Yikes! How do you find a bathing suit?

Try looking at Tankinis, looks like a swimsuit but in two pieces. There is another long discussion with lots of suggestions.

Burkini?
It does have its good points, anybody can be “beach body ready”

I need a new swimming costume with a firm control panel on the tummy and proper straps that won't slip down. As I get older I cover up more. I usually wear a wrap over swim suit unless actually in the water. The confidence of youth long gone. I used to like Bon Marche but I'm not keen on any of the swim suits in the summer collection. Since Emanuel gone I am not keen on dresses any more. I wish he would go back and design for them again as he had a knack of covering the wobbly bits and somehow making my body appear smoother.

Debenhams have excellent 'longer leg' swimsuits-wide straps,but sleeveless i think,but a gym top or something could be worn under it maybe?

How about a burkini? M&S sell them.

David Emmanuel designs are sold on QVC.

Maternity bathers?

If you google swimsuits with legs quite a few companies do them.
One company I saw with a nice one was called
Simply Swim

Decathlon? Thinking along the lines of a wet suit

I'm looking for a swim dress for my holidays. There are some online on www.swimwear365.co.uk/womens/swimsuits/swim-dresses/_/N-19Z1z141vjZ1z141vb I think I might order one or two to see what they are like. I've looked in M&S and didn't like anything they had.

Just let it all hang out. I lived in Berlin for a couple of years and became so used to the locals stripping off by the inland waterways and parks... and I mean everything came off... I actually relaxed my attitude of 'being British' and joined in, not quite in the pant department but near enough. Enjoy your bod.

Lands End used to make swimsuits in regular or long - haven’t looked lately, though.

Oh gosh....Thank you for posting this....might start me swimming again....

M and S have regular bashings on here for good reason but - they do swimming costumes for tall women in many sizes.

Matalan do quite a lot of variations and some come in bra sizes as well

Tbh my problem is not the bathing wear its the body inside it, put on 3 stone after various ops and only 5ft does ot make good viewing

Look for clothes worn by surfers and sailors...they are usually long sleeved and very good at covering all areas. I swim three time s a week and use slazenger boy short swimsuit to get full coverage of back and thick straps so they do not fall down. On holiday i have a swimsuit and a bathing suit....very different needs.

My daughter always wears a pair of swimming shorts over her costume

Last summer I bought two M&S swimsuits with 'tummy control' which looked quite good after the ten minutes it took to struggle into them. The tummy control was like armour plating! I sabotaged the panel on one of them and managed to find a technique for getting into the other one. I know it's a hassle to try them on in the store, but it could save you annoyance later.

Bonmarche, sometimes have bathing costumes with skirts on, they look nice,

Oh yes I forgot David Emmanuel docent design for Bonmarche any more,
pity the clothes he designed were good

Lands End is my first choice for swimming costumes. They last for ages too and I swim a lot

I have a long body,so that anything with non-adjustable straps leaves me walking like Quasimodo! I also find some tankinis are not very long, leaving a large gap for large tummy to stick out.
How about knitting yourself one, with stripes and legs. (Sorry have just been watching Pam Ayers talking about her dad’s knitted costume on YouTube)!??

Gillyknits that is so funny. The wool would drag down with the weight of water. Sorry my sick mind can see all sorts of weird images.