First, they really are sporty. If you're swimming for exercise, you will get better performance. In many ways, Speedos can be more comfortable. Besides not dragging you down when wet, they also don't bunch up or rub between your thighs when walking. Tanning is much less common than it used to be - in fact, most people are more concerned about keeping our skin protected when at the beach. If you do want to achieve some color, a Speedo allows you to get a much nicer overall tan than anything else, unless of course you are at a nude beach.
If you're wondering "Should I wear a Speedo" and dismissing the idea because you haven't got Michael Phelps' body, you might think again.
Longer shorts make your legs look shorter, and this is unflattering. Even men who have long legs and tight abs can look less flattered in baggy board shorts. Of course, long legs and tight abs do deserve to be shown off. Obviously, no matter what your body type, that concern about being so very much on display is still a factor.
The bottom line is that if it feels inappropriate, wear something else. They turn heads. They start conversations. They make you feel confident and different and unique. In a world in which every other guy is going to wear the same billabong board short cliche, be the dude who stands proudly on the beach rocking the shit out of a speedo. One of the best-known beach inspectors was Aubrey Laidlaw, who had already laid down the law when the first bikini debuted on the beach in Laidlaw and his inspectorate patrolled the beach with tape measures, methodically escorting scantily clad women away.
But one morning in , he saw something that astonished even him — men in Speedo trunks. He called the police and had them arrested for indecent exposure. Laidlaw and his tape measure are long gone, but in certain backwards-looking jurisdictions — Britain, America — the Speedo-wearing male remains an object of discrimination and ridicule.
No item in the male wardrobe is so exposing. None demands such brazenness, such balls. But neither is any so liberating, or so practical, say those truly committed to the Speedo and its ilk. The exalted status of the swim brief in gay iconography goes some way to explaining why it is viewed with such fear and loathing elsewhere. Tom Daley, incidentally, now wears Adidas trunks. The swim brief itself was drawn up in by Peter Travis , who had arrived as a designer at the company the year before, tasked with designing leisurewear.
The first Speedo brief came in When it comes to peak performance, there is no better option. It creates freedom of movement and support. Five-time gold medalist Nathan Adrian confirmed the Speedo's practical use for sport. When you're actually swimming, there's no question a Speedo is faster. There's another practical Speedo movement happening a bit out of sight: Guys are layering Speedo briefs under longer trunks for added support, or to cover up until they get into the water. It seems the brief's practical support or performance use is the gateway to wearing a Speedo as a style statement.
Adrian seems to exemplify that idea exactly. Now, it's much less something that I want to hide or not have people notice. It's a little bit more of a statement.
Speaking of statements: No one knows the statement piece better than Europeans. Sotelo sees the European approach influencing styles in the states.
Still, we're not all the way there in the States. And sure, if you're surrounded by a bunch of deeply tanned European dudes in their array of banana hammocks, you won't raise any eyebrows in your own Speedo.
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