I'm so sorry about how long this is, it wasn't intentional.
I started buying from fast fashion sites at the start of the pandemic, but shortly after I learned about how horrible it is for our environment. While I loved how cheap the items were, and the fact that they were decent quality depending what you got, I couldn't ethically continue buying from them.
Until this month... I went about a year avoiding it but summer is on the horizon and I'm broke. I've always had issues with swim suits due to my insecurities about my body. For a little while I've been making a conscious effort to follow people who are similar sizes as me and it has changed the way I look at my body.
Now, I've been in need of a new swim suit that is cute and makes me feel confident. I used to go with the safe and most modest choice but I want to experiment now. This is were my problem started, my friend recommended fast fashion sites because of how cheap they are. I agree with them because a single swim top on average is around 20 USD. Add a pair of bottoms and you've got a total of around 40 USD and I think that's unfair!
This tiny piece of cloth that I'm only really going to wear for 3 months out of the year is more money than I spend on jeans (that I'll wear year round). So I caved and I spent about the same on 4 different suits. Only 2 of them fit in a way that looks good on me so I'm gonna see if my friends can fit them or I'll donate them for someone else to try. The plus side is that I looked so good in the 2 I'm keeping that its sparked this fire in me and now I feel so hot.

















