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What size is too big for a bikini?

redhead91
redhead91 Posts: 251
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
In your opinion.... Guys and girls please answer.
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  • cdngirl71
    cdngirl71 Posts: 2,641 Member
    Depends on how the person is proportioned but I would say size 12. This is my opinion.
  • kaitlynnesmommy
    kaitlynnesmommy Posts: 166 Member
    I think that would be too many answers...depends height, muscles, confidence level, etc. Goodness knows you won't see me in one but I have seen bigger girls that look great and smaller girls that don't...so much of it is confidence
  • mmuzzatti
    mmuzzatti Posts: 704 Member
    Easy the same size that you would not like to see me in a speedo! No really if your doing the muffin top thing...let it go.
  • Loko_Ino
    Loko_Ino Posts: 544 Member
    How big are the boobs?
    Those are the deal breakers.
  • ltlane
    ltlane Posts: 120
    lol thats a very tough one. i have never wore one in my life... i have seen women wear bikinis and have a 40 inch waist or larger!!!.... wear a swimsuit let alone a bikini and have big thunder celluite thighs... i personally wouldnt wear one unless i had decent porportions whatever size that is....
  • shaj316
    shaj316 Posts: 161
    I'm sure its different for everyone, but a sure sign is when you can't see the outfit anymore...
  • KelJohnson
    KelJohnson Posts: 10
    I am a 16 and I absolutely wear a bikini!
  • redhead91
    redhead91 Posts: 251
    I obviously realize a lot of it has to do with how toned the person is, but a toned size 16 looks a lot bigger than a toned sized 6. Personally, I have never once worn a bikini or had the confidence to do so. I have super high hips that ALWAYS make me look like I have a muffin top even when it's just bone. I really want to wear one some day though....
  • Allyson1985
    Allyson1985 Posts: 148
    I'm sure its different for everyone, but a sure sign is when you can't see the outfit anymore...

    I second this motion.
  • SmartFunGorgeous
    SmartFunGorgeous Posts: 699 Member
    I sometimes wish people would consider what age they should stop wearing bikinis, rather what size.
  • NaomiLyn15
    NaomiLyn15 Posts: 388 Member
    I think that it seriously depends on your build. I wear a size 12, but I am proportioned well and don't have love handles, back boobs, etc, so they look ok on me. But, I am tall have a bigger bone structure. Someone else in a 12 may not look the same. So, it totally depends on your build and how toned you are.
  • Julesntwiglet
    Julesntwiglet Posts: 2
    No such thing as being too big for a bikini - it's really only ever a case of a particular bikini being too small....
  • DannyMussels
    DannyMussels Posts: 1,842 Member
    As long as the persons comfortable, I don't see a problem.

    If they're not something I wanna be looking at, I won't.
  • saraann752003
    saraann752003 Posts: 65
    I think it really depends... I opt for a tankini myself... the benefits of a two piece with the coverage of a one piece!
  • redhead91
    redhead91 Posts: 251
    lol thats a very tough one. i have never wore one in my life... i have seen women wear bikinis and have a 40 inch waist or larger!!!.... wear a swimsuit let alone a bikini and have big thunder celluite thighs... i personally wouldnt wear one unless i had decent porportions whatever size that is....


    I also think it has a lot to do with waist size. Currently mine is a 35.5 and I would never wear a bikini unless I got below a 30.
  • redhead91
    redhead91 Posts: 251
    I think it really depends... I opt for a tankini myself... the benefits of a two piece with the coverage of a one piece!

    Because of my hips, tankinis make me look enormous. Even when I was my skinniest I looked big in a tankini.
  • Adrenaline_Queen
    Adrenaline_Queen Posts: 626 Member
    In your opinion.... Guys and girls please answer.

    There is none, as long as the person feels comfortable... I would personally say age...

    No one over 35... LOL Then again that is just me... xx
  • amyloola
    amyloola Posts: 56 Member
    I think if you feel comfortable in your own body to wear a bikini, then wear it, it is people's choice to look or not.
  • flasportsfan
    flasportsfan Posts: 126 Member
    I put on a bikini for the first time in my life. I think I'm a bit old for it, though. I felt weird, but heck I was in Hawaii, so far away from anyone I would know and said to hell with it!

    How big is too big? When you just don't feel comfortable and/or you see the look of horror on people's faces when they see you.
  • reese1206
    reese1206 Posts: 229
    I think as long as they are comfortable. Personally....I would never wear one. I feel to self conscious!
  • kel9680
    kel9680 Posts: 173 Member
    I sometimes wish people would consider what age they should stop wearing bikinis, rather what size.

    I don't think there should be an age, if an older person has a rockin body that they are proud of why shouldn't they be able to show it off!! I hope that when I'm old I still have the confidence to wear one!!
  • AliDarling
    AliDarling Posts: 373
    id say what ever you feel comfortable in. a lot say size 12, i'm a 16, 12 isnt too far off but i dont think id feel comforable untill im in the 170's
  • xtinalovexo
    xtinalovexo Posts: 1,376 Member
    i imagine everyone will have a different opinion! i have seen so many different shapes and sizes in bikinis... honestly i think its the wearers choice, but please no thongs!!! i hate when i go to the pool and the old, chunky lady wearing a thong has to bend over frequently in front of my 5 yr old... unfortunately modesty and shapely bodies aren't the only types out there.
  • skinniewannabe
    skinniewannabe Posts: 106 Member
    For me, when I was 150 lbs and about a size 8 I did, now that I'm 180 lbs, and about a size 14 absolutely not. As for what other people wear, I could care less.
  • Marig0ld
    Marig0ld Posts: 671 Member
    As long as the persons comfortable, I don't see a problem.

    If they're not something I wanna be looking at, I won't.

    ^^^This!!! There's a lot of people walking around in bikinis that probably should not be, but if they feel confident then who am I to stay what they can and can't wear? I personally have never worn one in my life and it'll take a while before I feel confident enough to.
  • chantell7
    chantell7 Posts: 167 Member
    I think its all about dressing for your size, so if your a 16 maybe a sexy one suit would b more flattering . But than Again if bigger girls have the confidence to wear a bikini "go girl I say" if people don't like it they don't have to look =)
  • IndigoVA
    IndigoVA Posts: 164 Member
    As long as the person is comfortable wearing it, I don't think there's any age or weight limit.

    I personally quit wearing one when I got above a size 8, and that was pre-kids. Now, after having 2 kids, I don't think I'd wear one even if I got down to a size 2, unless there were some plastic surgery involved.
  • Multistyles
    Multistyles Posts: 167
    Its all about proportion, this question is hard to answer without sounding shallow or judgmental
  • katecotton
    katecotton Posts: 6 Member
    no size is too big for a bikini in my opinion, as long as you feel good then nothing else matters. its all about body confidence, if you have that then you can where whatever you like x
  • redhead91
    redhead91 Posts: 251
    Hopefully one day I'll have the confidence for one! I really don't care if someone else wears one and they're "big". Other people's fat doesn't disgust me as long as it's not too too bad! I just want to have the confidence some day.....
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