briefest swimwear for men?

[Pampelmousse]

Could any man who subscribes to these pages tell me what is the briefest swimwear he has worn at a public swimming pool without being told to cover up? (I am particularly interested in the attitudes of the authorities in the UK, France and the US.

[nudeM]

I would probably think that the thong would be the suit of choice, at least of legally having the least amount of material. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/smoking.gif

[shomymojo]

Thong swimsuits...do NOT look good on men...JMHO...LOL

[Zevei]

Originally posted by shomymojo:
Thong swimsuits...do NOT look good on men...JMHO...LOL

That "thong" that Sasha Baron Cohen wears in the movie "Borat...." had to have been custom made for the movie. Has anyone EVER seen one like that in existence? I don't think even International Male would dare to sell that jock-strap with suspenders in it's catalog.

As far as thong swimsuits not looking good on men, well as in anything of textile fashion, I suppose it depends on the man.

A very brief bathing suit is obviously going to look absurd on someone with an extended one pack hanging over. But the same thing can be said for women who don't belong in skimpy bikinis more appropriate to younger women less burdened with excess adiposities.

Now Cohen, obviously is in pretty good physical shape. I know there are some who go to the smoothies philosophy who might find his natural hairiness off putting, but hey that's just a manifestation of his genetic heritage from those Northeastern European pales of settlement. Hey, I've got those very same genetic markers. I'm kind of proud of my hair, and it keeps me warmer than others when I strip down at the beach up here around the middle of April.

Borat's thong was meant to look ridiculous. He was poking fun at the popularity of thongs and the briefest of briefs worn among men in Eastern Europe.
If one is overweight, thongs and speedos just don't do it guys. Frankly in those situations you simply ARE better off naked. If you can't be naked, then wear boxer trunks. Or wear those ridiculous "surfer" trunks the young guys wear. How they don't sink to the bottom with those things, I'll never know.

Z http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/rolleyes2.gif

[NakedGary]

Tan through swim suits

http://www.solartanthrusuits.com/mens.cfm

http://www.solartanthrusuits.com/mens.cfm

[RalphVa]

I've worn a thong at the Mandarin pool in Singapore and a hotel pool in Bombay. I also rigged my sailboat for a year at Changi Sailing Club in Singapore before anyone complained. After that, I wore European cut swimsuits, which are MUCH more brief than a typical Speedo.

At a resort in Phuket, I wore a thong.

[nudebushwalker]

For another supplier of super-brief swimwear, see
www.vizeau.com (http://www.vizeau.com) for their range...

a bit expensive, but racy and risque as well..

and - I do think some of these would be too brief for public pools - more suited to more private pools, and reasonably quite beaches.

[Pampelmousse]

My original reason for asking this question was to ascertain how far one could push the limits in public pools as a preliminary to persuading authorities (obviously this would be over a long period of time to allow nudity there. I am thinking particularly of the UK where anti-nudity attitudes may not be so extreme as in the States.

[Rabid_Clam]

The briefist thing I hae worn is a smile.

[Shavedinohio]

I wear a thong when in the pool at my local gym. First I saw a few others wearing them and there was no problem, so I started!

Kewl website for men's swimwear ..... would love to see more men wear such on beaches where you have to wear swimsuits.

Allie

[BrianRI]

as far as swimming in a pool, I have only dared to rear a speedo.

As far as the beach goes, I have used a thong and a thong that was more like a G-string. This was outside the USA. I tried it a few times in the USA and got a lot of strange looks.

[Nude in the North]

In a public swimming pool in most any town in the USA I'm sure a Speedo would even get a few crosseyed looks. I wouldn't dare wear a thong in a place like that.
Even on the beaches around here you would probably have to answer to the police if you wore a thong.
The only place I dared wear a thong was on the Florida beaches near Haulover and South Beach and also a couple beaches in Mexico. Unless Nobody else was around, Then the "gloves" came off.
I don't go to beaches very often anyway, unless I'm on vacation. And then I usually go by what the regulars are wearing. But you won't ever catch me in those silly "Board Shorts".

