Three piece swimming costume

[creampie]

Has anyone seen the three piece swimsuit that m&s are doing? I get that this is supposed to allow women who need to cover up for religious or other reasons to go swimming, but AIBU to think swimming pools are going to go a bit nuts over this?

I tried to wear a pair of swim shorts over my swimming costume once, and the life guard refused to let me in! Would your local pool allow you to wear this?

I see these a lot. Women and kids. Can't say it looks comfy, but then swimming in the buff is rather nice (in a private, secluded, well hudden pool, not local municipal one).

Creampie are you in France ?

Yes, men have to wear tight swim suit bottoms, and aren't allowed the Bermuda short type ones. Actually that alone is probably a good enough reason to start looking for a different pool..

Are you in France? I know some campsites there have very strict swimwear rules and only allow men to wear speedo type swimsuits. No looser shorts allowed. I have to say that I quite like the looser shorts for both men and women and have started wearing small mens' swimshorts with a matching tankini top for swimming. It's great as it doesn't cling to my post c-section bumps, I don't have to worry about a bikini line. It's especially great on the beach as it's fine for just wading in the shallows if the water isn't especially warm but I'm dressed enough to be comfortable wandering around shops or in a cafe.

Hygiene reasons..that's funny. More fool the people who blindly nod along as well.
Think about it. How different is a traditional costume to the burkini, bikini or the boyleg costume? They all are made with the same material. They just have different amounts of skin they cover.

Are you in France? It's the only place I've encountered those kinds of swimming attire rules. The Muslim girls at DD's school wear that kind of thing for swimming lessons to the local council run pool with no issue. I generally wear the mid thigh all in one suits for the pool as I prefer to be more covered, but on the beach I wear a rash vest and mid calf length yoga pants as I burn easily and can't b bothered to cover myself in sun screen.

The French rule against shorts for swimming is for hygiene reasons. Shorts can be worn in the street and ordinary clothes are thought to be likely to be dirtier than clothing only worn in the pool.

Mine wouldn't care at all. I see a lot of women in those sort of all in ones that come down to your knees(make you more streamlined I think for serious swimmers) and the teenage lads all wear shorts.

Personally I'd feel a bit weighed down by that costume, ( because of the flared shape of the top section) but if it was a choice between wear it or not go swimming, I'd wear it.

Your swimming pool sounds a bit uptight creampie !

Normal swimming costumes aren't especially freeing in my opinion, often uncomfortable and a bit body shaming
You're right. Costumes are not really comfortable. The only real way to experience free swimming is in the nude. Unfortunately we can't do that in public pools. Try it on a quiet beach though. It's wonderful.

These suits are common in my local pool. No big deal.

In France they won't let you wear loose shorts because you could have been wearing them outside. A woman is unlikely to be wearing a burkini outside

Victorians did too, it's nothing new!

You have been able to get what are called skins for years if you wanted to dive or snorkel, don't need the warmth of a wetsuit but you want the protection from any stingy bits and bobs that float through the seas of the world.

I cannot see the difference the amount of fabric has on hygiene I really can't.

Can't see a reason why something like this will hold more bacteria and in any case, the chlorine in the pool is meant to kill the bacteria, that's what it's there for so are they admitting that they don't maintain their pool properly?!!: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/262433484143?lpid=122&chn=ps&var=561233334725&adgroupid=40208487538&rlsatarget=pla-279605340665&adtype=pla&poi=&googleloc=9045458&device=c&campaignid=738085096&crdt=0

I'm Australian and I first wore something similar, oh, 35 years ago? Don't live rheee any more but still wear these swimsuits now, though I don't usually put a head covering on, I will wear a hat or cap. They're perfect for being out in the sun for long periods of time when you burn easily. and for indoor pools they're also perfect for people like me who don't like wearing revealing swimsuits, rather only show my arms and legs off in the comfort of my own home thank you very much!

It's a swimsuit. Why would a pool not allow it? "Sorry you're not showing enough flesh for this oool?" Wtf? Objections to this have to be based on discrimination whether you think that's where your objection comes from or not.

Used to see people wearing them where I used to live. No one cared at all.

I wish I had one of the old fashioned Victorian swimsuits that covers arse and thighs

Yes, Cupoftea - they had a nice little skirt-like frill that camoflaged a lady's avoidupois!

Yes but tiktok I don't agree with their claim that some shorts are dirty (a bikini bottom could be dirty, the person could have pooed themselves then put the same bikini bottom on!!) so I can't see why a pair of shorts with some brick dust on them for example might be more 'dirty' and therefore more potentially dangerous and anyway the chlorine in the pool kills the bacteria so it shouldn't be a problem. If you go to a water park people turn up with bikini's underneath (well, the women anyway, possibly some of the men) and the guys arrive in a t shirt and swim shorts which no doubt they wore on the journey there.

Surely pools have to be germ-unfriendly enough that if someone became unwell and had a totally unstoppable Dumb & Dumber moment so unprecedented that they couldn't get out of the pool in time, that post seive-up, the remaining water would be perfectly ok bacteria-wise - or the pool would be unsafe to go into in the first place. Surely? (And I hope never to witness anything like that but I'm sure in all the pools in all the world, it must have happened somewhere!!).

The chlorination (or other method used) of the pool water negates this germ theory altogether because all the germs are killed or they should be if the pool is maintained properly.

Pollyanna, I have no idea if the rules are logical. Prob not!

A lady at baby swimming wears one of these, it doesn't look particularly uncomfortable to me...it's just swimsuit material but with leggings and a long top.

I think it's nice that she feels comfortable to go swimming in a mixed pool with it (it's usually mainly dads in the water)

i first saw the burkinis when living in the ME. It was great to see Muslim ladies finally being able to go have fun in the pool, sea and waterparks and not sitting by the edge in their black abayas whilst husbands and kids are enjoying themselves,
I do not see any issue with them being worn in local swimming pools in the UK. I am sure that some body continuous western ladies will also be happy to wear them. don't see an issue with hygiene either as they will be washed like any other swim wear.

Not everything is about germs, Pollyanna and so it isn't a matter of just adding chlorine to kill it. Brick dust on shorts will then be brick dust in the water, which is going to be more dangerous than swallowing water without brick dust in it or indeed breathing in water without brick dust.

Would you be allowed to wear this in France these days?

In practical terms - what are they like to get on and off, I wonder?

I'm out of the pool every ten minutes to go for a wee, so might find it a bit of a bugger . . . .

Sorry, not point of the thread but I can't believe it hasn't occurred to me to wear loose shorts and a tankini top! I am going to buy some right now, I hate clingy stuff and find it really distressing to wear a normal swimming costume.

Happyflappy: they are just made of swimsuit material with varying amounts of lycra. The top is just a tunic top, the trousers if left full length do flap about the ankles a bit when wet. I'm not Muslim and can cope with showing me ankles, so I took the trousers up to just below the knee and it's brilliant.
The hood is removable on a lot of the burkinis, I don't use it myself but would if I were holidaying somewhere very hot. I presume it's reasonably comfortable.

Cheers, Ofstead

I might have a look at them . . .