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Full figured women have suffered in silence for years. The fashion industry has ignored this significant consumer base that controls some significant 'purse strings'. In decades past the full-figured woman was required to purchase 'fat clothes'. These designs made her look not just slender challenged but really 'fat'. Through the decades the full-figured woman has not only become well off and ready to spend money on fashion for her specific body shape, but these women have increased in numbers over the decades.

The full-figured woman is now a significant portion of the population, so much so that the buying power that they possess gives them the voice that is now being heard, in a most unusual arena, the bathing suit purchases. The myth is gone. Full figured women do enjoy purchasing and wearing bathing suits, especially stylish ones.

The commonly accepted definition of a full-figured woman is anyone wearing a size 14/16 on up to size 50. Some designers include size 12 in the full-figure arena. These women have the power to change things. They already have. As the baby-boomers retire over the next 10 years there will be more buying habits changing also for this group. Many will be traveling and their wardrobe needs will change, but you can be sure there will be an ever-increasing need for more full-figure bathing suits.

Fashion Industry

Have you ever bought a full figure bathing suit and knew you had the correct size, only to find out, once you got it home, that it did not fit? How can that be? Simple, size 14 with manufacturer A may be a size 12 with manufacturer B. How can they do that? Easy. There are no standards in size measurement.

Some designers actually use this quirk to their advantage. When they label a full-figure bathing suit as size 12 and it would normally be a size 14 at most other companies, this is the positive feedback that a woman loves when purchasing clothes. There is a good chance she will tell all her friends she is loosing weight because she just dropped a size. Do you think she will return to that store to buy more clothes in her new smaller size? Of course she will. She will also tell others that the clothes there fit better than the other stores. Of course they do.

Whoever forgot to tell the industry that full-figure women are an economic force in the retail market, did a disservice to the industry. These women are voting with the pocket books. They want style, appeal and included in that is sex appeal. They are demanding and they are getting. The industry is listening and things are changing. Bathing suits are available more and more for the full-figure women in high fashion styles and even sexy styles.

How to select a Full Figure Bathing Suit

There are a few tips that you need to know to make the selection of a bathing suit a much more accurate and enjoyable experience.

First: Be sure you know your size. OK, well, know your measurements. This will assist you in selecting the bathing suit closest to the correct size. There are bathing suits sizes 12s and there are bathing suits sizes 12s. Some are taller than others. The manufacturers and designers produce the size and shapes that fit the largest number of people. Knowing your measurements is essential if you are purchasing a bathing suit online. The Internet sites give much more accurate and specific measurements about ordering sizes and more specific ordering merely by measurements.

Second: Know your body type. There are a few basic types. Those are the triangle, inverted triangle, rectangle and square. The bathing suits that will look the best on you will depend on your shape. The theory to this is that the largest part of your body, like the triangle shape, would be the hips, would be the very part of the body that you want to camouflage. If your hips are the largest part of your body, you will want to decrease the emphasis on that portion of the body. This will assist in getting a more balanced look.

If you know you are a triangle shape and you have been blessed with large hips, then perhaps you might not want to purchase a bathing suite without the large appliqué or flower across the hips. These are things you need to know to make your selection painless with the choice of the best fashion possible.

Slender Silhouette for the Full Figured Woman

There are tips and tricks for the full figured woman regarding bathing suits. Beyond suggestions for selecting the right bathing suits, full figured women have other points to consider regarding their bathing suits.

Most full figured women, and frankly, many others, do not like to sit around the pool or even lounge on the beach with just their bathing suits on. Have you notice that many women wrap a huge beach towel around themselves? Is it to cover up their bathing suits? No. It is to cover up the part of their body that the bathing suits do not cover. Typically women are very self-conscience of their thighs. We have a solution. There are a few ways to cover up the thighs in a stylish way.

First lets say this is typically a full figured woman's issue. Most of the women who are a size 6 do not feel a need to cover up any part of their bathing suits. The issue here is their figure.

The best tip and trick we can offer for this issue is for women to use a sheer wrap. This is a wrap that is designed to wrap around the bottom portion of the bathing suits. The longer this wrap is the more elongated the figure becomes, which draws attention away from the width of the figure and more to the length. The reason for the sheer fabric is that this will allow for sunning the body through the fabric. The wearers will still get the tan lines where the bathing suits are designed to allow sun. The great part about these wraps is that they come with designs and a array of colors. If the women are wearing solid color bathing suits the added design will draw attention to the length of the silhouette.

With a bit of attention to detail the experience of purchasing and wearing bathing suits for the full figured women, can be a positive experience. Enjoy!