You can't wear a bikini to a shopping plaza, can you?

I went for a stroll along the walkway overlooking the beach. It was a beautiful day and all the sun starved skin was making its first appearance in a very long time. I started pondering the notion of swimsuits. As a designer I reflected on the psychology in the fashion industry, many would be surprised that a major part of fashion is about psychology and as a designer I studied it, many moons ago, along with 3 years of pattern drafting, yes 2 ends of the spectrum for those analysts out there. A swimsuit is the same pattern formation as underwear/lingerie, except with different fabrics of course to allow for chlorine, salt water and UV sun damage /protection, this is where the science of textiles and the environment comes into play, also another consideration of a designer.