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July 22, 2014

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Okay! I’m anticipating losing some of you over this pic and I’m willing to take that risk because it may HELP others of you! ♥️🔥 Story time!🍿 On Saturday I wore men’s board shorts for a photo shoot. When I initially put them on, I was flooded with memories of feeling so inadequate in high school and college (crazy how that shit haunts us!) My mind returned to feeling boyishly figured... flat chested, strong but masculine looking. *update: the board shorts shoot was amazing and I felt fab; see last pic 🙀♥️) I shook those thoughts aside and played around with top options for the board shorts until I landed on a simple triangle top.
As I slid the 20” inseam board shorts off of my body I thought to myself, “Wow. If I wasn't a stylist and didn't have an eye for this, that could have resulted in a complete melt down!" MELT. DOWN. Sound familiar? That horrible, defeated feeling you've had in a dressing room? Of course. We have ALL been there. The truth is, you can work your ass off in the gym and eat healthy AF but if you don’t know how to bring BALANCE to your shape, getting dressed — bathing suits, real suits, denim, anything — can be a total mind fuxk.
Even people with above average figures (I'm okay with giving myself that nod, I know I'm genetically long/lean) benefit from choosing pieces that bring body-balance to their shape. 📸 I snapped a bunch of shots to show you that no matter how fit you are, you can look dramatically different based on the shape of your swimsuit (or any kind of clothes.) ⚡️I share all of this to say: your shape is perfect, my love. Don’t let one bad bathing suit “cut” keep you from thinking that you can’t rock a swimsuit. You absolutely can a. find a suit that works and b. give yourself a high five when you see how it compliments your already awesome bod. Try different shapes, move things around... I’ve done my best to show you how I did that in the blog post *more detailed explanation* linked in my bio and the slideshow post, here. I really, really hope that this (and the blog post!) helps. ♥️🔥