[Fairfax]

To be honest I personally felt the battle was lost around the turn of the century when the olympic swimmers adopted fast skin suits.
While elite swimmers were still wearing them they still had the status of "proper swimwear" for anyone involved in water sports.
Speedos were a lot more marginalised after the fast skin suits came in. Most schools relaxed there speedo only rule to include jammers which then quickly became the default choice.
To me jammers are just a silly compromise which give the form fit of "proper swimwear" while maintaining the modesty of boardies.
But I have noticed a bit of a jammer culture exists amongst the next generation.
For example I was at a waterpark a month ago where I saw two brothers about 14 and 16 wearing jammers. I felt a bit disappointed they couldn't take the next step into a speedo but it does show the interest in form fitting swimwear still exists.
I have wondered if there may be a come back in the future of jammers or trunks but not so much speedos.