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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]
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 ...
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 ...
By the 1930s, men began to go without shirts for swimming, [22] and barechestedness in male swimwear became the norm by the end of the 1940s, including in competitive swimming events, in which men are not only barechested, but also wear a swimming suit that is intended merely to meet public decency requirements. The norm of male barechestedness ...
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 ...
'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.
Drawers, or caleçons as they were called, came into use in the 1860s. Even then there were many who protested against them and wanted to remain in the nude. Francis Kilvert described men's bathing suits coming into use in the 1870s as "a pair of very short red and white striped drawers". [35]
More than 130 swimming world records were broken from 2008 through 2009 through the use of high-tech swimwear. However, FINA unanimously voted to regulate the use of these suits in official competition beginning in 2010. [7] The banned suits used in 2008 and 2009 were polyurethane based.