Got my Skinz 2007 print catalog.  All I can say is are they color blind?   In the past I have purchsed both dark and bright colored thongs from skinz, but this years selections are for the most part appaling.  The color and style compbos are either tacky or just un appealing.  Marbled Yellow is a good example of stuff most people just wont purchase.  I would not even wear it if they give it to me for free.

The clasic cut of the M14 thong, a thong that is even shown on the cover, is almost non-existant on the inside, with no more pictures of M14's.

Just how many guys are going to wear colors like Lavender-Sand-Ice-Velvit, I kid you not that's what it's called.  They do have some good fabrics, both plain and in print.  If you want some of the more normal colors on a M14 or M1/M2 type thong you have to pay extra.  Because some idiot thinks that Hot-Prink-Rubber will be this years popular color for men.  While we are on the M1 / M2 subject, how confusing is the M1R2U type naming system.   

I could only find one thong in a clolor I liked in a cut I liked.  With shipping that one thong works out to be around $40, too much.   So in the bin goes this years skinz wear catalog.

Has anyone tried the new suit from Skinz called "Stuffit"?  It seems like it might be a suit smilar to Dore's Very Low Cut Thongs.  It's only available on the website.  It's not in the catalog.   If it lives up to the name, it could be a great suit.

http://www.skinzwear.com/shoppingcart/itemimages/M55U-4402.jpg

I'd say that this thong looks bigger than Dore VLC - the VLC string thongs I have bought from Dore (medium size) sit pretty low - right at the base of the equipment, whereas the Skinz photo suggests their 'stufft' sits an inch or so above. 

Pete

I own three Skinz suits (Thong (M32), Skinny Side thong and the skinny side rio).  My experience with them is that the suits are of good construction.  The Skiinz suits wear well and do well after swimming in the pool or the ocean.  However, I do take the precaution of rinsing them in fresh water at the end of the day and press dry them in a towel.

The best thing about them is the fit.  Sexual, but definitively masculine.  I love wearing them when others wear their dork shorts.  I have to admit, American men - even with incredible physiques - somehow insist on wearing big, boxy suits when their bodies will let them demonstrate.  Besides, I love watching them freeze in waterlogged box suits while I am warm and dry in my thong/speedo.

The Skinz suits are - in my opinion - better than similar suits from Undergear/Braun, Suitsyou.  The Undergear PocketThong is fun to wear, but difficult to keep on (great for nude beaches though).

The 2007 Skinzwear catalog shows a new item called the Sling Thong, M48. This design makes a lot of sense because no tugging at side straps, as I constantly do with conventional thongs, and it will stay in place when swimming, diving etc. Does anyone have this new suit and where do you wear it?

To bad about the color choices as expressed in other Skinzwear feedback. Different color choices and ultra light weight fabric would be better for this suit.

They may be a little silly but it looks interesting and I've never had one. There was even a picture of a guy wearing a one piece thong in the National Geographic. The place was Key West. I've actually been looking for something like that but I've never seen one in person and I prefer to buy in real stores when I can.

The Stuffit looks to be a nice cut, but at $36.00 a pop, I'll stick with Dore for that style.

A couple of very hot new additions from Skinz, pricey as usual, but last a long time, high quality

Performer bikini, although not thong, very nice front, and rio back...makes a very nice statement in an environment where thong would be forbidden...easy to hike the rio back up for temporary thong also

http://www.skinzwear.com/shoppingcart/product_detail.cfm?item__code=M49U%2D6108

General link for colors:  http://www.skinzwear.com/shoppingcart/product_search.cfm?user_category=Men%27s%20Performer%20Bikini

Then the new kilt addition...I like it for tease, and to temporarily cover up skimpy thong pouches...also good for quick cover when bronzing the exposed package.  Quite an attention getter, I've noticed, by both genders!

http://www.skinzwear.com/shoppingcart/product_search.cfm?user_category=Men%27s%20Kilt%20Thong  

General link, then click on one for close up.

