Every summer, as I wrestle myself into a swimsuit for the first time in a year, the words: “It’s the most vulnerable time of the year” pop into my head to the tune of Andy Williams’ Christmas classic.
Being in public, with strangers, in what is effectively your underwear can be a fraught business – as can choosing what to wear and what to avoid. It doesn’t help that the options are overwhelming, particularly when you consider that styles are forever changing shape in accordance with trends – such is the pervasiveness of reality TV shows such as Love Island that some brands now make upside-down bikini tops, as well as those with so many mid-torso straps that you end up looking like a joint of beef.
