Speedo LZR: Stretchy
A group of students from Chelsea College of Art and Design’s Interior spatial design course have revealed a novel use for obsolete Speedo LZR bodysuits, after unveiling a pavilion constructed from around 200 of the now banned garments. The structure was built as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
Passers-by were impressed, one commenting: ‘now you can see how far the material stretches it’s no wonder they were so popular in masters swimming.’
Colin Brown, director of London Swimming and an expert in avant-garde architecture, unfortunately had no comment to make.
Meanwhile in other banned-swimsuit-recycling news, NASA has denied it is stockpiling Arena X-glides and Adidas Hydrofoils. It has been rumoured that the suits would be used as the basis of the next generation of space suits, and have been selected in response to radical budget cuts imposed by the Obama administration.
‘It’s certainly not true’ said a NASA spokesman. ‘The two suits are very different; one is a high tech garment designed for peak performance in an unforgiving environment and the other is a spacesuit. If nothing else they’re a bit snug in the gentleman’s area for a 6 month mission to Mars.’