Steve

[another cpl in mo]

I have worn a thong on the beach in FL. but mostly just a regular suit or nothing

[MJ_KC]

Around here I usually wear a very small boxer style swimsuit made out of Lycra. On vacation in Florida, I normally wear a Lycra g-string or nothing at all.

[PaulC]

That's a great suit in your photo. For myself, I have a mesh pouch that I wear on the more liberal beaqches where we cannot be nude

[iuiuiuat]

Speedo style suits are acceptable anywhere in the UK. You could wear a thong but I think people would find it funny rather than be outraged.

[Terrace Casual]

The attitudes here are one of laughter of wearing Speedos in a pool up to 40/50-ish. Most blokes, in a public pool at least, will wear shorts. If you wore a thong, I have a feeling you would induce laughter, amybe uncontrollable laughter, from people in the pool. Even the lifeguards. I stick to shorts. A fashion statement really, as I spent £90 on one single pair

[RichNH]

The briefest I've worn is a speedo with 1" sides. That got a few smiles but nothing else.

Rich

[nakedjohn]

In the 80's I wore a HOM swimsuit. It was very common, a lot of people wore them, it was the swimsuit at the time, one of their models was so small, it showed your crack and it was hard to hide all your pubic hair. But everybody accepted them. It was the closest to an all over tan. I still have them, but fitting in them is another question .

[Terrace Casual]

HOM swimsuit? Was it like a speedo type? Sounds like it would be a laugh to wear one now

[nakedjohn]

HOM is a French brandname, like your Jockey, CK, etc.
It would be funny to wear one, because I am not used anymore to wear swimsuits.

[Terrace Casual]

Yeah, Googled this after you posted. Obviously they don't do that type of swimwear anymore because nothing came up, just underwear

[nakedjohn]

They still do swimwear, but my model date from the early 80's.

[Terrace Casual]

Actually got on their website.

Not sure how much laughter you'd get from these, but they seem better for beachwear than anything else I guess

http://www.hom-fashion.co.uk/product.php?productid=16187&cat=108&page=6

[RalphVa]

You're not comfortable with your body if you can't wear at least a Speedo at ANY public pool or beach in the US. Don't think anyone will have any problem with it. Yeah, you'll be different from the silly idiots wearing those long, droopy board shorts and look-alikes, but so what?

Do it, and then we can pretty soon get back to the HOM type suits and maybe progress from there to thongs or nothing. Don't know how we got into those long short things. I found it VERY difficult recently to find some new shorts that didn't go to my knees to wear. Finally found some. It's even more difficult to find any swim suits other than those long short things or the occasional Speedo, and Speedos don't come in the larger sizes available in European suits (HOM type).

If you can't get comfortable with a Speedo, buy one of those running suits without a liner. I usually cut the liner from any swim suit I've ever bought anyone.

[Fuzzy Nuts]

Funny but I would be enbarrassed being seen in that but suffer none when I am naked.

[Journeyman]

Originally posted by Fuzzy Nuts:
Funny but I would be enbarrassed being seen in that but suffer none when I am naked.

I agree, Fuzzy. I can't imagine that much attention being drawn to my genitals, but obviously others see it differently. If I have to go textile, I frankly don't care what kind of swimsuit I end up wearing.

[MJ_KC]

I wouldn't be the least bit embarrassed to wear that swimsuit. I just wish that it was OK to at least wear something that small on most beaches, if we can't be nude. Instead, we are forced to wear a lot more.

[Arnabas]

I've worn a Speedo at a pool and at the beach. It got me a few stares, but nothing too bad. I personally think they look better than the knee-length shorts lots of guys wear now.

I also find it odd that people are not only covering up more, but teens seem to be keeping their underwear on under their swimsuits. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/confused.gif

[Matt King]

I can't stand for my boys to be that constricted. Too tight ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. I like a loose fit or just naked.

[RCH44]

I have worn speedos however since I do have a belly I think shorts would be better for me.

That is if I was at a beach or pool area that was not nude.

Ralph

Originally posted by Pampelmousse:
Could any man who subscribes to these pages tell me what is the briefest swimwear he has worn at a public swimming pool without being told to cover up? (I am particularly interested in the attitudes of the authorities in the UK, France and the US.

