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Hi everyone, I recently bought a Clever swim brief, model Valais, size S, and I noted that it measures like an M from older collections. Last week I bought another Clever swim brief, model Oracle, size M, to be the birthday gift for a friend (not the same in the story that I relate in another post, but his ex who I will travel with to Brazil), and it's bigger than an M that I have since 2019. More curiously, I had tried the Oracle size M -which should measure like an old L- and it fits me perfectly even when I had always worn sizes S and M, maybe due to being a mini-slip format. Under Clever old sizing, S fitted 28"-30", while M was 30"-32". The new sizing seems to be S 30" and M 32", being in the upper end of previous sizes.

Here comes a size comparison between models and collections. I post it because maybe there are some Clever swim brief users in the forum and this would be a good guide for future purchases.

All the same material? Sizing definitely shifts over time as well.

packedspeedo wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:50 am

All the same material? Sizing definitely shifts over time as well.

Fabric has also changed. Until early 2022, Clever swim briefs used a Lycra fabric with 85% polyester and 15% elastane. It feels very durable and holds colors very well, plus some older collections (eg.: the 2013 vintage flags collection) had a shiny look.

Well, since mid 2022 and along the sizing change, they modified the fabric composition to 78% polyester and 22% elastane. It’s still good but not as resistant as previous collections from Clever and it feels like a little bit worse quality. I wore the Valais twice and it started to show some damage on the rear. I hadn’t experienced this with older Clever swim briefs, but still my favo(u)rite brand of underwear and swimwear.

They have probably changed from small Asian S-M-L sizing to the larger European and American S-M-L sizing now that they are selling more suits worldwide. You can see my old size XL Mategear suit in my Avatar photo at right to see how small they were.

Flatfront wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:26 am

They have probably changed from small Asian S-M-L sizing to the larger European and American S-M-L sizing now that they are selling more suits worldwide. You can see my old size XL Mategear suit in my Avatar photo at right to see how small they were.

Being a Colombian brand, I think they were always on American sizing. I stopped buying their swim briefs some time ago due to being a little expensive plus their latest prints are ugly for me, but I hope they come with better prints soon and also some discounts in sizes S or M in their international distributors as TBoSA in UK, Macondo Trading in the US or Inderwear in France. They have an authorized dealer in Australia, DUGG based in Brisbane, but sadly it seems like they are phasing out the entire Clever brand from their catalog, having only a couple of their swim briefs in the biggest sizes available (XL) and no new collections.