British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman recently spoke in her newspaper column about the swimwear season – a time on the beauty calender that women the world over dread. Shulman talked openly about the pressure women face to look good and made a point of being against women who say that women of a certain age shouldn’t wear a bikini.

She wrote; “I defy anyone claiming there should be an age limit on bikini wearing. Certainly with the loss of muscle tone and wear and tear that women’s bodies suffer as time passes, the bikini becomes an increasingly difficult option the older we become. But as in so many things, the divide between one-piece and bikini wearers is less to do with age than attitude.”