Since the illustrations are really neccessary to understand (so you should visit the site if you're curious) I won't translate it directly but explain it instead. The old-style school swimsuits have a skirt-like thing covering the front, but the bottom part is the same piece of fabric as the back, so it loops around the crotch and then gets sewn inside the front flap. But rather than be completely sewn shut, it's only sewn at the sides (see, for example, post #54618). The reason for this is because the water that enters from the top (from between the breasts) needs somewhere to exit the suit. Modern sukumizu aren't built like this because the skirt part is also in the rear (making it more like a two-piece swimsuit sewn together rather than an oddly-constructed one-piece).
I looked at the site, and I understand the sewn at the back part. But that illustration makes it look like it's not sewn at the front. Is it sewn at the front, or is there like a hidden button or clasp or something?
Honestly, I just figured sukumizu were two piece swimsuits for a really long top. Never knew they were one piece suits.
darkdaken said: But that illustration makes it look like it's not sewn at the front. Is it sewn at the front, or is there like a hidden button or clasp or something?
The flap that goes arund from back to front is sewn on at the sides, leaving an opening. The part you're talking about, he says you might be able to pull on the bottom part and rip it open like the illustration has it (because it's only sewn in two small places) and that's what he was thinking about before he drew this (but then he remembered that Kodomo no Jikan used modern sukumizu and not this kind).
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