Q. I love a thong bikini and always have — I feel constrained on the beach in more covered-up looks. My daughter (22) says I look ridiculous and should go for something more modest. I’m horrified — why is wearing what you want something you can only do in your twenties?
A. When I stripped off at the beach recently, my girlfriend was similarly horrified. “I can’t believe you still own a thong bikini!” Shrouding me in her sarong, she then scolded that it was time for more “mature” swimwear. Apparently middle-aged women must sport sturdy, orthopaedic bathing suits, as if about to swim the Channel, circa 1922. “Who would want to wear a little bit of elasticated dental floss anyway?” she grimaced. “It must feel as though you’re flossing your fallopian tubes!”
The opposite actually. I’ve worn G-string bikinis since I was a surfy girl in the 1970s. Like you I enjoy that free and breezy feeling of swimming and sunbathing in next to nothing. My theme song? Bach’s Air on the G-String, obviously.
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