[Terrace Casual]

Originally posted by RCH44:
I have worn speedos however since I do have a belly I think shorts would be better for me.

I've also been toying with the idea of Speedos but I also suffer from the Good Living Syndrome http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/beam.gif

[bill2me]

Terrace Casual, I only have one thing to say to you in regards to the Speedo. If you want to wear one then wear one. Life is far too short. It took me years to work up the nerve to wear one and once I did, no one cared. All those years wasted over nothing at all.

[Naturist Mark]

I only have one thing to say to you in regards to the Speedo. If you would like to wear one then wear one.
I don't think we are talking about what we LIKE to wear ... that would be nothing. It's about what we'll settle for when we don't have that choice.

[Terrace Casual]

Yeah, but what we like to wear is sometimes what we do wear because it saves being laughed at. Which is sometimes what will happen when you wear a Speedo type costume. Personally, I am getting to like them, but then I've spent £90 on a pair of Armani swimming shorts, so I need to get a lot of use out of them!

[RCH44]

I agree with you. And I like the way to said it.
Suffering from good living syndrome.

Originally posted by Terrace Casual:
Yeah, but what we like to wear is sometimes what we do wear because it saves being laughed at. Which is sometimes what will happen when you wear a Speedo type costume. Personally, I am getting to like them, but then I've spent £90 on a pair of Armani swimming shorts, so I need to get a lot of use out of them!

[nudebushwalker]

Looking at that Hom site, I found their suits to be relatively modest by others i have looked at. Their briefest G-strings are the starting point for some other companies, while their briefs are pretty modest by 'Speedo' standards.. Vizeu had some more racy, and more fancy, styles than the one I am sporting in my photo, but I considered the one I have to simply be the most elegant in their range...
I usually wear g-strings or brief briefs on non-nude beaches around here, but I haven't yet worn this one on those beaches. As I do prefer to go nude whenever possible I tend to avoid the more popular beaches, and head a little further out of town..
But this is Australia where I am writing from, and down here these days you may very well see anything from near-(but not quite..)-nudity to neck-to-knee suits on the more popular beaches, though those over-long board shorts have dominated among the younger males here over the last couple of years as well..

Being made of a very stretchy nylon lycra, the costume I am wearing here isn't tight nor too constrictive, and it would be sure to open some people's eyes - especially any ladies who didn't already realise where my tastes and nude inclinations may lie...

[Shavedinohio]

Take a look at the Koala Swimwear collection. They are very small!

[Centauri4]

There is a bikini combination for the ladies that is "stringless" and has been around for quiet a few years. I Think it is ingenuous!

Apparently it uses a (thin?) wire frame sewn with the edge (trim) to allow the wearer to adjust it to fit their body (type, size, shape, etc).

I was hoping to find one like this for guys one day but, so far I have not looked for one. I suppose anyone could "engineer" one out of a Speedo-type swimsuit.

[nudebushwalker]

I remember the company that makes that 'stringless' bikini having a men's version out in the early 80's, but maybe it was ahead of its time - and never caught on - as I haven't seen it available since then.
With modern materials, maybe the wire support could be replaced with a plastic mould ?
Maybe some of us here should go into a new business with this - distributing alternative clothing options for those nudists who want to wear as little as possible (when they can't go nude..) - briefer-than-brief swimmers, next-to-nothing underclothes, quick-and-easy to don and remove skirts and kilts, and so on ?? http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/idea3.gif

[RalphVa]

In connection with this topic, here's a good one:

Bubba liked to frequent the old swimming hole but was never able to
attract the girls. He decided to ask his friend Billy-Bob for advice.

It's those big baggy swimming trunks that make you look like an old
fool. They're years outta style.

Your best bet is to grab yourself a pair of Speedos-about two sizes
too little and drop a fist-sized tater down inside them. I'm telling
ya man...ya'll have all the babes you want!

The following weekend, Bubba hits the swimming hole with his spanking
new;tight Speedos, and his fist-sized potato. Everybody at the
swimming hole was disgusted as he walked by, covering their faces,
turning way, laughing, looking sick!

Bubba went back to his buddy Billy-Bob and asked him,"What's wrong
now?"

