piece swimsuit. It was an outdoor pool, lit up at night. So I waited until it was pretty dark out, changed in to my one piece and went for a swim. It felt absolutely wonderful. I have my own pool but it is not 100% private that no one can see into. Once did I wake up at 2:00am and go for a swim. Again, it was a wonderful swim, but I was nervous my neighbors would see me. While visually, I look like a guy in a one piece, my mind has me looking like this beautiful woman in a one piece from the neck down.
Hi ive a mixture! Mine are nearly all Elomi items ie Swim Bras.Briefs.Tankini's.Skirted swim Brief.One piece.plus swim dresses from other brands which have brief enclosed.
Often wear Swim Bra Skort and Tankini works ok or Swim bra and Swim dress for my Weekly swim with TAGS it's a Trans type Swim group in London but have more in other parts of country now
a couple of years ago, i stopped for the night in Bishop CA. I was on a road trip alone and had the opportunity to dress for most of the trip (and it was great!!!!).
I saw a sign for the Keough Hot Springs (commercial business type operation) and it said they had lap swimming from 7-9 each morning. I called right at 7 and asked the girl if they permitted a guy to wear a one piece swimsuit. She said of course you can were a speedo, lots of guys do. When I explained a bit further, she said they had water aerobic classes in the late afternoon and there was a couple of guys who wore ladies suits frequently.
I made the quick drive to the business, spoke with the girl I had spoken with on the phone, paid my $5 fee, and was directed to the guys changing room. She said, even though you would be in ladies suit, you still had guy 'stuff'; which made us both laugh a bit.
Anyways, changed to my one piece and walked out to the deck of the pool. I did get a couple of looks, but nothing said and I didn't feel uncomfortable in the least. Swam for a while, shopped in the gift store and did try on other clothes, and had just a great time.
II have not had the opportunity to wear a two-piece bathing suit. I do have a very sexy speedo bikini that I wear. I would love to try a one-piece to see how is looks on me.
I did not think i would ever buy one, but bought a dark navy blue skirted one on ebay, and i must say, i looked WOW in it. I purged 99% of my stash in 2017. Then months later, bough another skirted one on ebay. I would only buy a one piece skirted one. I do not have the kahonies to go to a pool or beach with people around, though. My legs are flattered by the swimsuit, though. I am six foot five.
I have tried them on over the years. Recently my wife was getting ready to donate some bathing suits. I tried them on and put them back into the donate pile. No one should see me in a woman's bathing suit. Yes I could get into them even as tight as they were. BUT my body looked terrible.
i got the chance to clean the pool this weekend with the wife. Since the kids were out for the afternoon and evening she wore her favorite suit she wears every day, lol. I chose a cute red gingham fatkini that I bought online from Walmart. No pics but spending a good 20 minutes vacuuming the pool then an hour or so floating together was simply amazing.Quote:
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Look? Terrible hahah
Feel? Wonderful :)
I like to wear a one piece in the pool and then lay out for a bit... but yeah pretty sure no one wants to see it :D
Maybe some day if I ever have a private pool to swim in.
Being a big girl I generally feel that way. I'd love it if I was shorter, thinner and all that, but then wouldn't we all.
That being said I'm getting more comfortable with myself in my swim wear. This past week we went out sailing and I wore my tankini. It felt almost normal. I'm getting there.
Next time I'm wearing my bikini and saying what the hey...
Have a flowered 1 pc with a skirt that I have worn several times with forms and hip/butt padding to the public beach. Sunbathed and read a book among numerous others, then went swimming for a bit. Never got my head wet, however. Why mess up a nice hairstyle? Finished by cleaning off the salt in an outdoor shower.
