why? why?
I found this gem on etsy FOR SALE! “Retro 80s swimsuit with a fashionable rose motif…”
Fashionable???
you know what really kills me about this? the model’s pose.
“I can’t talk to you right now…i look too good.”
and not that my body is perfect (far from) but poor thing, she’s bent so strangely you can see her love handles bunching up.
sigh.
March 31, 2008 at 12:02 am
Hey there, don’t get caught up in the fetish of thin.
March 31, 2008 at 5:53 am
lingerie? yes. swimsuit? horrors! NO!
March 31, 2008 at 7:36 am
I don’t have any huge problems with the swimsuit. *duck and cover*
I wouldn’t wear it, but that’s because I’m the mom of a toddler. I need my swimsuits to be infinitely more functional than any crochet swimsuit will ever be!
I’d love to see if you can get a filet rose tan (or sunburn) if you lay out in the sun wearing that, lol!
March 31, 2008 at 11:00 am
Ok I agree it’s hideous, but gawdforbid anybody show “love handles”? Come on – get over the size zero standard and realize that it’s ok to show a little “bunch” once in a while.
March 31, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I think it could be useful if you wanted a rose on your belly. Simply lie in the sun for a bit. When you remove your suit, voila! “Rose Tattoo” a la Anna Magnani.
April 1, 2008 at 9:03 am
Just the idea of a crocheted swimsuit is weird.
April 1, 2008 at 9:34 am
Grandma is going to be pissed when she finds out what this girl has done with her favorite doily. I can deal with looking at someone trying to pass off table decorations as wearable fashion but please, someone tell me this thing isn’t a thong. There is way too much bum showing and it’s scaring me.
April 1, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Eighties says it all.
April 1, 2008 at 11:08 pm
well…. I don’t really see “love handles” to complain about but there’s no way on my best days I could wear that. How do you keep it from becoming “draggy” as wet crochet can become? And it really is more suited to lingerie than swimming……
April 2, 2008 at 10:14 am
I think her facial expression is supposed to be more “basking in the sun” than “I look good.” Also, there is nothing wrong with this model’s body. She look a good deal better than most of the too-thin models today. I doubt that it is a thong, Sherry. It is a high cut leg, for sure, but you can see the wider bit of fabric going across the hip towards the rear.
April 2, 2008 at 10:20 am
I know this is a site of misunderstood crochet items—but you would not think twice about wearing a bathing suit made of a knit stitch. Why not crochet? And are we so old we do not remember the days the beach/pool side was for looking good and attracting attention not for swimming?
April 2, 2008 at 9:51 pm
LOL – I love the “rose suntan” comments. That would make this instantly better.
Thread crochet + crotch = no.
April 7, 2008 at 10:27 am
No matter how skinny a person is, there will be pinching at the waist if you stand like that. It happens. That’s not a “love handle” problem as you say.
But the swimsuit: I think it’s kind of a neat design.
April 8, 2008 at 8:57 am
im just jealous cause I wished I looked like that whatever I wore!
April 28, 2008 at 8:29 am
Haha, I dont have to contort myself to show off MY love handles lol. I only wish i was that thin…as long as a puff of wind couldnt blow me away.
July 23, 2008 at 1:14 am
I’m thinking that in order to actually wear this you’d need paisties and a brazilian.
January 27, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Top left is my favourite part. “MILF-ord” One letter away from MILF-OLD which is entirely accurate.
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