Swimsuit and swimtrunks
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Generally speaking, men's swimsuit styles include boardshorts,
jammers, swim trunks, briefs , thongs, and g-strings, in order of
decreasing lower body coverage. Women's swimsuits are generally
one-piece, bikinis or thongs.
Most suits are made from spandex and provide little thermal
protection, but they do protect the skin from stings and abrasion.
Most competitive swimmers also wear special swimsuits including
partial and full bodysuits, racerback styles, jammers and racing
briefs to assist their glide through the water thus gaining a speed
advantage.
Swimsuits are also worn for the purpose of body display in beauty
pageants. Magazines like Sports Illustrated's annual "swimsuit
issue" feature models and sports personalities in swimsuits.
The choice of garment depending on factors such as how much or how
little sun protection the wearer desires, air and water
temperatures, fashion trends, and modesty. Swimsuits can be
skin-tight or loose fitting.
Women's swimsuits
1. Two-piece: women's swimsuit with two parts, one covering the
breasts, the other the groin and buttocks, leaving an uncovered
area between the two. Bikinis are available in many stylistic
variations. As one part of this types, The bikini is perhaps the
most popular female beachwear around the globe, according to French
fashion historian Olivier Saillard due to "the power of women, and
not the power of fashion". As he explains, "The emancipation of
swimwear has always been linked to the emancipation of women. So,if
you have a good shape,bikini will be your excellent choice.
2. One-pieceProbably the most common form of one-piece swimsuit,
tank suit is one kind of one-piece woman's swimsuit with shoulder
straps.the tank suit form is inspiration for the subsequent
creation of the tank top as a mainstream article of clothing. There
is also another kind of one-piece swinsuit, that just like the tank
suit, but the shoulder straps can be removed.This kind of suit can
reduce the transparency of the breasts and buttocks and also make
the leg looks more beautiful.
Men's swimtrunks
The shape of men’s swinsuit is similar with underwear, but the
material is different.
1. Swim Briefs: also known as racing briefs, speedos, competition
briefs, bathers, racer bathers. Swimwear in the same style as
underwear briefs. Swim briefs are often made of a nylon and spandex
composite, while some longer lasting suits are made from polyester.
The style varies from a full seat to thong or g-string. Most swim
briefs have a beige or white lining on the inside front made of a
similar fabric.
2. Trunks: A loose mid-thigh swimwear, made of 100% polyester or
100% nylon fabric. They are like regular shorts, but features a
polyester liner inside the shorts. Although trunks have been used
as swimwear since the 1940s, their heyday was in 1990s when they
were highly popularized thanks in part to TV shows. Today, they
have been eclipsed by boardshorts. Despite this, they remain very
common, particularly among older age groups.
3. Square leg suits: A swimwear style similar to swim briefs, but
with a much more conservative cut.
4. Swim jammer: A type of men's swimwear worn primarily by
competitive athletes, somewhat resembling cycling shorts or
compression shorts.
5. Thongs: in the USA and Europe, men's thongs are now more widely
available and accepted and are commonly worn as day-to-day
underwear or swimwear. They are still not marketed as strongly to
men as they are to women. Thongs for men are cut differently from
thongs for women, often having a partial or full vertical seam at
the front of the garment to create a contoured pouch which
accommodates the male genitalia. This kind of swinsuit not only can
reduce the resistance in swimming, but also make sun bath more
convenient.
Relative information
- Generally introduction for underwear
- Swimwear Introduction
- Gusset - One of men's sport underwear features
- The fabric of sports underwear
- Underwear and underclothes
