Evolution of suits over the years

[Brent]

Examples of the Aquablade fit.

[Byron]

OK - I recognise the Aquablade brief but what I call the leg suits were waist to ankle but cut so low as to barely cover the pubes.
My thought was always that at that part of the anatomy there would not be the closest of fits and so allow undesirable water drag (an important factor if races are won by a hundredth of a second these days).

Btw was it at Oasis ? (the pics you posted three months ago)

[Byron]

Example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2616538...n/photostream/

[Lap Counter]

(referencing Byron's picture)

So, somehow chest hair drag went away when swimmers wore suits that covered the legs?