As I was posting a reply to "coolest swimming inventions" about improvements in bathing suits, one of the things that struck me was the variety of patterns now available. "Back in the day" the choices seemed to be solid or stripes. But that got me thinking...what are some of the ugliest/stupidest suit patterns you've seen or had to wear? Three come to mind for me:
1. My first swim team had thin, vertical black and yellow stripes. We looked like bumble bees, and of course we endured endless cracks about "buzzing off".
2. A summer swim camp I attended in the 70s had white bathing suits. Yup, solid white. And they were one of the first lycra suits...so you can imagine how long they lasted before becoming transparent. Embarrassing...
3. About a month ago I tried on a reversible suit. One side had an aquatic animal theme - dolphins and so forth. On the hangar it looked kind of cute. Then I tried it on, and all the gals in the change room started to laugh. I looked in the mirror, and saw that I had a dolphin "leaping" out of my crotch and another aimed for my right ***. Needless to say, I didn't buy it!
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Originally posted by tjrpatt
The paper suit that was big in the 90s. Those suits were thin and tight as hell. Thank god those suits disappeared. It is nice to wear race suits that are comfortable.
They haven't disappeared completely. I bought one for my daughter (shes 9) from the meet last weekend. It was on clearance, but they must still be hanging around. I kept mine from the last event that I swam just to remind myself that I could cram into one of those at some point in my life!!!
Originally posted by tjrpatt
The paper suit that was big in the 90s. Those suits were thin and tight as hell. Thank god those suits disappeared. It is nice to wear race suits that are comfortable.
They haven't disappeared completely. I bought one for my daughter (shes 9) from the meet last weekend. It was on clearance, but they must still be hanging around. I kept mine from the last event that I swam just to remind myself that I could cram into one of those at some point in my life!!!