bikini season

in the past i have been a pretty avid collector of bikinis but as the years go on i find that i bother with them less and less. probably due to the fact that as you get older your summers become less like summer vacations and more like long weekends.

i have dreamed for the summer vacations of elementary school and junior high. perhaps all of this dreaming has finally paid off! i head out to portugal sometime next week, i will be taking a language course there but they will go no later than 1 or 2 pm in the day which leaves OPTIMAL beach time!

minus the course (which i feel i will be happy to get up and go to each morning, *knock on wood.) it will basically be a summer holiday; sun, beach & surfing for 2 months.

and what do sun & beach call for? bikinis of course! it is also time for a new style of bikini. i forever am buying bikinis that i will be able to do some REAL swimming/wave jumping in, but usually find the saggy bottoms floating around my ankles, or worse, tumbling in the foam a few meters away.

so the season's new bikini style might be the perfect and fashionable solution to my saggy run-away bottoms - and i refuse to wear sport bathingsuits. i am on the hunt for the perfect 50's style bikini..or something else interesting on the way!

so far, these are the most beautiful 50's style bikini & trunks i have found! they come from a beautiful designer Frances May!i however will not pay almost $300 for a bikini. but it is some fantastic inspiration!

free people seem to be a constant source of beautiful clothing. this patchwork one with button is really cute!

i am in love with LA based company Shay Todd's handkercheif bikini. easily worn with a pair of shorts - ready to go! you might get a ridiculous tan..but atleast it's great for swimming! or perhaps this floral beauty from ASOS!
and i lied, if sporty can always be done in THIS kind of way, sign me up.

maaji cut-out sport contrast swim suit also found at ASOS:

sadly, i cannot order online as i had hoped, as i will be gone before my package could possibly arrive. maybe i will just have to wait until i arrive in portugal!