Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen

RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By Orangejuice (Guest Post) (04/11/2008) I am 14 and I made my own tankini bathing suit with a skirt bottom. It's very modest, but not too covered where you'll drown! The back is a little open but I tried to cover it using ties. I made it up myself. Maybe you could get a pattern from a fabric store, fit your grand daughter, and make one for her. It'd be a better fit, too. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By Jane (Guest Post) (02/19/2008) I know that Old Navy and Target have some like tanks and shorts that are way cute and a pretty decent price also Delia's has some one piece ones that are way cute also. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By lindsey (Guest Post) (11/29/2007) im a teenager and i think that your grand daughter would rather have a tankini they are actually very cute and they will cover her up. If your really set on getting a one piece bathing suit then try and get her board shorts to go over it. They are very stylish and they usually last for 2 years. xoxo lindsey Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post by SI_baby (2) | (07/26/2007) Contact "im in high school so i wear jr. sizes too but i have always prefered to wear tankinis over bikinis because in my opinion they look better and its just not right for little girls to be wearing bikinis and they are still technically 2 pieces but a lot more modest" Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By kiki (Guest Post) (07/24/2007) try looking at Old Navy or Old Navy.com. I just was looking at some swim suits for my 13year old that was leaving for camp where they could not wear skimpy swimsuits. I found this cute and adorable one piece that was not expensive. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By Joyann (Guest Post) (05/15/2007) Jr. size clothes are almost always too skimpy or sexy. Try the misses [regular ladies size] dept. for bathing suits. Most Jr sizes have an equivalent ladies size. Many stores have small and extra-small sizes. Walmart is great for reasonable prices and a good selection. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By Phebe (Guest Post) (05/08/2007) I'm 11 too and i've started to wear jr sizes too, my mom hates all the ones i pick out because she thinks im too young. Try limited too, they may be really glitzy but they actually have some nice stuff that covers a girls body and its not too grown up either... try it out! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By Sarah (Guest Post) (05/07/2007) You have received a lot of great suggestions and I'm sure your granddaughter might not be so happy that she can't have a bikini or something like what her friends have but good for you! I'm only 29 but constantly appaled at what young pre-teen girls are wearing and the parents think its cute. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post by fauxpaslover (70) | (05/06/2007) Profile | Contact Thanks so much for all the tips. I actually found nice decent coverage one-piece Catalina's at Wal-Mart for $14...I got two. A size 4/6 Jr. fit her really nicely! We also have a pool and need at least two suits per year. I had forgotten about Costco and their suits. She needs a suit with a good support across the back, so it stays in place for swim lessons and such...she actually SWIMS and does not just lounge around and so many of the suits will "fall down" and go up and fall from the shoulders. I think I will be able to handle the swimming suit issue now. Thanks. OH..PS, I sew and have been sewing for 10+ years now, I even have a serger...but I would not want to take on a bathing suit...first, look at the price of the bathing suit material...and the year I really was going to try it...they had no designs that she liked. So, it would have to be someone braver than I to try that!!!. Thanks again Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By (Guest Post) (05/04/2007) Go with a tankini suit which is stylish and not too revealing. And if you order something from Land's End, you can return anything, for any reason! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post by michawnpita (409) | (05/04/2007) Profile | Contact I just bought a nice two piece but respectable (looks like a 1 piece, I was very heavy once so I would not wear a tummy bearing 2 piece!) at Costco for 21.99, try there. They also have 1 piece Speedos there, I buy my daughter 2 or 3 speedos there a year (we have a pool and the chlorine is wicked!). Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By Debbie columbia, SC (Guest Post) (05/04/2007) Hi, I found these at JCPenneys, look at the one on bottom right , real nice, stylish and modest at the same time. Its 19.99. http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/produc ... sid=db7c6aea3de5428d831b32fb44e818f1 Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By Sheryl (Guest Post) (05/04/2007) I saw some nice one piece Speedo bathing suits at COSTCO for around $29. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post by momma30 (28) | (05/04/2007) Contact I don't know if you have any Ross Stores near you, but I saw Speedos there for $8.00. Also check out stores that carry "Girls Plus" sizes. Many of them are junior sized(especially the14.5-20), they just call them plus. Here's one from Sears.com http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?cat=Girls+Plus&pid=077H0030000 Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post by Debbie52 (940) | (05/04/2007) Profile | Contact Hi Bonnie, I've found my 9 yr old daughter some nice suits at Garage sales. LL Bean or Land's End might have some. I would just look online but you said you are not comfortable with that. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post by Beth - MA (118) | (05/03/2007) Contact LL Bean has some awesome one-piece suits for pretty good prices. I've always liked Speedo, too. You can go to SpeedoUSA.com. Hope that helps! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Buying a Bathing Suit for a Pre-Teen Post By mommahen5 (Guest Post) (05/03/2007) My daughter is starting to wear jr. sizes too. We shop thrift stores, you can sometimes find modest suits that are still in style. I also have some friends who buy bathing suit patterns at fabric stores, then let their kids pick out the fabric. I've heard they're not too hard to make. Hope that helps! Report Spam or Abuse