Leg bindings makes big difference

[NJHunkguy]

Originally Posted by Byron

Going brief here but a little evening-up on leg openings required perhaps:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw...gdqbo1_500.jpg

Love that suit

[Torchwatch]

James, if ever you get to make a suit you will notice that you are taking flat 2 dimensional fabric and creating a 3 dimensional object from it, that is defined by the male body. That is the excitement of the process.
The hardest part of making a suit is sewing in the waist and leg hole elastic so it is of equal tension all the way round. Get that wrong and the suit is ruined.
Your observation that the front of a suit is smaller than the back is correct. A suits back panel covers not only the back but also the sides and creeps around to the front to meet the front panel. I once accidentally sewed 2 back panels together, the resulting suit meeting at the sides and flopping at the front. Having a smaller front panel keeps the stretch fabric nice and taunt.
Adding rear stitching to a suit stops it sagging, the stitching thread cannot stretch while the fabric can, paper lycra suits tended to have rear stitching.
A seam up the front of a suit allows the 2 front panels to be cut on a convex curve creating a pouch. A subtle pouch effect adds more space for the well endowed in a brief suit.

[JamesSwim]

Originally Posted by Torchwatch

James, if ever you get to make a suit you will notice that you are taking flat 2 dimensional fabric and creating a 3 dimensional object from it, that is defined by the male body. That is the excitement of the process.
The hardest part of making a suit is sewing in the waist and leg hole elastic so it is of equal tension all the way round. Get that wrong and the suit is ruined.
Your observation that the front of a suit is smaller than the back is correct. A suits back panel covers not only the back but also the sides and creeps around to the front to meet the front panel. I once accidentally sewed 2 back panels together, the resulting suit meeting at the sides and flopping at the front. Having a smaller front panel keeps the stretch fabric nice and taunt.
Adding rear stitching to a suit stops it sagging, the stitching thread cannot stretch while the fabric can, paper lycra suits tended to have rear stitching.
A seam up the front of a suit allows the 2 front panels to be cut on a convex curve creating a pouch. A subtle pouch effect adds more space for the well endowed in a brief suit.

Thanks for the explanations. This is more complex than I thought, and looking at some suits, I now notice how they are made. I can understand how some suits with a separate side panel gives a different fit too.

Now I can understand how some girls fuss over their bras - their fit and how they are made. Same kind of issue -- different people need different fit for clothing that fits closely to the body.

[Byron]

.....more to it than meets the eye and many corsetieres (maybe wrong word) will say that girls get size and fit all wrong in their bra selections.
As for the guys , a suit constructed with side panel(s) may also incorporate a fabric different from front and back and so a varying stretch factor has been introduced to complicate the process of producing a good fit (as I say, a BIG warehouse needed for all.............)

PS for NJH: Came across you yesterday (Flickr I think ) in a colorful little bikini posing on white sand with arms raised, in one of your sunny resorts.

[NJHunkguy]

Originally Posted by Byron

PS for NJH: Came across you yesterday (Flickr I think ) in a colorful little bikini posing on white sand with arms raised, in one of your sunny resorts.

By posting photos on Flickr, some of them may end up circulating on the internet.
Which colorful little bikini photo did you come across?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/njhunkg...7594304128101/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/njhunkguy/favorites/

[Byron]

...didn't know you had so many - it was Behind the Scene Prevailsport Calla Lilies in your swimmers photostream.

[NJHunkguy]

Originally Posted by Byron

...didn't know you had so many - it was Behind the Scene Prevailsport Calla Lilies in your swimmers photostream.

Oh! That one. It was the Prevailsport "Capri" Bikini, with Calla Lillies pattern.
Either my body shape is weird or the cutting of each swimsuit, not all swimsuits fit me good.
This one is fitting me quite perfectly in comparison, I thought!