My interest in thong swimwear started sometime around 2000. Up to that point, all of my clothing had been purchased from brick and mortar stores or, less frequently, through catalogs. None of them, as far as I can recall, carried thong swimsuits.
It was the peak of the dot-com bubble. Everyone was opening online stores. I don’t remember how I found them, but I came across two that sold thongs: Prevail Sport and Undergear.
Minimum coverage for maximum sun exposure. The front pouch has a natural seam for definition and comfort with a string waist and thong back.
It was a disappointment.
The color didn’t suit me. It didn’t fit well and was uncomfortable. I think I returned it.
It was a while before I tried another swim thong. I purchased a few, but none of them were right for me. They were never used. I banished them to the bottom of the drawer until they were thrown out along with other unwanted clothing.
Then I found N2N. I tried their bikinis first, and was quite happy with the design. By then, I’d mostly given up on thongs. It was a few more years before I gave N2N’s swim thong a shot. I regretted waiting so long.
Like the previous post, my first thong was also the pocket thong from Undergear. I loved it! I saw it in the catalogue and wondered who on earth would dare wear something so skimpy. Where on earth would you wear it? And then…I saw it being worn on South Beach, Florida. I had just arrived at the beach and there was a guy standing before me in the pocket thong. I was totally in awe, captivated, and somewhat in shock. I now knew that guys actually wore things like this. I now knew that it was OK to wear them in Florida. I came home from vacation and immediately ordered one. By the following summer I had ordered another color. On my next trip to Florida, I proudly wore my pocket thongs. What a thrill!
My first thong was in 1984, a Royal Blue Hom g-string. Saw it in a window in Brighton, where I was living at the time. Wore it a few times on the beach and a lot in Ibiza. Still have it after all these years but it must have shrunk as I can’t get into it anymore! Perhaps one day. All my swimwear and underwear is all thongs and g’s. Loving it!
That’s awesome, @Luvnmythong. I wish I still had my Undergear Pocket Thong. My opinion may not have changed in the intervening time, but it would be interesting to find out. So cool to learn that you had a parallel experience.
I also wore thongs (strictly g-strings) to the beach for the first time in the late 80s. One was a classic HOM g-string, and the other was a g-string by a maker of exotic clothing in a back lane near my work. Was a time when lots of guys in Europe (especially France) wore them at the beach. I was both anxious and happy to be wearing them at the beach.
My first swim thong was a black Desmiit. I now also have one in Navy Blue, and Light Blue. I swim laps at an indoor pool when them daily since about the time Covid started. I now have a few OrocoJuco and a few no name thongs in my rotation as well. Most are solid neutral colors, I have 2 that are sort of a comic book print that I got off of Ali Express. All are rather conservative in “cut” but unmistakable as thongs. Be confident, Act normal, Be friendly, and the suit won’t matter.
I had forgotten about my first thong. I thought it had been a local purchase here in Venice Beach circa 1998, but I remembered having an earlier pair in college. I don’t remember where I had purchased it, but it had been a couple even earlier that in high school my older, and kinkier, girlfriend had bought for me. It wasn’t until the 1998 purchase that I started wearing thongs as beachwear, and I have exclusively been wearing them as such ever since. No brand out of the box has fit the way I prefer, so I’ve learned to use a needle to modify them to my personal preference: a little bit up and a little bit out. It seems that the very small and very narrow still attracts a lot of looks, but the speedo style don’t generate hardly any reactions.
First swim thong was a cheap Desmiit swim thong from Amazon. Honestly, it’s still one of the best swim thongs I own; comfortable and you can’t beat the price ($14). There are definitely more flashy thongs out there, but many of them are $50-150.
Though not technically a swim thong, the first thong I ever wore on the beach was a Joe Snyder I bought in Cancun in 1998. I bought three: black, turquoise, and navy. My father was mortified, but I was a very happy young man.
Two years ago, I bought a few Desmiit swim thongs after finally wearing swim briefs to the beach at the age of 50 for a season. The first time I wore a swim thong (turquoise) in public was at Laguna Beach, CA. I felt exhilarated while swimming out in the water or on the sand. I’ll never forget the feeling of freedom and joy I had that day and continue to have each time I’m wearing a different color or brand of thong out in the ocean or at hotel resort and spa.
Thanks. I have several from Muscleskins. I especially like the very narrow 1/2 cm as well as the more conservative 2 in sides.
What I’ve learned is that even a custom made suit is still not right here or there, but my own tuck here and there makes even a Muscleskins fit even better!