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From the 60s onward women's bathing suits have morphed from trend to trend, but the classic silhouettes of the one piece and the bikini have stood the test of time. Show comments Advertisement
From around 1810 to 1815. The history of swimwear traces the changes in the styles of men's and women's swimwear over time and between cultures, and touches on the social, religious and legal attitudes to swimming and swimwear. In classical antiquity and in most cultures, swimming was either in the nude or the swimmer would merely strip to ...
"French girls have short legs," he explained, "Swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer." Réard himself described it as a two-piece bathing suit which "reveals everything about a girl except for her mother's maiden name." [40] Even Esther Williams commented, "A bikini is a thoughtless act."
Rudi Gernreich. Rudolf " Rudi " Gernreich[ 1] (August 8, 1922 – April 21, 1985) was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposefully used fashion design as a social statement to advance sexual freedom, producing clothes ...
Library of Congress. 1902. This image from Detroit Photographic shows a Coney Island beach in 1902. Clearly, people wore a lot more clothing to the beach in those days, including suits and ties ...
A woman wearing a black bikini at a beach in 2009 A bikini is a two-piece swimsuit primarily worn by women that features one piece on top that covers the breasts , and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel , and the back generally covering the intergluteal cleft and some or all of the buttocks .
In the Instagram post, Ripa and Seacrest are seen in a dad bod bathing suit and bikini t-shirt, respectively. Ripa's bathing suit recently went viral after its maker, Beloved, revealed it on ...
A one-piece swimsuit most commonly refers to swimwear worn primarily by women and girls when swimming in the sea or in a swimming pool, playing water polo, or for any activity in the sun, such as sun bathing. Today, the one-piece swimsuit is usually a skin-tight garment that covers the torso, although some designs expose the back or upper chest ...