Speedos 1948

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

From Sporting Life November 1948

Comments

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

Whole lotta ho-yay going on there. That dude is even standing in front of a coiled hose. Nice touch.

[keristars.livejournal.com]

Does the green speedo highlight the dude's junk, or do I just have a filthy mind?

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Both.

[whoseline_wlsc]

I thought so too haha

[aisha-ayesha.livejournal.com]

It's pretty hard to miss.

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

DAD! Put something on!

[farranger.livejournal.com]

Back when men's swim shorts looked good.

[dandyads]

I will put this in my dossier for upcoming trip to 1948, I suspect it will be quite helpful when I need to identify champions...

[baron154.livejournal.com]

Honest question- it seems from tons and tons of pictures I've seen for years, it seems like covering up the navel was considered "decent" or something, until the 60's or so. Standards of modesty for women then I can sort of understand, but any picture or ad or movie with a shirtless man before 1960, the belly-button is always covered. It's a sort of old-fashioned modesty I've never really understood. The psychology of it.

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

With regards to men, I suspect it's just that pants are supposed to be worn that high up. Underwear and swimwear would be too, unlike nowadays.

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

Is it me, or is the guy on the right wearing a swim skirt?