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Article: SPEEDO'S $550 SWIMSUIT A STROKE OF GENIUS.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 14, 2008
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Byline: NORMAN CHAD Columnist
SO THERE IS a new swimsuit, designed with help from NASA and its wind tunnels, made of low-drag, lightweight, polyurethane fabric that repels water. This otherworldly apparel is causing quite a splash - my goodness, did I just write that? - in the underworld of swimming.
The swimsuit, made by Speedo, is called the LZR Racer.
The cost of this swimsuit is $550, or twice the amount of my annual clothing budget.
Once they shaved body hair; now they slip on spacesuits.