Essentials: beach cover-ups

Adriaane Pielou

For a woman, nothing, when you are in a swimsuit but feeling less than super svelte, is more squirm-inducing than the sensation that your rear is being scrutinised as you walk off the beach. But with a beach wrap that does the job properly, you can saunter off insouciantly, happily covered up enough for both modesty and paranoia's sake.

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