If I knew how to swim, I’d buy that swimsuit immediately. I still kind of want it anyway. *sigh*
I do however know how to relax at a backyard barbecue (which I will be doing this fourth of July weekend), and this outfit would be perfect. A casual, comfortable dress, awesome strappy flat sandals, a charming necklace, and a punchy straw bag. Done.
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love the sandals! this outfit is perfection! happy weekend!
Love the smimsuit… I would feel like a 50s pin up girl in it!
I love this outfit. And this feature. I am requesting you do it more often……
Okay, that dress is totally cute and so is the swimsuit.
And how do you not know how to swim?!
You don’t know how to swim?! Maybe you can take swim lessons with your daughter – that suit is super cute inspiration! :-)
Get the suit – surely your girl will need to be a bathing beauty w/mom this summer!
Take lessons!
You live in the midwest and don’t know how to swim? Scandalous!
I know. I can do other things that you learn as a kid (ride a bike, roller skate, etc.), but I never learned how to swim.
I never learned either. And I’m from the west coast. Hmm.
emerson made is everywhere these days! and i looove that dress.
Make a 31 before 30 and add “Learn to swim.”
I think I’m going to start a new list after my ’30 Before Thirty’ one… learning to swim should definitely be on it.
Ok, I love the bathing suit too – too glam! and the striped bag…adore!! thank you for sharing!
Love the bathing suit, wish it came in different colors. I don’t tan at all, and black just makes me look ghostly.
Check out the Esther Williams suits that are linked to in a comment below… tons of adorable colors and patterns!
LOVE that bag! Thanks for sharing. I always look forward to your posts popping up in my google reader feed.
You don’t need to know how to swim to lounge by the pool or lake in that bathing suit!! I’ll need to lose the baby weight (and actually birth this baby…) before I get anything new though.
I absolutely LOVE everything about this outfit. I would like to wear it on a beach in Italy with large sunglasses and some limoncello, please!
This is your best yet!
Cute outfit! I tried on that swimsuit and hated, hated, it. LOVE the look of it; hated it on. There are so many great suits like that nowadays, though, thank goodness. It all depends more on a price point. And I personally get tired of every well-cut suit being in black…
J.Crew, LandsEnd, and this site http://www.retrodress.com/otherstuffsix.html, are just a few with some good choices.
Jenny
Cute! I think those are the same Esther Williams suits another person linked to below.
I have to admit that I’ve tried that suit, too, and it just didn’t do anything for me! I think you have to have a pretty extreme hourglass shape to make it really look incredible, and I’m pretty straight up and down! It did a good job of camouflaging everything bad, though!
And those sandals are to die for!
Get the suit! I love its wonderful retro pinup look! You can wear it to the beach, the paddling pool, or just to run through the sprinkler with Eleanor! No actual swimming necessary.
Though, like other comments, I encourage you to add learning to swim to your 30-before-30 list (making it slightly less accurately named, but more awesome) and use the cute bathing suit as a bribe to yourself!
That swimsuit it gorgeous and I want it, too. I can’t swim either, but I do float in the pool and play with kids in little shallow pools. I usually wear tankini’s with surf shorts and this would be a great alternative. Thanks for the link!
You should totally get the suit. The park district pool in Oak Park is totally awesome for the little kidlets like your daughter. They have a zero depth entry splash area and a special wading pool for the under six crowd.
A suit that’s very similar to that one, but a lot cheaper is the Esther Williams classic sheath.
http://esther-williams.com/proddetail.php?prod=Classic_Sheath
OK, I had to order the red and white polka dot suit. I was just telling my mom the other day that my perfect suit would be that same shape as the black one I included above, but in red and white polka dots. Yay!
osm dress.
ANd if I swam I’d be into that swimsuit too, provided it could hold up the sisters without pulling on my neck bad.
I just ordered that suit from Anthro and was a little nervous about fit, but personally I ADORE it. It covers just enough down yonder so I don’t feel like my cheeks are on view and bouncing every which way.
The entire outfit is gorgeous, but the swimsuit is just perfect! Why don’t you get it for lazing by the pool/on the beach or even in your backyard with your feet in one of those baby swimming pools? You don’t need to know how to swim to enjoy a swimsuit!
You *must* learn how to swim. Just another thing you must do as a responsible mother. You must learn how to swim right now. You never know but that a life may depend on it.
I agree: gorgeous swimsuit. And not being able to swim is the perfect excuse to visit the Dead Sea. :) Think you should make a part of your next travels!
I love other adults who admit to not swimming, I never learned, and it has been an embarrassing as a kid and as an adult. My 1 year old is getting lots of pool time, and will be in swim lessons. As for me learning…
Oooo I like that blue dress :D I can never find anything that looks good on me though. All the stuff I ever try on makes me look like a freak… /sad
LOVE the black swimsuit. Love, love, love!! Thanks for sharing Nicole.
I just bought those sandals yesterday (on sale). I am wearing them today and they are FABULOUS!
Nicole, i love you.
I always LOVE your style posts! I have a really similar suit from Jantzen and I am loving it, especially on a post-baby body!
Awesome promo for you over at http://www.younghouselove.com today! Love it!
Love that bathing suit. Too bad I already took my beach trip for the summer!
LOVE! the swimsuit.
I don’t know if you’ll see this comment since this post is nearly a month old, but your Style feature is one of my favorite things about this blog! Any chance you’ll ever consider doing more than one for each month? :crossingfingers: