Shopping List #2

image source: T Swift's Insta

Clockwise from the top:

ASOS // Swimsuit - £28

Made by Dawn // Bikini Top - £85
Made by Dawn // Bikini Bottoms - £88
Solid and Striped // Swimsuit - £109
Bikyni // Bikini Top - £37 (The Crop)
Bikyni // Bikini Bottoms - £37 (The Cheeky Hipster)

So, if like me, your TV screens have become consumed by Love Island and girls walking around in bikinis then also, like me, you may have come to question your own bikini collection. Now, in the past few years I’ve heavily drifted towards the ‘bandeau top with a different coloured bikini bottom’ look. However, after my brief visit to Barcelona, I have realised that my swimwear collection is in fact, very poor. White bikinis stained a strange yellow from factor 50 suntan lotion, bikini bottoms too skimpy or too big, and bandeau tops that flatten what little chest I have. I know us Brits rarely actually have any sun or any reason to own a vast bikini collection but I have recently enjoyed looking for new swimwear. 

Things to consider when making that crucial summer purchase: 

1. Will this leave a weird tan (I don't tan but this is still such a worry)

2. Will I look like Gigi Hadid at Taylor Swift’s 4th of July Party 

and 

3.Will I ever wear this again

Of course Taylor Swift’s 4th of July party has sparked immense envy amongst the best of us when looking for summer inspiration. She rocks the Solid and Striped Anne-Marie swimsuit in Americana Stripe but luckily for us monochrome lovers, it comes in black too. 

Quote of the day: “My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.” — Coco Chanel

Song of the day: Spoken Word - Chase & Status, George the Poet

Lauren