| Barely Visible is the only
store in Atlanta that custom-fits their bathing suits. Featuring
over 700 standard bikinis, Barely Visible has an array of
styles ranging from thongs to boyleg bikinis to skirted
numbers.
Alcow Magazine
Each customer pattern is stored on the store
computer so she can order more suits later. A lot of people
just want something different.... they don't want anybody
to have a suit like theirs.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Styles range from thongs to boyleg
bikinis to skirted numbers. Fabrics include Lycra/spandex
blends, water-friendly velvets and cottons that come in
solids as well as a sea of colorful prints. We have suits
for teens and women with special needs - those who have
had a mastectomy, who wear a double D bra or who are a triple
A on top.
Atlanta Journal and Constitution
In addition to swimsuits, the sisters make
coordinating coverups, hair bands and his and her swimsuits.
They have even created a bridal swimsuit.
Clayton Neighbor
The Barely Visible real catch is that the
store has a custom swimwear shop right in the back We are
the only people I know of in Georgia that do this. Through
the one-on-one contact at Barely Visible, the customer is
made to feel more at ease and secure in picking out a suit
that fits and is unique to their style.
Southern Crescent
The only custom bikini store in Atlanta
features more than 700 standard bikinis and in-house custom
design. The feature that truly sets Barely Visible apart
is that there are no sizes. If a suit is too large in one
area or too tight in another, the designers simply adjust
it on the spot. Customers can have almost anything made
based on their measurements, or remake an old suit in an
updated color or style.
Where Atlanta
I think almost everyone looks better in
a bikini if it's made to fit their body. We name all our
suits and many are just named after the customer who designed
them. The majority of customers are women who either have
very large breasts or who have no bustline at all."
Womens Wear Daily
Although it still does offer the almost
invisible bikinis, Barely Visible’s owners McDougal,
55, Wanda, 50, and Tonya Dossett, 39, say the name no longer
fits since they now deal in everything from the very skimpy
to the very large.
By fitting women with sized suits that they
wouldn’t be able to find elsewhere, the businesswomen
say they hope to raise a woman’s self-confidence,
as well as make them a customer for life.
Henry Daily Herald |