{"id":7813,"date":"2011-04-14T01:18:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T08:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=7813"},"modified":"2011-04-14T01:18:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T08:18:47","slug":"swimsuits-shopping-cruise-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=7813","title":{"rendered":"Swimsuit Issue for Cruising Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I should point out that, in our household, there are two interpretations of the &#8220;swimsuit issue.&#8221; To one of us, the Swimsuit Issue is the copy of Sports Illustrated with the most sales, year after year after blah, blah, blah&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To the other (that would be me), the &#8220;swimsuit issue&#8221; is buying one \u2014 a swimsuit, not <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/\">Sports Illustrated<\/a> \u2014 when you&#8217;re going on a cruise, as we will this weekend when the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritycruises.com\/plancruise\/ships\/ship.do;jsessionid=0000whxAuwbZ6DPnXJHW_oCH5Sm:12hdebcnj?shipCode=EC&amp;cS=SIDENAV\">Celebrity Eclipse<\/a> leaves <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami.com\/\">Miami<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A cruise is one of those places where you see all kinds\u2026of lots of things, but specifically of swimsuits.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s probably the clothing item that you&#8217;ll spend the most time shopping for, and spend the most for what you get. Sometimes you&#8217;d think they were diamonds \u2014 well, maybe some <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7821\" href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/2011\/04\/swimsuits-shopping-cruise-ships\/rc-swimsuit-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7821\" title=\"RC-swimsuit\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/RC-swimsuit1-e1302404148785.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a>are, but not mine. At my age, I have a LOT of experience in that department (buying swimsuits, not diamonds), so over the years I&#8217;ve picked up a few shopping tips for anybody in the market for a new swimsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Probably the most important advice is: Be sure you&#8217;re comfortable wearing whatever style you buy. If you&#8217;re the modest sort, you know you&#8217;ll never be really at ease in the skimpy thong-type, itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny scraps of cloth. You know, the kind where the cost-per-inch of coverage is outrageous.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind there will likely be kids of all ages cruising with you. So if you&#8217;re pregnant, for example, a suit with a little fabric in front is most flattering.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the latest styles are two-piece, with the top meeting the bottom (no bare midriff). For we less-than-perfect shapes, they&#8217;re easy to wear and look good in and out of the water. Another popular style is the short\/skirt bottom, and they hide a multitude of sins, not to mention cruise-ship meals!<\/p>\n<p>Since most cruise lines don&#8217;t allow swimsuits in the dining rooms, it&#8217;s a god idea to have a cover up\u2026to cover up when you&#8217;re ready for a meal.<\/p>\n<p>And if you have lots of shopping time, and the swimsuit is not TOO expensive, buy two. They&#8217;re small, and you&#8217;ll always have a dry one to wear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I should point out that, in our household, there are two interpretations of the &#8220;swimsuit issue.&#8221; To one of us, the Swimsuit Issue is the copy of Sports Illustrated with the most sales, year after year after blah, blah, blah&#8230; To the other (that would be me), the &#8220;swimsuit issue&#8221; is buying one \u2014 a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=7813\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Swimsuit Issue for Cruising Women<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,15],"tags":[591,35,191,592,593,594],"class_list":["post-7813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-stories","tag-cruise-tips","tag-cruises","tag-shopping-for-cruising","tag-sports-illustrated","tag-swimsuits","tag-what-to-wear","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}