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2. History of the bikini - Wikipedia

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   Evidence of bikini-style women's clothing has been found as early as 5600 BC, and the history of the bikini can be traced back to that era. Illustrations of women wearing bikini-like garments during competitive athletic events in the Roman era have been found in several locations, the most famous of which is at Villa Romana del Casale .

3. History of swimwear - Wikipedia

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   The swimsuit apron, a design for early swimwear, disappeared by 1918, leaving a tunic covering the shorts. [12] A policeman enforcing the six inch distance between knee and bathing suit ordinance in 1922, Washington, D.C. Public nudity was a major concern in designing early swimwear.

4. Bikini - Wikipedia

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   The sling bikini (also known as sling-kini, onepiecekini or sling swimsuit) is an unbroken suit, technically one-piece, which resembles a bikini bottom with the side straps extending upwards to cover the breasts and go over the shoulders, or encircling the neck while a second set of straps pass around the midriff (also known as pretzel bikini ...

5. Revisit the history of the bathing suit with these ... - AOL

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   Men's swimwear was also going through a metamorphosis; swim suits started to feature more tank tops and even shorter shorts. