I've been planning for some time to start a new recurring series here at
WetSpeedos, called
Swimming is the New Fashion.
Consider this post #1 of many under that heading.
This is an odd photo shoot featuring Thomas Rupprath and other German swimmers and water polo players. I think I found it on one of the French gay boy fashion blogs awhile ago, but it illustrates my point precisely: swimmers, divers and water polo players (to a lesser degree) are becoming celebrities in a way they haven't been before. Why? Because they're sexy -- and because we all wish we could be them.
Aquamen especially get to flaunt their shiny muscled wet body parts in the skimpiest possible, impossibly tight -- and even sheer -- attire in front of millions of cheering fans worldwide, and do it legitimately without anyone tsk, tsking that "they might as well be naked!"
Michael Phelps is now aggressively stripping down to his speedos in TV ads every chance he gets, it seems. And as I've recently posted,
Ryan Lochte is modeling, and
Ian Thorpe has his own underwear line. Et cetera, et cetera. To catch this wave, fashion mags are following suit with competition swimming themes everywhere.
Thus,
Swimming is the New Fashion. More to come.
