Swimwear Information
Care of Your Swimwear:
These days there are 2 distinctly different fabrics used for swimwear - chlorine resistant and lycra.
Lycra has wonderful stretch properties and is used for all the lovely prints and colours, it fits like a glove but it doesn't like chlorine! If you swim more than once a week a chlorine resistant suit will be the best investment particularly if it is going to be left wet in your swimming bag all day at work, but the polyester/pbt fabric has two drawbacks - it doesn't stretch very much and the colours are dull. If you decide to buy a chlorine resistant suit you would be best advised to phone the shop and arrange to have at least 2 sizes sent for you to try on as it must be a comfortable fit - if it is too small it will cut on the shoulders when you are swimming, too big and it will move on you and leave marks on your neck and make you sore.
If you decide to buy lycra then there are one or two things you can do to prolong the life of your suit. Buy your suit in a size that fits snugly as it will stretch over time. If you shower in it after your swim then give it a good rinse in cold water afterwards, drop it into your swimming bag and once home give it another cold rinse and hang over the bath taps to dry. Never wrap it in your towel - if there is any chlorine left in the suit you will heat it and the chemicals will destroy the lycra even quicker. Never machine wash your suit, lycra doesn't like hot water, soap powder or fabric conditioner, and NEVER PUT LYCRA IN A TUMBLE DRIER, you will destroy it.
If you swim regularly a swimming bag is a good investment, they are designed with a mesh wet pocket specifically for your wet swimsuit and keep the wet and dry things apart.
Swimsuit Sizing:
A swimsuit is the only item of clothing you buy to fit your body length rather than width. Once you have decided which style of suit you want - high leg (narrow suit) medium leg (a bit more coverage in this) or low leg/bust support (more generous again) you then need to think length. The bust size is a guide, but if you are 6' tall you will probably have to go up a size - this will be 2" longer than the previous size. So if you know you are long in the body, size up - you can always phone us and ask us to send more than one size. And if you are buying a chlorine resistant suit you will probably need at least one size up again as they don't stretch. Remember, we're always on the end of the phone if you want advice!
Buying Competition Swimwear:
To achieve the best possible times in a competition suit its need to fit tightly enough to prevent water pentration therefore if you train in a lycra suit you should go one size down and if you train in endurance you should try two sizes down as lycra strecthes the suit will actually last longer the tighter it fits when new.
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Female fastskins are sized 24-30 and size up as follows. Never warm up in your skins they should be dry when you race and NEVER train in them you will ruin them in one session. |
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