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A bodysuit is a one-piece form-fitting or skin-tight garment that covers the torso and the crotch. [1] The design of a basic bodysuit is similar to a one-piece swimsuit and a leotard, though the materials may vary. Thong or T-front thong bodysuits usually have the crotch opening moved up to the front to underbelly area to increase the wearer's ...
Many of the world records in swimming were established by swimmers wearing bodysuits or suits made of polyurethane or other non-textile materials allowed in the race pool from February 2008 until December 2009. These suits seemed to improve the performance for top athletes, especially those with larger physiques.
During the 1970s and 1980s, they were worn for aerobics and disco dancing. Around 1980, disco dance catsuits briefly became a street fashion item in the United Kingdom . Athletes in sports such as speed skating , bobsled , winter triathlon , ski-racing , cycling , bodyflight , skysurfing and gymnastics wear garments similar to catsuits, called ...
Derek Guy, menswear writer at large also known as the Twitter Menswear Guy: As someone who writes about men's clothing for a living, I often think that trend reporting is fake. More than half the ...
Meanwhile, men were allowed to swim in bare-chest suits in 1936, and in briefs only at the 1948 Olympics. [ 6 ] [ 10 ] In 1956, Speedo became the first company to introduce nylon [ 11 ] and in the 1970s elastane to their swimsuits that improved their elasticity, durability and water drag – 21 out of 22 records at the 1972 Olympics were broken ...
Despite their cost, a single bodysuit can only be used for a handful of races, as getting in and out of the suit repeatedly would damage its form-fitting properties, memorably when Ian Thorpe tore his Adidas bodysuit right before the 4×100 men's freestyle relay podium ceremony in the 2000 Summer Olympics. [7]
'Daddio' star Dakota Johnson's transparent black bodysuit at Milan Fashion Week earlier this year has been on the minds of her fans again and they have a lot to say about the skin-showing look.
A trend of bodysuits was observed by film reviewer Alan Farrell in his book High Cheekbones, Pouty Lips, Tight Jeans, and a number of occurrences of the garb in films were mentioned – Charlize Theron in Aeon Flux, Milla Jovovich in the fourth and fifth film of the Resident Evil franchise, Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix, Angelina Jolie in Lara ...