After decades of banishment from mainstream wardrobes, one of fashion’s most divisive garments — the men’s swimming brief — is making a tentative return across the globe. Some would argue the garment ...

A new exhibition dedicated to all things swimming has opened at London’s Design Museum. It features everything from an Olympic gold medal to the red bathing suit Pamela Anderson wore in Baywatch.

At its annual meeting this month in Chicago, the governing body of American competitive swimming voted overwhelmingly to ban full-body swimsuits. This means that after October 1, male swimmers can ...

1. What did men swim in, historically? Survey Greek urns or Roman frescoes and the answer is clear—throughout antiquity, men went swimming in the nude. As with many moves toward prudishness, the ...

Forget the size of a nose, shoes and gloves, you can tell enough about a man from the size of his swimsuit. Traditional Speedo styles offer a thigh-full and an eyeful, while board shorts deliver ...

Typically, athletes don’t slip into their Speedos to head for the ice. But that’s what will happen at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, as U.S. sledding and sliding competitors go for the gold. Los ...