Sundaze

Buying swimwear is about as appealing to me as eating a poo sandwich. Not helped by nasty fluoro changing room lights (retailers of the world, why, oh why, can’t you give us dimmer switches?)
But Sundaze houses so much gorgeous beach wear (or togs as we say in Brissie) like Jets, Jantzen, Seafolly to name a few — that I could suppress the natural urge to gag. And ladies, if you’re blessed with va-​va-​voom curves, never fear — the shop stocks up to a size 28. They also offer mastectomy styles and allow you to mix and match bikini tops and bottoms. And the staff are seriously well informed about the product whilst not being pushy and or intrusive either. Hallelujah!
Needing to be sculpted in all the right places, I gravitated towards the Miracle Swimsuit range (a US import) — and when I saw myself wearing my first ever flattering pair of togs, yes, I definitely did hear an angel sing (well, OK I’d forgotten to turn my iPod off and it was playing Adele). But at over $ 200 you do need a miracle to afford one of those Spanx-​for-​the-​beach one pieces. Time to channel my inner Catholic and start praying…