Do you buy a new swimsuit every summer?
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Anonymous
| Curious if I should do alterations due to weight loss or just buy a new suit? |
Anonymous
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Usually
How much did you lose? |
Anonymous
| No because I almost never wear the ones I have, but if one gets worn a lot, then I replace it. Certainly, if it didn't fit, I'd get a new one. |
Anonymous
| Altering a swimsuit? No. |
Anonymous
| Yes I buy 3 every year for spring break and summer. Salt and chlorine do a number on swimsuits! |
Anonymous
| No but if yours doesn’t fit you should. |
Anonymous
| Yes. But I still fin into last years and the year before ist fine. I like to change the styles. |
Anonymous
| Lol no |
Anonymous
| yes! i think its fun |
Anonymous
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As long as they and aren't worn out, I keep my suits from year to year. I usually get 3-5 years out of a swimsuit.
But the year I lost some weight, you bet I got a new swimsuit! That is a great celebration of meeting a weight goal. I've never heard of altering one. |
Anonymous
| Yes, I buy a couple every year but I swim laps sometimes 5 days a week during the summer, so chlorine destroys them very quickly. |
Anonymous
| Usually, because they don’t last in the pool with kids. They get all stretched out. But sometimes they last two years or more if it’s one I don’t wear as much. |
Anonymous
| I don’t know what you all are doing to your suits who think a single spring break and summer ruin a suit. I live in a hot climate with a pool, and my suits last for years. But I have probably five that I rotate, but still…. And it’s not the chlorine that ruins suits. It’s just time. The plastics in the fabric just decompose over time. Same as bra straps. Swimwear loses its elasticity over five years whether you wear it or not. |
Anonymous
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Just get a new swimsuit.
When I used to swim laps in the pool, used to buy every 6 months / year. The chlorine and regular washing thinned out and faded the material significantly. With summer swimming at the beach, occasional pool use over the summer, the swimsuits last a few years. |
Anonymous
You wear five suits over five years. People who buy one new suit and wear it for a year also wear five suits over five years. |