"Mercy, mercy!" said Billy-Bob, "the tater goes in the front!"

[Caipora]

Local public pools are run either by the city, or a tax-supported organization. They both have similar rules - which ban women wearing too little, and men wearing too much.

The rules for women are bikinis or one-piece suits, but no thongs. For men, Speedos only - no shorts. For both sexes, no white suits that go transparent in the water.

No one seems to find this an obstacle. The outdoor pool, which I prefer weather permitting, is separated from a busy avenue by a chain-link fence. No one of any age has a problem with being seen in Speedos a few yards from the public sidewalk.

I've never seen the lifeguards enforcing dress rules on anyone, except the rule you can't change on the pool deck - not even pulling shorts over a bathing suit.

No one cares if preschool kids changing on the beach, or if they run about naked while doing so. And while teenage boys overwhelmingly favor long shorts on the beach, pre-teens and post-college tend toward the more practical Speedos.

- Caipora

[nakedjohn]

Centauri4, I think they call it the C-string.
I saw a model for women, not for men yet I think.

[RalphVa]

Here's a good one in connection with this topic:

Bubba liked to frequent the old swimming hole but was never able to
attract the girls. He decided to ask his friend Billy-Bob for advice.

It's those big baggy swimming trunks that make you look like an old
fool. They're years outta style.

Your best bet is to grab yourself a pair of Speedos-about two sizes
too little and drop a fist-sized tater down inside them. I'm telling
ya man...ya'll have all the babes you want!

The following weekend, Bubba hits the swimming hole with his spanking
new;tight Speedos, and his fist-sized potato. Everybody at the
swimming hole was disgusted as he walked by, covering their faces,
turning way, laughing, looking sick!

Bubba went back to his buddy Billy-Bob and asked him,"What's wrong
now?"

"Mercy, mercy!" said Billy-Bob, "the tater goes in the front!"

[jehlab]

Check out:hunkware (http://www.hunkwear.com/proddetail.php?prod=4094)

[Traveller]

nudieboodie.com I have bought 3 or 4 of them xlarge

[Fuzzy Nuts]

I just checked out "hunkwear" and I just dont have the balls or guts to be seen by anyone with them on - yet it certainly doesnt bother me to be seen naked.

All they do is emphasize your equipment.

[Bobx23456]

Originally posted by Fuzzy Nuts:
I just checked out "hunkwear" and I just dont have the balls or guts to be seen by anyone with them on - yet it certainly doesnt bother me to be seen naked.

All they do is emphasize your equipment.

Back when I was younger and thiner I had a similar suit for swimming laps at the local pool. I had to quit lap swimming when I got bursitis in my shoulder. My tight suit was getting faded anyway.

Now I just let them hang down without any cover.

Blessings

Bob

[missouriboy]

Originally posted by Traveller:
nudieboodie.com I have bought 3 or 4 of them xlarge Hmmm... now where did I see this one: "Do you suppose it's a coincidence that the Roman Numeral for 40 is XL? http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/beam.gif

[MoonShadow]

I would love to see men wearing some of these fashions, but don't think that will happen on most beaches. Interesting, women wear the equivalent but most men don't....such a shame!!

http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/cool4.gif

[Centauri4]

Originally posted by Traveller:
nudieboodie.com I have bought 3 or 4 of them xlarge
This is rather close to what I have in mind. I have a hand-crocheted le cache sex similar to the string-back microbriefs shown on nudieboodie.com, but it is very old and was order out of the classifieds in the back of H&E magazine. The one I have is white, very comfortable, and if I recall crafted by a lady in the U.K. and sent to me via airmail padded envelope after I sent aU.S. postal money order. I understand that magazine stopped publishing along time back but is about to begin again.

I did also look for the "C String" mentioned earlier but did not find anything. It appears that many of the men's swimwear or undergear items are a bit 'extreme' or 'fetish-istic' (erotic-wear). I don't think there is anything wrong with that, but I am not exactly attending crazy frat parties these days! http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/smoking.gif

[MJ_KC]

The problem with the really small swimsuits is that it can be difficult to find a place where it is OK to wear them. It seems that for many places it would have to be OK to go nude before you could get away with these tiny swimsuits.

