When my wife brought some Fredrick's of Hollywood strings back from a work trip to the USA in the nineties, I don't think she expected me to consider them to be beachwear, but the fishnet one proved irresistible to me. I found that splashing in the waves was a nice feeling as it provided the restraint of a pouch with the openness to the currents of nothing - quite enjoyable. Although I didn't consider myself a nudist then, and figured I could get away with a fishnet string as long as no-one was nearby, or I was covered by the water from the waist down, I hadn't factored on a strong set of waves arriving just as three dressed ladies passed on their walk. My strategy of keeping certain bodily parts safely below the waterline totally failed as the waves simultaneously dumped me and pushed me towards the shore, totally defeating my non-exposure strategy. My confirmed-textile wife was annoyed, the ladies just bemused and I felt my predicament wasn't that bad overall. I have since worn it in out-of-the-way areas without feeling the need to keep things covered, although combining it with metal rings does add emphasis that a distant sighting may not reveal.