TV news story about men's string bikini swimwear from Australia long ago.

[JustSomeDude71]

This is a news report from Australia back in 1977. Listen to the comments of beachgoers and you'll see how drastically attitudes have changed in over 40 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7DnnZ6czkg

[TANGA TANGA]

This is a news report from Australia back in 1977. Listen to the comments of beachgoers and you'll see how drastically attitudes have changed in over 40 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7DnnZ6czkg

I can't remember if I came across this on youtube by accident,or if someone on the forum posted a link some time ago? I do remember commenting on it at the time and being impressed by the older gentleman being interviewed by the reporter. He explained in a very calm and informative way the advantages of the string bikinis despite the woman interviewer being biased against them. It was good to see that most of the people interviewed on the beach were positive when asked about what they thought of the string bikini. Too bad the comments section on youtube had been disabled which suggests that some of them were probably negative in the extreme.

[DownUnder]

The gentleman who explained the advantages (I guess he was a designer himself) put it well. "Larger in the chest and belly would make bigger garments look like a maternity dress" deserves to be a motto for this group. He explained it logically and did not have to resort to emotion, so well done him. Over 40 years ago, so my guess is that he is no longer with us. TDT itself went just a year later if I recall, but morphed into other current affairs.

But I must object - the woman in the blue bikini was showing nipples. Oh no!

[DownUnder]

Having had another look at this, it's interesting for a now and then study.

1. How clean everyone was with no tattoos or metalwear.
2. The blue bikini at around 2:00 was skimpy but reasonably common and one that she would have obtained easily from any good swimwear store, even if not from a department store. Being 1977 I doubt it would have been a nylon/Lycra mix, just plain nylon, but well fitting all the same.
3. The board rider (assuming he really is) seems a bit slobbish, I remember surfers being more muscular than that. His comment that "it would look funny" is probably a way of saying that the suit might come of easily.

It's a pity the model was not asked about what he thought of it. The style must not have taken off as I don't remember seeing anything like this commonly. I suspect that the back was too low for that period, and had it come higher it might have looked and felt better. The other issue would have been that if this was only available in, say, a Sydney store, then availability would have been very restricted as such items being posted would have been expensive then.

[TANGA TANGA]

Having had another look at this, it's interesting for a now and then study.

1. How clean everyone was with no tattoos or metalwear.
2. The blue bikini at around 2:00 was skimpy but reasonably common and one that she would have obtained easily from any good swimwear store, even if not from a department store. Being 1977 I doubt it would have been a nylon/Lycra mix, just plain nylon, but well fitting all the same.
3. The board rider (assuming he really is) seems a bit slobbish, I remember surfers being more muscular than that. His comment that "it would look funny" is probably a way of saying that the suit might come of easily.

It's a pity the model was not asked about what he thought of it. The style must not have taken off as I don't remember seeing anything like this commonly. I suspect that the back was too low for that period, and had it come higher it might have looked and felt better. The other issue would have been that if this was only available in, say, a Sydney store, then availability would have been very restricted as such items being posted would have been expensive then.

Like you,I watched the clip again,and I felt that the model could have pulled the string sides slightly higher up to give more of a curved line rather than the flat line all the way around.
I remember that string bikini style being very popular in the Kiniki catalogues many,many years ago. I bought quite a few,including a tan through suit,which I still have in my swimwear drawer. When I started going to Sicily 16 years ago,I would wear them on the busy beaches and they would always be skimpier that the local guys' speedos. Our blog leader,Nate has also posted a pic some time ago of himself sunbathing in a snake print tanga,which I happen to have in my collection too.Mind you, I don't think he ever plucked up the courage to wear it in public(lol).

[ralange]

Having had another look at this, it's interesting for a now and then study.

1. How clean everyone was with no tattoos or metalwear.
2. The blue bikini at around 2:00 was skimpy but reasonably common and one that she would have obtained easily from any good swimwear store, even if not from a department store. Being 1977 I doubt it would have been a nylon/Lycra mix, just plain nylon, but well fitting all the same.
3. The board rider (assuming he really is) seems a bit slobbish, I remember surfers being more muscular than that. His comment that "it would look funny" is probably a way of saying that the suit might come of easily.

It's a pity the model was not asked about what he thought of it. The style must not have taken off as I don't remember seeing anything like this commonly. I suspect that the back was too low for that period, and had it come higher it might have looked and felt better. The other issue would have been that if this was only available in, say, a Sydney store, then availability would have been very restricted as such items being posted would have been expensive then.

Like you,I watched the clip again,and I felt that the model could have pulled the string sides slightly higher up to give more of a curved line rather than the flat line all the way around.
I remember that string bikini style being very popular in the Kiniki catalogues many,many years ago. I bought quite a few,including a tan through suit,which I still have in my swimwear drawer. When I started going to Sicily 16 years ago,I would wear them on the busy beaches and they would always be skimpier that the local guys' speedos. Our blog leader,Nate has also posted a pic some time ago of himself sunbathing in a snake print tanga,which I happen to have in my collection too.Mind you, I don't think he ever plucked up the courage to wear it in public(lol).

I thought the same thing about the strings should have been pulled up around his hips. But that is more fabric than I have on.most of my suits today.

Which brings me to a quote I seen the other day.
" People will stare, so make worth their while"
I love it and may get a tattoo of it on my ass cheek. LOL!

[jason_greets]

This is a news report from Australia back in 1977. Listen to the comments of beachgoers and you'll see how drastically attitudes have changed in over 40 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7DnnZ6czkg

Interesting. Not my kind of cut.