Time to move on from the bikini?

[Cucumberscarecrow]

I am 40, Size 8 and 5'6. My figure is fine but my I have a bit of a saggy post-kids tummy. I prefer bikinis as I am long of body but wonder whether my age and mummy tummy mean that it is time for a swimsuit or tankini.If the latter, are there any really great brands out there?

Fuck that - it's only time to stop wearing bikinis when you stop preferring them.

You sound like would look great in a bikini! I am older and bigger than you and I still wear one.

I didnt wear bikinis when i was 4st - 3st then 2st -then 1.5st heavier
..all through my 30s 40s.and early 50s. I do now .. (and im 56!) yup ok I still have a bit of a tum, but its just so great finally feeling ok about getting it out!

I'm also long bodied.. and prefer an underwired bra top on my bikinis. I like Panache , Lepel and Freya ranges ..in those ranges you can mix and match ..and i do have a couple of their tankini tops also (mainly for uk beaches where somehow i feel more comfortable covered up a bit ) , but always worn the bikini tops abroad..

Bggr worrying about 'mummy tummy' just go for it..

Thought you would like this guide to bikini bodies:

how to get a bikini body

No one is looking at you. Wear what you are comfortable in.

Size eight... I wouldn't even bother ith the bikini if I was that size

I'm 52. I still wear bikinis.
I do have a fantastic stomach though.
Long body and no breasts means swimsuits are a nightmare. Bikinis far more flattering.

Wear the bikini. You'll look and feel better.

I am the same size as you. I took 2 swimming costumes to Italy last year to hide my baby belly. I felt like such a twat as everyone else was in bikinis. Plus it was sweltering. Think it would have been far less noticeable I was trying to hide something if I'd just brazened it out. Bikinis all the way for me from now on.

I'm 37 and this summer for the first time in c.10 years I will be wearing a bikini. I am now too old to give a shit!

Thank you. I'm off bikini shopping.

Thank you. I'm off bikini shopping.

msjupiter I'm off to give it a go!

msjupiter I'm off to give it a go!

Bikini always bikini

I like bikini top with swim shorts/surf shorts - much more flattering than skimpy bottoms.

Glad you are sticking with the bikini - 40 is still young (that's what I'm telling myself) and you clearly have the body for it! Mum tum, schmum tum...

Glad the right advice has been given on this thread: wear the feckin bikini and stand proud!

(Mid 40s, size 10, small mum-tum, and intend to wear a bikini on the beach for the foreseeable. A few years ago took a swimsuit and a bikibi on holiday. Wore the swimsuit once. Bought another bikini out there. This year will take 4 bikinis and some cover-ups.)

I wore a bikini for the first time last year at the age of 53. I'm six feet tall, 11 and a half stone but never felt confident about wearing one before.

Bikini definitely and a cover up for when walking around sitting down for lunch, etc so no-one can see the belly rolls!

Size 8?! I'd wear a bikini to tesco if I was a size 8. Go for it :)

I'm going to go against the flow (kind of). I'm 57 now but I switched to a swimsuit in my 30s because I was fed up of the constant pulling and tugging. Admittedly I may have just needed a better fitting bikini! Anyway I tried on a swimsuit and I've never gone back. I'm an 8-10 and in pretty good shape so this isn't about size, age etc; I just find that in a swimsuit, I feel pulled together, elegant but best of all, relaxed. I'm all for wearing what the hell you like and would never, ever say that someone shouldn't wear a bikini but I'll be sticking with a swimsuit

I had never worn a bikini before and then I read this thread last year and went out and got one. I am 42 and a size 12