Evolution of suits over the years

[Torchwatch]

Any suit with a waist cord is designed for diving, whether you are diving from the side of the pool or from the high boards if your suit isn't totally secure it will end up around your ankles.
Suits not intended for such use may not have waist cords.

Isn't it annoying when the end of the string gets lost inside the suit.

[dorcas3]

The best way to fix a lost end is to pull the whole cord out-Pin on a small safety pin-reensert and work it back through-be surprised how fast that works.

[Byron]

Yes, and why are some suit manufacturers so mean with the length supplied? - does it mean a cent difference in profit for them ?

[Byron]

OK - hope this lot works:

Casino Royale:
The "daring pic" that launched a thousand newspaper articles in 2006
(007 Daniel Craig)

http://www.paulinlondon.com/2006/11/...-premiere.html


A potted history of swimsuit styles:

http://elupton.com/2009/10/swim-suits-stats/

Note that the US swimmers of 1948 are "streamlined"
(if that was at the Olympic Pool that would be the last
occasion the Games were hosted in London).

[Byron]

Silk suits:

Cannot find one but did see that they were at one time
standard issue to US Marines.

Ocean:
The company appears to have started in New York although
no history found.

Pic 5 here seems to be an Ocean Champion with a yellow side stripe
(and a club or brand logo hard to discern)

http://meninnylon.blogspot.com/2011/...8f0e31b3b5ccda


Also

http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/sto...647382136.html

and

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Oc...-/220871575592

[Byron]

Silk suits:

Cannot find one but did see that they were at one time
standard issue to US Marines.

Ocean:
The company appears to have started in New York although
no history found.

Pic 5 here seems to be an Ocean Champion with a yellow side stripe
(and a club or brand logo hard to discern)

http://meninnylon.blogspot.com/2011/...8f0e31b3b5ccda


Also

http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/sto...647382136.html

and

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Oc...-/220871575592

[Byron]

first of three URLs above is wrong and should be
http://meninnylon.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html

Ocean Champion there is pic 5 of 45 and I think the guy is
wearing a SLSC emblem on his suit. (for the City of S........)

I said no silk suits to be found but there are all sorts of stuff
on this blog and a couple are in fact included.

[Byron]

found one (4th pic down) (Ipanema Brazil)
http://www.aussiegayguy.com/speeedo/...peedos/page/2/