I rented Swimming Upstream last night. Thanks for the recommendation!
The suits worn by the kids in the movie reminded me of the school issued suits we used in high school gym class. They were industrial grade cotton, designed to survive the locker room's hot water wash/ hot air dryers. They had something like 6" side seams, and were color coded for size, purple for the skinny little guys like me, pale yellow medium, and gold for the big boys.
To obtain one, you had to appear totally naked at the check out window
and request your color. Typical '60s arbitrary rule - no idea why you couldn't get a suit first, then change at your locker.
They fit like a loose diaper, and pretty much looked like one too.
Zero support, so many guys wore a jock underneath. (But you couldn't wear your jock to check out the suit because that would violate the naked rule).
Swim team guys and anyone else who owned a real Speedo could wear their personal suit. The school issued suits were gross enough to prompt many boys to go out and buy their first Speedo.
