Most women buy their bathing suits with fashion criteria in mind. Even competitive swimmers like the latest cool designs of the season. Unfortunately reality sets in very quickly at $80 price tags when the average lifespan of a suit is 3 - 6 months before it turns into some sagging, see-through piece of clothing with a few holes here and there. Which tends to prompt the excited announcement to the club’s mailing list I just witnessed: “The vendor at the kids meet is selling suits for $42, go get them before they’re gone”. I used to buy the mystery grab-bag suits online, which were usually so ugly they couldn’t be sold otherwise. But then I stumbled across Polyester suits. Bought one two years ago and then ordered a replacement for it some time last year thinking that it couldn’t possibly last longer than a year. Well, it’s still alive and kicking, virtually indestructible. Granted I just started wearing the new suit for practice, but still wear the original one during open water swims. At this rate, I won’t have to buy another suit until the year 2007. Life is good!
Ulla, you are STILL wearing that same poly suit! AMAZING! Whoever is the maker of that suit, should use you in a commercial. Seriously, that’s a good investment.