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Message # 73816 Subject: clothes made for swimming Date: Thu 21/06/18 22:45:50 GMT Name: TexasRivers |
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Not so sure about that last point,
Like rashies (rashguard shirts for surfers first, then for better sun protection) are not made for the street, but people wear them -- I'd say -- the same way you might wear a ski jacket as your regular jacket. Side note: the new sun-protective shirts I just bought definitely do not take in as much water as the running trousers I bought to wear with them. (UV trousers were also available, but at double the price of the running ones!) I'd have to guess that they have a a tight weave of synthetic fiber, so the water beads up at first before really soaking in. If it were looser, sun would get in! Meanwhile, I read recently about a clothing line created by a businesswoman who thought it unfair that women didn't get nearly as much business-like permanent-press clothing to choose from as men. So she created clothes that also resist sweat and can be washed by hand if stained (great for swimming therefore, because they won't be ruined). As for shoes, there are elegant-looking Crocs. If only my wife would be wearing something like that on a hot day, and if only we could find ourselves near a water screen or fountain! And my wife is so anti-wet that I'd be very happy if she'd get into an aquarobics class that would specify leggings and a leotard for the exercises... Something! Anything! Please!... (Well, tight, solid-color clothing when wet is really quite nice in my book...)
MK wrote: It's a double edged sword IMHO.....i.e. the more that clothing manufacturers blur the lines between what is street clothing and what is pool clothing....the less interested I become in that kind of apparel.
For example, wet t shirts used to be interesting for me, but ever since they invented "the swim vest" I lost all interest because now you see numerous girls wearing swim vests at the beach (especially surfers) but swim vests are made of a neoprene like material that are in no way comparable to a cotton t shirt when placed in water. Likewise, wet leggings are great if they are real street legal leggings, but these days they make leggings for aqua exercises that are no different to a scuba wet suit, and thus it becomes impervious to water, instead of reacting to the water. Same thing with a one piece swimsuit vs a a dancers leotard.....the key thing is the fabric that is used ....i.e. does it react with the water and change shape color, cling or go see thru.....or does it stay impervious to water and nothing changes.
These days most modern fashions used for swimming are deliberately made of fabrics that are impervious to water and do not react to water (for obvious modesty reasons) and for me, that is bust, because unless the fabric reacts to the water and changes color, shape, clings or goes see thru, then that is as uninteresting as a girl wearing a scuba wetsuit. Rexine is another man-invented fabric that is a "wetlook killer" for me......it is often used in Bollywood rain scenes.....and that fabric is like wearing a suit of armor that prevents any wetlook effects from happening.
The problem is that fashion designers are not making street clothes that you can wear in the pool......they are making pool clothes that you can wear in the street.
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