Borat and Bathing Suits

Picking the best outfit for your next trip to the beach can be troublesome. Borat is proof of this. Who could ever forget the neon green beachwear popularized by Sacha Baron Cohen’s wacky character Borat in his movie? We may all remember this swimwear, too, as it was worn by singer John Mayer to make his fans laugh. The mankini is not exactly your yoga pants. It is not advisable beachwear, unless you are looking into turning all heads at the beach, or at least your intention is to make your friends and other girls at the beach laugh their butts off. No one can really get away with the mankini – at least without losing some integrity or self-respect. Mankinis are simply fashion faux pas.

It was in Tim Hunter’s documentary Packed Lunch where it was mentioned that Speedo is indeed king of the beach. This may have come as a surprise to many, because are two piece bikinis not the most donned at the beach? Hunter adds that Speedo is maligned on account of humiliation, as well as fear and repression. There are those who may be happy with the fact that Speedo is not condoned. It is considered by many to be for athletes specifically, and Speedos, in the opinion of many others, simply do not make for very fashionable bathing suits.

In conclusion, one ought to steer clear of the mankini, beyond the bounds of making jokes in the vein of Party Boy UK, Steve O, as well as other members of Jackass and those who want to be like them. Consider your board shorts instead, perhaps even European bikini bathing suits. But for the sake and sanity of your mind, yourself, as well as other people simply sipping their pina coladas at the beach – do not – by any means wear any type of mankini, especially not the kind that was worn by Borat.