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Swim briefs are trending this summer. Here’s why it’s time to get over British queasiness around them

The internet’s favourite “Menswear guy”,@dieworkwear, recently posited on X (formerly Twitter): “Slutty looks are super popular right now in menswear (short shorts, mesh shirts, low unbuttoned silk shirts, 1970s tailoring) but it is almost entirely about hetero guys trying to look sexy for other hetero guys.” Whereas, like facial hair and generational trauma, Speedos are perennially commonplace among gay men. But consider the celebrities who have successfully carried off a Speedo, from a sunburnt Ray Winstone in Sexy Beast to Mike Tindall on I’m a Celeb and 47-year-old Andrew Scott in the recent Ripley remake for Netflix. Luxury swimwear brand Abtany offers the best of both worlds with matching swim briefs(pictured) and overshorts in subtle handpainted designs inspired by architecture and made using mostly recycled materials.

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