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Style column
Author Marlene Sørensen clarifies questions of good taste. Of course, extremely subjective. This time it's about: the bikini trap
The more concentrated one pursues a wish, the faster it comes true. "I read that sentence the other day on a billboard, which was advertised, I do not remember anymore, It is only certain that the mutton, who has come up with this, never had to buy a bikini.
I have been dreaming of the perfect bikini for years.
Did I find him for that? Of course not. The perfect bikini is an illusion. And even if one has eventually captured a well-fitting model - at the latest on the beach it loses its effect. The top is thirsty, the cords tangle in the bath towel, the panties disappear on the first plunge into the sea in the waves.
And is it really just me, or are all the others turbo tanned while you still have the color of a ski slope? At the beginning of the summer, I reflect so much that ten Italians near my home turn brown faster than it takes to bake a baguette.
You can despair of that. Or you can make it an advantage. One of the biggest misunderstandings about summer clothing - like gladiator sandals for men - is that you can not wear it on the beach as much as possible. Let the others continue to believe that.
In a breezy caftan you can see even more elegant next to her baby oil smeared bodies.
And you get through the fabric a much prettier tan than you in the blazing sun. Anyone who opposes the swimwear dictation, will realize: It's fun to shop for the holiday.
Instead of trying on the thirtieth top lacing bikini that will look as crazy as the 29 all-time lace-up bikinis in front of it, just take the basic model - and add pareos and miniskirts, little dresses and huge straw hats. Clever ones still put on an armful of ribbed tank tops and the matching high-waisted cotton pants (sound wrong, look very, very correct) on top.
The pants are thin enough for 40 degrees in the palm shadow and - rolled up, with high sandals - chic enough for the bar in the evening. By the way, the same good rule applies everywhere on the beach: the less clothing, the less trinkets. In a crystal sarong you look like Ivana Trump, and nobody wants that - except Ivana Trump.
Sienna Miller made a better impression on her Ibiza vacation: a straw hat for men, a bikini top and around the hips a scarf by Louis Vuitton. Who with such a carelessness such a crazy expensive cloth on the beach, the other bathing beauties can not impress, which brings them even from the composure.
Of course, very few people on vacation feel like thinking about how to get on the bath towel as well as possible. That's why they are on vacation. To whom I like to pass on the advice of my friend Christiane: "How to look good on the beach? By driving past in a convertible!" And you do not lose your bikini bottoms that easily.
Never do it: cover up completely. The sarong for the bikini top, the t-shirt for the bikini bottoms, the swimsuit for the gigantic straw hat.
Make absolutely: buy the gigantic straw hat really. Even if he's just next to you, you feel like Frank Sinatra's pool in Palm Springs in the 60s. And so you can not feel enough often enough.
Remember: summer is short. So do not stop thinking. Floral prints, like despair, never go out of fashion.