Alice Torn, you look fabulous :)
I have a couple of skirted suits but really love my lands end skirted tankini . Actually swimming in a suit and spending the day the tankini is so handy for pottie breaks. My one piece was such a chore to pull down when wet and even harder to get back up. I love the way the water feels on my shaven body and the way the suit dries quickly once out of the water. On my boat I will find a spot where I can drop anchor and swim around the boat to cool off. I have noticed that I have developed the habit of repositioning the bottom when getting out of the water, something gg’s do all of the time. In male mode it is simply climb out and move forward no adjustments needed.
When we had our houseboat on Tablerock Lake I wore women's bottoms all the time... Of course this was 20 years ago.
It was fun.
I've only worn a one piece while tucked and I even braved Va. beach in the late afternoon and evening once. I honestly felt a little self conscious but am ready to try it again....However the next time will either be a skirted swimsuit or swimdress
I went camping a few weeks ago,and wore my skirted swimsuits,I have a few.Got some waves and smiles from passing ladys,i don't think anyone cares,were there to have fun.
At my local Provincial Park and brought a one piece, a bikini top and botton, and a rash top. Today I wore my one piece and rash top the little oxbow lake. Felt pretty good. Probably will go swimming again tomorrow and the next day.
Also if you look at the history of men's swimwear, men used to wear one piece swimsuits. The cut at the hips were short like though and not the high cut like women's. Then men started wearing a brief bottom that essentially looked like a bikini. Now it's taboo for men to wear swimwear like that. It's all board shorts. Just have to Google 1920 men's swimwear.
But back them women's swimwear were essentially full dresses with weights to weigh down the skirt to keep it from ballooning.
I went to the beach this past weekend and wore a two piece that pretty much had a thong bottom and had no issues whatsoever as the other people there seemed to either not care, or thought I was an actual woman. In one case, a lady was playing Frisbee with her son, and even though their spot was about 30 feet away, they decided to come closer to where I was to toss it around. That was probably the highlight of my day. The low light was on my bike ride home en femme, when I rode by one of my good friends who was out for a run, who looked at me, and I am 100% certain recognized me. I saw him later that night and nothing was said, but I think he realized it was me given my face was completely shaved when we met up. Oh well, c'est la vie. :o
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Fj2018. Well thank you. It must be the legs.
Pretty hard to hide the boys in a 1 piece
I have a one piece racer's suit, which is as flattering as anything, but I'm not fond of wearing it. Actually, I'm not fond of wearing anything which emphasizes either my skinny, flat, male Caucasian buttocks or my wide, muscular shoulders and upper arms, and swimsuits do both of those things! And, unless I'm down to about 7% body fat (rhetorical hyperbole there, lol!) my love handles and belly roll just pop-out! I'm five foot eleven, and if I weigh more than 150 I look awful, and if I weigh less than 150 I feel awful!
One of my favorite suits. I wore it to the beach this year, at first I was somewhat nervous, however after a few minutes I realized that no one was interested in me.
Thankfully it was a weekday so the beach was very open. When I was wading in the surf the few people that passed me gave me a casual hello and continued on!
One guy waited until him and his partner passed me and then he took another look, (I sure hope that my derriere looked okay)
I wanted to stay all day and just bask in the freedom!
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Love hate relationship: Love to wear them, hate how I look in them.
Don't give up on bathing suits. I love my one-piece Speedo suit. Very flattering. (I even wore it to the pool the other day under a swim shirt and running shorts. Just for fun.) And I love my Anne Cole swim skirt. Again very flattering. You just haven't found the right suit for YOU.
I'm getting a small lap pool at my house by Christmas. I am sooooo excited. I'll be able to swim in anything. If things work out, I'll start having parties for us girls. But one thing at a time.
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I'm getting my own pool soon. I cannot wait. But I'm going to have to improve the landscaping or the neighbors will see.
I luv swimsuits! First, bikini bottoms make the best CD panties. I buy them tight and the stronger material holds a tuck beautifully. This time of year you can find them on clearance for almost nothing.
One piece suits feel so delicious. Again I buy them as tight as I can, slide in the breast forms and a pair of cork wedges. Scrumptious!