How can I make myself look good for swimming?

Question

Okay so for PE we have swimming starting tomorrow. I didn't have time to buy a suit so I have like a lame suit hand-me-down. It looks fine and all...it's one piece, kinda 80's-90's ish. Oh! and we have to wear a swim cap...ughh

my question is how can i make myself look better w/ this lame get-up? I have like no tan, i have a slim figure which helps but I look retarded in this swim cap and I look so retro...what can i do??

Answer 1

Well, I don't think you can truly work with what you have. A lot of swimsuits being produced right now do have some 80 or 90's theme. Don't worry about the swim cap, everyone wears one. The key thing is going out there with confidence, acting like you own it. Even if your really don't :) Good luck.

Answer 2

Nobody looks good in a swim cap.

You can survive one day in a retro swim suit. Once you're in water, nobody can really see it anymore. You can pass it as an authentic "retro" piece. LOL.  

How did one piece swimsuites of the 80s-90s look different? I've been swimming all my life. Yeah, sure I see some change from the 60s-70s to today's mainly because of the fabric, but from 90s to now?

Answer 3

Wear a retro swim cap. Those swim team flat caps are truly ugly. Or make a fabric cap from matching swim suit material

See the swim cap guide

Answer 4

The pattern is weird because swimmers are well, weird.

My guys team wears girls suit for added drag in practice. We'll wear speedo's, with a girls suit over top, and usually a hot pink speedo over top of that (like how super heros wear underwear outside their pants). We even sometimes wear pantie-hos for an even harder practice.

Sorry you got a bad bathing suit, but there really isn't too much you can do about it. Just wear it with pride.

Answer 5

nobody will ever look good in a swim cap, hate to break it to you. i look more rediculouse than most, but i love swimming so i dont care.

Answer 6

Looking good in PE is a losing battle. But you can make it worse by *trying* to look good. That never works. Take comfort that everyone else is in same boat.

My only advice is if you are wearing a latex cap (one that lies flat), make sure the seam runs from the nape of your neck to your forehead. Do NOT wear the cap with the seam running from ear to ear. That faux pas is worth -20 IQ points.