That's it, all you ancient swim romantics have convinced me. We need to ban the new suits and require everyone to wear the same type (not brand). We just have to decide which is the 'right' model.
I submit that you revisionist dogs who think that briefs are it don't know much about swimming history. I'm attaching a photo of Duke Kahanamoku with this message to show you what the competition swimwear was like in the first part of the 20th century.
Clearly men were men here and could be one with the water. The suit certainly never helped or hindered and one could feel every molecule of water swirling by during the swim. Ah, those were the days.
Who do we have to thank for the loss of such elegant swimwear used by the Duke? Was it Adolph Kiefer? Who introduced the horrible brief innovation into the sport? Whoever it was, they should be removed from the Hall of Fame, stricken from all records, and never spoken of again!
Up until the introduction of the "tech" suits, the trend was for swimsuits to be increasingly less intrusive. You basically wore as little material as you could get away with and as form-fitting as possible. Now the trend has gone back to making the suit obtrusive again. Now the suit is sort of actively helping the swimmer, whereas before it was seen as hindering the swimmer. That change in the trend is the problem I have with the tech suits.
Up until the introduction of the "tech" suits, the trend was for swimsuits to be increasingly less intrusive. You basically wore as little material as you could get away with and as form-fitting as possible. Now the trend has gone back to making the suit obtrusive again. Now the suit is sort of actively helping the swimmer, whereas before it was seen as hindering the swimmer. That change in the trend is the problem I have with the tech suits.
