I think it's the conservative American culture that has seeped in that is the main influence on what Brits wear. It's not that Brits themselves have become more conservative, but rather America is influencing what we see as "the norm". Most of our films are American and American males wear shorts, briefs are seen as something unfashionable or gay men wear. I think that there are many British men (and a lot of women) who would love them to be fashionable again (I can tell from their admiring faces), but the insiduous American conservatism that is rubbing off on British youth means that showing willy=bad but showing tits and fanny=good (which is why women in all shapes and sizes wear tiny bikinis).aussiebumfan wrote:it has always been a laughing point (don't take that the wrong way) mancspeedoboy, that Britain has no beaches as such, and not the greatest weather (except down south). Do you think that because you don't have a beach culture as such, that may influence what people wear or don't wear to the beach? Or the availability of a wide range of swimwear?
Britain does have a beach culture in that British people love beaches, maybe not our own, but most Brits holiday annually in Europe, where speedos tend to be worn in greater numbers. It doesn't seem to affect what the Brits themselves are wearing back home though. Though with that said, in recent years there are growing numbers of males wearing the tight square-cut speedos, maybe even reaching a 50:50 split for adults. Good too I say. Brits get your trunks back on, swimming in big baggy water-soaked shorts is completely ridiculous.
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