Anyone women wearing a rash guard for swimming with nothing underneath?

[Anonymous]

As a man, and a devoted lover of all things breast related, my hormones would encourage you to go topless under a rashguard! I am also a the father of a beautiful little girl and an avid kite surfer who wears rash guards when ever in the water. Because of that, I would agree with earlier commenter. Always wear something underneath. Rashguards vary greatly in their construction and transparency, they hug your shape when wet and tend to shift around. If you want to look slutty for the perves (me) go topless under it. If you want to look cute for the moms and yourself wear the bikini too.

Side note: surfing and kiteboarding culture has a lot of strong and sexy women in it. They'll treat you poorly if you go topless under a guard. They might actually give you more credit if you went completely topless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people where rash guards? They seem to be all the rage now.

I wear them to protect my skin from the sun.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for all the responses. Very interesting thoughts.

A lot of the conversation ends up being about wether its ok to have nipples visible in any context. I often wear tee shirts, dresses, and tank tops without a bra, so I'm used to having some nipple show through. Doesn't bother me at all. I don't need the support, so just skip the bra. (I'm not working now, but when I did, I always wore a bra to work, because that's just part of professional attire.)

I also don't wear makeup or style my hair. So my standards are a little less fancy or "proper" than many people's.

[Anonymous]

Do you feel hotter in a rashguard than bathing suit? Especially if you won't be in the water the entire time?

[Anonymous]

I always wear a rash guard and rarely feel hotter with it on as opposed to having just my swimsuit. On occasion, like on these early days of summer, a rash guard will actually make you colder once it is wet. It will chill you faster than sitting in just a suit. So if your kids are in the water with their rash guards and they start to turn blue, take off the rash guard first and then add a towel if necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have small breasts and often go braless. I'm wondering if it would look OK to wear a black rash guard in the pool with no bikini top. I don't have a rash guard - if I did, I'd just try it in the shower. But thinking of getting one.

Anyone do this? Thanks for any feedback!

Think of what wearing a wet, supertight t-shirt braless out in public would look like... not a good look

How is that any different than a competition swimsuit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a man, and a devoted lover of all things breast related, my hormones would encourage you to go topless under a rashguard! I am also a the father of a beautiful little girl and an avid kite surfer who wears rash guards when ever in the water. Because of that, I would agree with earlier commenter. Always wear something underneath. Rashguards vary greatly in their construction and transparency, they hug your shape when wet and tend to shift around. If you want to look slutty for the perves (me) go topless under it. If you want to look cute for the moms and yourself wear the bikini too.

Side note: surfing and kiteboarding culture has a lot of strong and sexy women in it. They'll treat you poorly if you go topless under a guard. They might actually give you more credit if you went completely topless.

I'm a lifelong surfer and I don't care what someone else is wearing as long as she gets out there and doesn't steal my wave.

[Anonymous]

If you want to put on a show go braless. Otherwise you might want to wear something under it. I see small breasted women without bras and always think they need a bra. I can see everything... Everything.

[Anonymous]

Women will think you are desperately seeking attention and you will be shunned by the pool moms.

[Anonymous]

Athleta makes great rash guards. I spend a lot of time in the sun kayaking, paddle boarding, and floating rivers. Their swimwear is the best for active water sports. J.Crew is the best for lounging around the pool and beach.

The comment about the pool moms got my goat. I hate all the thick padded bras today. I'm an A-cup and I go braless whenever I can as I disdain false advertising and won't be a part of it. Shun away.

[Anonymous]

Why are they called "rashguards". I've been buying them for my kids long before they were fashionable but out of Australia for skin protection. Why now "rashguards"?

[Anonymous]

a lot of these responses don't make sense to me - it seems the main argument for why one needs to wear a bikini top under a rash guard is because a wet rash guard will be too revealing/show nips. um, isn't that what would happen if op was just wearing a bikini top on its own with no rash guard - when wet the top would cling to her and show nips. so i don't see how wearing a wet rash guard with nothing under it is that different than a wet bathing suit top with nothing under it. my feeling that you don't need anything under your rash guard op is influenced by the fact that you say that your chest is naturally small and perky

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:a lot of these responses don't make sense to me - it seems the main argument for why one needs to wear a bikini top under a rash guard is because a wet rash guard will be too revealing/show nips. um, isn't that what would happen if op was just wearing a bikini top on its own with no rash guard - when wet the top would cling to her and show nips. so i don't see how wearing a wet rash guard with nothing under it is that different than a wet bathing suit top with nothing under it. my feeling that you don't need anything under your rash guard op is influenced by the fact that you say that your chest is naturally small and perky

Rash guards aren't lined. So they are actually more revealing than a bikini.

[Anonymous]

plenty of bathing suit tops are not lined- esp if you are small chested so you don't need to buy bathing suit tops with a shelf bra built in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate to derail this thread but can anyone recommend a sort of "sexy" rashguard, please? I am young, but can not wear a bikini and a one piece just doesn't work for my frame.

Trina Turk has some cute ones. There are some others on the Bloomingdales site too.