Just bought the Roman G-string in the Cheetah Cub print.  The best fit suit I own, I have owned many!

G

It would be nice to have paid the sale price from $12 to $21 bucks but no luck.  It's funny how less cost more when they price suits.  A full bikini is $26 and my little string was $29.  Like I stated earlier, the best suit I have owned yet!

G

BeachFolks - The Roman suit covers the front just fine. I have seen women on the beach in less and this suit is small but what I liked was the fit.  When I tried it on in the store I new right away how well it fit.  I really haven't tried it out other than the other day at the Fort and the beach was very quiet.  The ranger drove by once but I was laying down and as long as I am covered, which this suit does, I can see why there would be a problem. ? about the Fort. Does anyone layout near the concession stand on the Southern end of the west beach?  It's so obvious to all at the Fort that the west beach north end is the unofficial thong beach. Have you ever been to the South East Beach, East of the flag pole?

G

Ski696969, based on your account of Skinz' Roman g-string, I took a look and am inclined to get one just like yours. I've always liked Skinz suits for the modest designs of their pouches, even when very brief, most particularly the M1/Cutaway String Thong.  Their designs don't rely on thrusting your package up and out for some sort of display effect.  

The lack of a center seam on the Roman is appealing, a main reason I choose Arena 1" bikinis over the Speedo Solar, for instance.  My question is on sizing:  my waist is 34", yet I've found over time that Skinz suits in 'small'  are what work best for me.  In your opinion, is this likely to hold true for the Roman, as well?  Thanks.       

SKI-I agree, the Roman string back thong appears to cover OK to meet the Pinellas county regulations 100%. You should not have any trouble with DeSoto rangers or the Pinellas deputys wearing the Roman.

I wear a Skinz banded M14 or a similar but lower stringback "pocket thong" which I believe are both conservative thongs to walk the beach at DeSoto and elsewhere along the Florida west coast wherever thongs are allowed. I frequently drive to the beach wearing it and have filled my car in a beach gas station wearing it.

My M14 is very similar to the M1 except for the contrasting string and the unnecessary little rear triangle. I get some stares and usually compliments on the swimsuit. Quite often I walk through the Fort complex down to the dog beach, and frequently do encounter single women young and old out sunning in their thong swimsuits near the Fort or on the unpopulated west end of the Dog beach.   I wear the M14 where I wouldn't want to offend someone by wearing a baggie, anywhere there are lots of kids. A suit with a bare rear view is also a worry that someone will report that I am walking fully naked.

Now that the Roman is available in a range of unlined and mesh tan-thru materials, I intend to cough up the cash and buy one too.

SlidingG - The skinz suits I buy are all med and I am usally a 35+ depending on the water intake. I prefer the comfort of a med suit as small for me is just to tight.  I would love to wear a small and I am currently reducing my waist size with much more exercise and sit ups but for now the med in the Roman suit is my choice.

Ski

Thanks, Ski696969 -- your response suggests to me the small may work out for me, for my guess is that it is your waist size that demands a medium, not the size of the pouch, and my waist seems to handle the waist straps on Skinz' small suits fine. 

Beachfolks, I look forward to hearing your appraisal of Skinz' black fishnet once you see it in their shop.  For me, it sounds better than Dore's.  My reference above to orange fishnet was a hypothetical wish.  I note Dore does offer that.  Any suggestions from among her many styles of what might be comparable to the Skinz Roman?  I just wouldn't want a pouch as small as those on her VLC sliding g-strings, the suits I've favored in the past, usually in a patterned mesh.   I'd probably have to ask her for a larger pouch when done up in fishnet. 

I have a Dore sling that is similar to the Skinz Sling. I find it very comfortable and I am not constantly tugging at the straps like I do with traditional thongs. It is not for the timid thonger. I have worn it at Siesta Beach access 7 area, but am more comfortable at the south end of Siesta's Turtle Beach past the condos. This area is little more secluded.