I received a response from a VP at the gym and than a follow up call from the gyms manager.
He asked me what happened and I explained it all to him. I told him I was a swimwear designer and would be glad to send him photos of the style suit I was wearing. He asked me if I knew the person that came up to me. I said no but that he had took my membership card and said he was making a note of the incident on my membership file.
The clubs manager looked it up and said a couple of people had complained to the person who talked to me but the manager(person I was talking too on the phone) was not in at the time and said he never would have authorized that. He said you were wearing  Speedo? I said no I was wearing a bikini that was no smaller than what many of the girls wear and that I was aware of the no thong policy and even though I had seen girls wearing them(I did not mention it but I have used a thong there a few times without issue) and I had no problems with anything anyone was wearing. He apologized for the employees actions, told me he was removing the comment from my file and said I could wear any bikini I like and that if another employee questioned it to refer him to me. I will take him at his word and will be back at the pool maybe with a smaller bikini! I would love to know who complained since there are very few hot bodies in the pool when I am there and I have never complained about that.
I’m interested in seeing the response of the employee that first came up to me. It does bother me that as a culture we have not moved further ahead of wear we are in gender equality of every kind.
I think a good first step is to work on protecting our rights no matter how much of a hassle it might seem to be.
After I am done typing this I am going to make a donation to the naturalist group the is fighting to protect our rights to use the very few nude beaches left in California.


Next blog will be about new swimwear designs we are working on for Summer and an interesting idea for a suit that turned out not to come close to working. I does happen!


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