If you swim in a chlorinated pool, you can pretty much assume any lycra material suit is going to fade and wear out. Some are a little better than others, but if you swim daily, plan on 3 months of good wearing and then you are on borrowed time. Two things can help, rinse your suit reallly well after every swim, don't just shower in it, take it off and rinse it out. Do not wring it dry, let it dry on its own. Never put a lycra suit in a clothes dryer, and avoid washing it in detergent, unless you use swim suit cleaner. Also, make sure you don't throw the wet suit in a closed up bag where it can not dry out. Last point, sun lotions are awful for lycra... avoid getting excess on the suit.
You can get poly suits, they last longer, but they fit differently. Same applies to plain old Nylon, but they are not that common anymore.
I have found most designer suits just cannot hold up like the swimmer oriented brands (Speedo, Tyr, Nike, etc). Great for teh beach and sunning, and looking hot... but not for swimming workouts.
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