Another Speedo board
 

http://www.mensswimwear.org/Speedo_Swimwear.html

some interesting stories

Sebbie

guide to speedos
 

:rolleyes: There's always a lot to read from this guy - is it not basically a Koala promotion ?

same impression here.

and the same impression to me !

Another Speedo Board
 

Does nothing for me; but, thanks for posting

I like Koala, I liked them more about 10 years ago when they made brief bikinis you could wear on the beach, they were sexy, great styling, and highest quality. Also super for little tan lines. Their products now are lets say interesting but you probably would not wear them to a beach or for a swim, they are more play wear, which is fine. Obviously there's a market for their products or they would not be in business. As far as I ever experienced they were an honest company selling the highest quality products.

To me, a "Speedo" is a racing brief appropriate to wear at a pool. I'm not a stickler for their trademark rights, suits by Tyr, Nike, Arena, and others are frequently called Speedos.

Koala suits are something else entirely.

what's in a name
 

Like you I would like to see the word speedo confined to a swimming brief only but it is long embedded in the language and the diversification of Speedo themselves have added to the confusion and the loss of the concept of the original Aussie cossie.
Many people have become used to saying JCB for excavator, Kango for jack-hammer, Hoover for vacuum cleaner, etc. etc. but one only has to view the websites of swimsuit manufacturers and suppliers to see the conflicting names applied and the departure from the original product.

My only solution is to say Speedo for a product of the Speedo Corporation and
speedo for all similar products of TYR and Nike, Adidas, Arena, etc. etc.

Vide Dave Evans, Speedo is clearly not happy with the context of speedos as
now presented on some internet sites but as for mankinis and the products of Koala I am at a loss to categorise anything but perhaps as "funwear".