[Bobx23456]

Originally posted by MJ_KC:
The problem with the really small swimsuits is that it can be difficult to find a place where it is OK to wear them. It seems that for many places it would have to be OK to go nude before you could get away with these tiny swimsuits.

I think its actually legal wherever swim suits are required. When I was younger and thiner I wore some pretty darn skimpy, not quite thongs at public beaches and pools. They were maybe 1 inch wide at the sides and pearhaps 4 inches wide across my behind. The front was cut close on the sides and low in the middle.

You can wear them legally, but you have to be willing to accept the stares and opinions of people who will think you are flaunting your maleness. But if calling attention to yourself is okay, and you want to be as close to nude as you can get away with, then you can actually wear them most places. Been there, done that.

Blessings

Bob

[uskman]

Originally posted by nakedjohn:
In the 80's I wore a HOM swimsuit. It was very common, a lot of people wore them, it was the swimsuit at the time, one of their models was so small, it showed your crack and it was hard to hide all your pubic hair. But everybody accepted them. It was the closest to an all over tan. I still have them, but fitting in them is another question .

I wore that style for years in public pools without any problem. Obviously, some people stare, but one lady told me she liked the style!

[Nudesuncpl]

The briefest swimwear you'll find is at [link deleted due to adult sexual content, Mod "NG"] They have a micro pouch that's just that -- a pouch! No back, no straps, nothing but a pouch in which you put your jewels, and lace the pouch shut. We don't have a clue where you could wear it other than a nude beach, and then why bother?

[MJ_KC]

Originally posted by Nudesuncpl:
The briefest swimwear you'll find is at ........ [link deleted due to adult sexual content, Mod "NG"] They have a micro pouch that's just that -- a pouch! No back, no straps, nothing but a pouch in which you put your jewels, and lace the pouch shut. We don't have a clue where you could wear it other than a nude beach, and then why bother?
That was my point. Some are so small that you are almost nude, so you could only wear them at a nude beach.

[nakedjohn]

.............[link deleted due to adult sexual content, Mod "NG"]
This koala stuff is no swimwear to me, it has other intentions.

[MJ_KC]

Originally posted by nakedjohn:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">.............[link deleted due to adult sexual content, Mod "NG"]
This koala stuff is no swimwear to me, it has other intentions. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That would mean that really small women's swimwear isn't actually swimwear either, even when it is advertised and sold as swimwear.

A lot of what they sell does cross the line to the point where it isn't swimwear at all, but some of it could be worn as swimwear. I would say that less than 1/2 could really be called swimwear by any stretch of the imagination.

I have seen women's swimwear that doesn't actually cover anything, but it is still advertised as swimwear. Seems that a lot of this stuff is somewhere between what would be called small swimwear and nudity. It doesn't really do either thing well.

[pek1]

Originally posted by RalphVa:
Here's a good one in connection with this topic:

Bubba liked to frequent the old swimming hole but was never able to
attract the girls. He decided to ask his friend Billy-Bob for advice.

It's those big baggy swimming trunks that make you look like an old
fool. They're years outta style.

Your best bet is to grab yourself a pair of Speedos-about two sizes
too little and drop a fist-sized tater down inside them. I'm telling
ya man...ya'll have all the babes you want!

The following weekend, Bubba hits the swimming hole with his spanking
new;tight Speedos, and his fist-sized potato. Everybody at the
swimming hole was disgusted as he walked by, covering their faces,
turning way, laughing, looking sick!

Bubba went back to his buddy Billy-Bob and asked him,"What's wrong
now?"

"Mercy, mercy!" said Billy-Bob, "the tater goes in the front!"

<span class="ev_code_BLUE">RalphVa,

Please let the laughter subside . . . what the hell are you talking about? Seriously, man. Damn, I'm not that stupid. What is a tater?</span>

[pek1]

Originally posted by jehlab:
Check out:hunkware (http://www.hunkwear.com/proddetail.php?prod=4094)

<span class="ev_code_BLUE">Whoa!! Those guys can stand to do some shaving!</span>

[pek1]

<span class="ev_code_BLUE">I have a speedo. But, in order for a guy to wear a speedo, he can't be any taller than my height (5'7") and have his pubic hair shaved back so it's not sprouting through. Would help if the guy wasn't a fatty, too.</span>

[nakedjohn]

pek1,

tator=patatoe

[nakedjohn]

pek1, what has height to do with wearing a speedo?
In the 80's we were all wearing speedo's and nobody shaved, it showed a lot of pubic hair, and nobody had a problem with it.

