Peru

[thisweirdthing1985]

when someone thinks about speedos and South America, Brazil comes inmediatly to mind. Sungas, Rio de Janeiro, etc. well, what about other countries ? this thread is about my country: Peru.

as I always say, Peruvian beaches and swimming pools aren't speedo friendly at all. (but when a girls wears a thong everybody: Applause! - stupid, isn't it?)

but... I think Peru is becoming a point of reference of clothing manufacture. for example Lacoste: made in Peru, designed in France.

"¿qué diablos? ¿en Perú se fabrican ropas de baño?= "what the hell? is there any swimwear made in Peru?" --- some peruvian would ask himself

the answer is: yes, man.

here are two brands I want to share with you:

1.vista water polo: the owner of this brand is an ex-wp player that now designs some nice suits . if you had facebook account check the fb page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/vista...029?fref=photo

I think their office is located in New Jersey, but I'm sure the factory is located here in Lima. when I bought one they send me the suit from a place in the city where you only find factories, the industrial zone of the city. the manager himself told me so by e-mail. well, some pics:

https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...cb&oe=54BD4507

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...ff715f28d46a4f

even Estados Unidos!
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...3ac432fa5b2d37

any many more...

2. there are one peruvian swimmer called Mauricio fiol:

http://cdn.larepublica.pe/sites/defa...icio-fiol3.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zxs-TQGliT...0/mauricio.jpg

http://elpoli.pe/wp-content/uploads/...dobro610x4.jpg

( by the way the name of that guy beside Mauricio is Gerardo Huidobro)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--...llassudjuv.JPG

well, mauricio is nowadays studying in the US, but he also has his own brand. I once send him a facebook mesaage thanking him for promoting the sunga-style suits in this closed mided country and he replied thanking me for the kind words! )
so ladies and gentlemen: Fiol Swimwear:

www.facebook.com/FiolSwimwear?ref=ts&fref=ts

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...62c11b863d0e15

https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...64&oe=54C4E045

he models his own swimwear, isn't it great?

well, that's all for now, hope you have liked it , and if you didn't like it tell me why

to be continued...

[sebbie]

I doubt you would ever get any American guy to wear a hot pink sunga with hearts..they would see that as a threat to their maleness. Its over the edge for me with respect to what I would wear.

Sebbie

[thisweirdthing1985]

Originally Posted by sebbie

I doubt you would ever get any American guy to wear a hot pink sunga with hearts..they would see that as a threat to their maleness. Its over the edge for me with respect to what I would wear.

Sebbie

LOL imagine what it would be for a ultra-conservative catholic peruvian: an abomination! I amazes me however that a well known swimmer, who has a girlfriend, and lives in Peru, the fact of being known for selling this suits.
That´s why I found this interesting. anyway, you won't understand what I really mean, unless you lived in this country.

I wouldn't wear this pinky suit on a beach, not even a speedo freindly place!, but would buy it just because it looks funny, if I had the money!

thanks for your answer!

[Crail]

Great and interesting post. Thanks

[thisweirdthing1985]

Originally Posted by Crail

Great and interesting post. Thanks

you're welcome. I'm happy you liked it

[louis]

Woweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee wow wow wow you say that Peru is not very speedo friendly, well the few you have are absolutely fabulous, what nice styles and paterns, can one buy one like fiol and one like the Lima water polo team, can you informe me where to get each one of them the price and so on....the Fiol ones seem to be the sungas type but according to then facebook pics you posted there seems to be also 2 or 3 inches sides witch I prefer, (I sent you a email about this) thanks for sending the pics and like we say here in Quebec OH LA LA.... ONE THING IS FOR SURE IF I EVER GET ONE OF THEM IL GET HARD FOR SURE LOL

[Swimmboy]

Sebbie said: I doubt you would ever get any American guy to wear a hot pink sunga with hearts..they would see that as a threat to their maleness. Its over the edge for me with respect to what I would wear.

I saw American swimmer Larsen Jensen wear a brief pinkish Speedo-style suit with little red strawberries on it at a major US meet in 2003. He won a silver medal the following year at the 2004 Olympics in the 1500 freestyle.

So yeah - real guys do wear pink! (But not very often)

[thisweirdthing1985]

Originally Posted by louis

Woweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee wow wow wow you say that Peru is not very speedo friendly, well the few you have are absolutely fabulous, what nice styles and paterns, can one buy one like fiol and one like the Lima water polo team, can you informe me where to get each one of them the price and so on....the Fiol ones seem to be the sungas type but according to then facebook pics you posted there seems to be also 2 or 3 inches sides witch I prefer, (I sent you a email about this) thanks for sending the pics and like we say here in Quebec OH LA LA.... ONE THING IS FOR SURE IF I EVER GET ONE OF THEM IL GET HARD FOR SURE LOL

ok, no problem, just it will take some time to get some information.

[thisweirdthing1985]

Originally Posted by sebbie

I doubt you would ever get any American guy to wear a hot pink sunga with hearts..they would see that as a threat to their maleness. Its over the edge for me with respect to what I would wear.

Sebbie

are you sure about americans Sebbie? are you speaking for every single american?

http://style.mtv.com//wp-content/upl...e-speedo-1.jpg

http://style.mtv.com//wp-content/upl...o-speedo-1.jpg

do you recognize him?

[thisweirdthing1985]

Originally Posted by Swimmboy

Sebbie said: I doubt you would ever get any American guy to wear a hot pink sunga with hearts..they would see that as a threat to their maleness. Its over the edge for me with respect to what I would wear.

I saw American swimmer Larsen Jensen wear a brief pinkish Speedo-style suit with little red strawberries on it at a major US meet in 2003. He won a silver medal the following year at the 2004 Olympics in the 1500 freestyle.

So yeah - real guys do wear pink! (But not very often)

thanks a lot for the great info! I'm sure many americans would like to wear a speedo , but they don't have the courage to do it!

as i said before, I wouldn't wear a pink suit, because I personally don't like pink colour. however I found that pinky-with-hearts suit very funny. I would buy it to enrich my speedo collection.
I compare this to my book collection. I bought a book once, and although I don't like the style of the author, I find the story interesting and I still own the book and read some chapters . it enriches my book collection