What do you actually wear over a swimming costume on holiday?

[Cloakanddagger101]

I feel like I never get it right although I couldn’t actually tell you what other people wear. So what type of clothes/ cover ups do you actually wear when you’re going to and from the pool, going for lunch etc.

I have two cover-ups; one is a floaty white linen tunic, the other a black t-shirt dress. Both around knee length. The trick is ease of pull over, and not turning dark or see-through with a wet suit under.

The white linen does need to be treated in the laundry because of sun screen stains though. In hindsight I would get a patterned one.

I just use a sarong. It can be styled in several ways (safety pins required) and works as a lightweight picnic blanket.

I like the idea of a knee length tshirt dress, any suggestions on where to get one? I can’t find any long enough.

I have a sarong, and a striped linen kaftan style dress

I will caveat this by saying I am neither young nor cool and wear what suits me regardless of fashion. I
used to have loads of different types of cover ups but then I tried on one this style of dress. Now can totally understand the reasoning for so many different size women wearing them, they’re super flattering and I love how comfortable they are and how quickly they dry if you give them a rinse through. Am on the lookout for another one to coordinate with my new bikini.

M&S cotton beach shirts, but I cut the arms to a shorter length. I’d put shorts or a dress on to go for lunch though.

I wear a kind of oversized top that's almost knee length (a bit like a shirt dress). You can get them them anywhere. They sell them next to swimming costumes at places like Next, M and S.

Various shops, inc Primark, have 'beach trousers' this year. Lightweight cotton, wide legged. Found mine very useful, and good for a cover up in full sun.

Long floaty maxi dress thing I got from Monsoon years ago. Still going strong.

Yep - umbrella dresses. I have half a dozen, you can also remove costume and redress whilst wearing them😁

I wear different things for going to lunch rather than just walking to the pool.
For just walking to and from the pool I have a very lightweight, loose dress type thing which I bought ages ago to match the swimwear I bought. It pulls over my head, it’s brightly patterned and has short sleeves and is above the knee.
Going for lunch I have 2 sundresses. One is a striped stretchy cotton. Capped sleeves, knee length bright colours. Pulls over the head. The other is blue and white cotton. Zips up. Sleeveless, knee length.

I have one chiffony- kaftan type cover up. Also have some light-weight pull-on palazzo style pants. (To be honest, it's largely my arse and thighs I want to cover up. Top half is in respectable nick )

Cotton A line dress works well.

Beach dresses. I’ve been collecting them for years. Criteria are not synthetic (sweaty) and not white (get ruined). If you do this and are reasonably careful with them- hang them up on the umbrella while you’re sunbathing/swimming, and dry off properly before you go for lunch- you can get two days’ wear out of each one. Monsoon/Accessorize and M&S are the best places to get them.

I have a sarong I bought in Ibiza or I just stick on my shorts/skirt and a vest.

But I don't do lazing by the pool much as I get bored easily.

I have a floaty leopard print play suit with a zip up the back so it’s really quick and easy to get on and off, and an orange patterned beach dress which I haven’t worn yet and in hindsight is quite bold, not sure how comfortable I will feel in that 🤣

I just put on a strapless dress or something similar for lunch, or else walking to the beach or pool just wear costume

I like sarongs, strapless playsuits, oversized shirts, pull on magic shorts and dresses. This year I also bought a denim skort from Zara which I wore the most and they looked good with vest tops and linen tops for being out and about.

This years holiday over swimwear hits - Zara skort and Next bandeau playsuit

I wear a block print cotton kimono either a long one as in the pic or a shorter one above the knee

I have two sarongs, an embroidered kaftan-like dress, or just wear shorts and a t-shirt.

It depends if I need to keep the sun off my shoulders & arms or not.