# Are one pieces sexy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629 "2014-09-06T02:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/21 "2014-09-06T14:00:32Z")
That depends. Is it the top piece or the bottom piece? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/22 "2014-09-06T14:46:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Nah, it’s all good. [Last trip to the Caribbean I remember something like this; it’s all good.](http://static3.therichestimages.com/cdn/540/580/90/cw/wp-content/uploads/1266.jpg) > > I’ve struck up a conversation with the older woman in the bikini, only to have her grand-daughter come over, roll a j, and hang out a while. It’s all good. It’s all good, then? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/23 "2014-09-06T15:00:52Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > A combination of all three is undeniably sexy. True\* . . . . . \*(YMMV and opinions differ. Its a big world. Deal. ) ---
**Author:** ![Danger\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/24 "2014-09-06T15:37:19Z")
I thought this was a one piece [http://media.julia.no/upload/modules/blogs/blogarticles/image/large/3582270599.jpg](http://media.julia.no/upload/modules/blogs/blogarticles/image/large/3582270599.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/25 "2014-09-06T15:53:51Z")
If I were to wear a bikini it’d be some lumps, a big naked lump with stretch marks, and more lumps. Under a bikini. In my one piece, I’ve got what is basically “shape wear” with the extra added benefit of an awesome shape-flattering fabric pattern. I’m slimmed all over. No lumps, except for the two that matter. I love the way I look in my swimsuits, more than how I look in my underwear. Bikinis aren’t for me - you gotta dress for your body! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/26 "2014-09-06T16:00:52Z")
one piecers are harder to get into. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/27 "2014-09-06T16:49:12Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > one piecers are harder to get into. Literally or metaphorically? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/28 "2014-09-06T18:04:48Z")
I have always preferred one piece bathing suits. (t this point, I’ve read the word “piece” so many times that it doesn’t look right to me however I spell it. I hate that!) When I was a young walking barbie doll it was because I disliked being ogled by strangers so tried to dress as modestly as possible. Also, having seen one too many friends have one come down on them when diving, I prefer clothing that’s built to stay on during the planned activities. I haven’t yet tried a “tankini” (same coverage, but with two pieces) but am determined that I’ll do so next year. It would just be so much easier to pee. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/29 "2014-09-06T18:39:52Z")
Depends who’s wearing it. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/30 "2014-09-06T21:22:30Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Literally or metaphorically? yes ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/31 "2014-09-06T22:33:55Z")
[They certainly can be.](http://store.americanapparel.net/the-malibu-swimsuit_rnt48) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/32 "2014-09-07T00:55:43Z")
I suppose [this](http://img.izismile.com/img/img7/20140905/640/fun_innovate_concepts_that_you_really_need_to_try_640_22.jpg) qualifies as a two-piece… ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/33 "2014-09-07T14:34:58Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I haven’t yet tried a “tankini” (same coverage, but with two pieces) but am determined that I’ll do so next year. It would just be so much easier to pee. The only downside is that the gorram tank part floats up around you when you’re in the water. I sewed little snaps in so that wouldn’t happen anymore. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/34 "2014-09-07T14:39:55Z")
[I think of it as the sort of swimsuit that might be worn by someone who has a job as, I don’t know, a county municipal worker.](http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4e809f7eeab8ea2f6c000002-480/baywatch.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/35 "2014-09-08T02:10:53Z")
A bathing suit by itself is neither sexy nor unsexy. It all depends on the woman wearing it. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/36 "2014-09-08T06:15:40Z")
They are when they are mono-kinis. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/37 "2014-09-08T14:55:41Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > One-piece suits can be pretty sexy (kinda NSFW) > > [http://www.dhresource.com/albu\_250484745\_00/1.0x0.jpg](http://www.dhresource.com/albu_250484745_00/1.0x0.jpg) > > Don’t ask me how that thing is not falling off. The side view is incompatible with the front view (what holds it on the crotch?) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/38 "2014-09-08T15:49:07Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > The side view is incompatible with the front view (what holds it on the crotch?) Regardless, the model looks so miserable, if you find that sexy there’s something wrong with you. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/39 "2014-09-08T16:18:11Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > The side view is incompatible with the front view (what holds it on the crotch?) kegel ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629/40 "2014-09-08T18:00:45Z")
Maybe it’s because I’m mostly attracted to the profile - hips, thighs, butt especially - that a one-piece can be just as sexy as a two-piece to me. The actual amount of skin I see isn’t as important as how it complements the woman’s shape. Of course, many one-piece suits are designed to hide as much of the shape as possible, so those are definitely less sexy by design. But I wouldn’t rule out all one-piece suits on that criteria. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-one-pieces-sexy/697629.md?page=3)