Monty may have been a troubled boy, but he sure did good things for beachwear...Sadly, now that I am a stout middle-aged personage, this is no longer the effect I create à la plage. I have, in fact, in recent seasons (and given local styles) even considered the dread caftan, that signifier of elderly queendom around the world. Fortunately, I have so far resisted, going so far only as capacious tees and leg-flattering trunks (I was once rather widely praised for my gams, and they still have a certain something, if I do say so...).
What do you wear to frolic seaside?
On Gunnison Beach at Sandy Hook, NJ, I frolic in the all together.
ReplyDeleteElsewhere, it's trunks with at least a 3 or 4 inch inseam...much like Monty in the post.
My child-bearing hips have always prevented me from wearing a bikini.
Trunks not unlike Miss Clift's, in slate grey. I also have square-cut spandex boy shorts by Hermes which I've never had the, er, balls to actually wear publicly.
ReplyDeleteI moved directly from Speedos into enormous baggy things that look like they'd fit Shelly Winters. A caftan would actually be an improvement.
ReplyDeletelol!!! mr. clift was a hunk,until the auto accident... i used to wear speedos,but alas now i wear large trunks. similar to mr. peenee...
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