8 Speedo-Style Swim Briefs for Letting It All Hang Out This Summer. Free your mind, and the tan will follow. By Reed Nelson. June 4, 2025. Image: Getty Images; Design: Brittany Loggins ...

After decades of banishment from mainstream wardrobes, one of fashion’s most divisive garments – the men’s swimming brief – is making a tentative return.

Next to athletes, swim briefs are probably most commonly associated with gay men. The image of Mr. Goggins, a virile straight man, in a Speedo also gave briefs relevance outside gay culture.

Angel Vera doesn’t look like your Speedo-wearing type. The 36-year-old mechanic admits his body isn’t chiseled or cut like Olympic swimmers. But here he is wearing a very brief navy blue ...

His swimming briefs were, well, brief – available in 17.5cm (6.9 inches), 12.5cm (4.9 inches) and 7.5cm (3 inch) widths — the greater the width, the more 'modest' the garment said Australian ...