[nudeM]

I guess it's alright for the pubes to show, just as long as the goods are covered. Go figure. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/smoking.gif

[1Ace]

I think this style looks ridiculus on most average men. There was a guy at Black's the last time we went wearing one of these, it was all I could do to stop laughing ever time I saw him. Actually drew more attention to himself than if he was nude, then again maybe that's what he wanted? Was good for a laugh anyway for my wife and I...

[MJ_KC]

Originally posted by 1Ace:
I think this style looks ridiculus on most average men. There was a guy at Black's the last time we went wearing one of these, it was all I could do to stop laughing ever time I saw him. Actually drew more attention to himself than if he was nude, then again maybe that's what he wanted? Was good for a laugh anyway for my wife and I...
I always accept whatever style of swimsuit someone wants to wear if they don't want to be nude. Ridiculing people is the kind of behavior that I would only expect from someone who doesn't understand the concept of clothing optional or from a non-nudist.

[RichNH]

I agree with MJ_KC, we've got enough against us, not smart to be driving wedges into our own ranks.

I was at Lighthouse beach yesterday and saw the briefest swimsuit I've ever seen on a man, essentially it was all string except for just a pouch. He wore it well. He wasn't in the nude area but right over the line by some dozens of yards.

Rich

[MJ_KC]

Originally posted by RichNH:
I agree with MJ_KC, we've got enough against us, not smart to be driving wedges into our own ranks.

I was at Lighthouse beach yesterday and saw the briefest swimsuit I've ever seen on a man, essentially it was all string except for just a pouch. He wore it well. He wasn't in the nude area but right over the line by some dozens of yards.

Rich
I have one of those suits, but in my opinion I have too much belly for one that small. Sometimes a too small suit just doesn't work. I would prefer to just go nude.

[Rabid_Clam]

I have found the briefest swim wear a man or woman can wear!

Just the other day I was at Angel Falls for a dip and noticed I was wearing the briefiest swim wear ever!

I got undressed and began to enjoy the sun. Just before I entered the water I noticed my textile swim wear and had to laugh.

I was wearing a piece of belly button lint! Now that has to be the briefiest piece of swim wear one can find !

[1Ace]

have one of those suits, but in my opinion I have too much belly for one that small. Sometimes a too small suit just doesn't work. I would prefer to just go nude.

Nice to see others feel the same ...

[Kohana_Kioni]

Its a funny thing about swim shorts, trunks etc... women can wear just about anything that is thin which shows nipples when wet or just barly covering them, to just bare coverage of butt and groin, and no one but the old modest lady says anything.

But if a guy wears a speedo, thong or other skimpy bottom suit because is shows your bulged package, the public thinks men are on the prowl and showing off.

Why people just can't mind their own and leave those that want to be free and wear what they want alone... but nooooo.

There was a guy here recently who wore a thong at a public beach in Bigfork, Mt who made the police blotter because someone called on him because his cheeks showed.

They need to get a life, so we can.

Rant mode off.

Now because my wife has expressed her concern, when with her, I will wear http://www.tanthrough.com/ts-mens-swimwear.htm these are going to be nice to keep the tan lines away. I have unwillingly agreed to wear the loose the loose trunks for her while with her. Personally I would much rather wear nothing at all.

[burgee]

I recall a swimsuit/clubwear strapless pouch thing in some catalogs about ten years ago.
it was a semi-rigid pouch with no sides or waist bands. It was a "clamp" type thing that stayed on your dangly bits by a firm form-fitting shape that also went up the back partly held in place by butt cheeks. Maybe some one else remembers this thing and can recall what the name of it was.
It was not in the catalogs for long, most likely due to it not being as confortable or practical as thongs and g-strings.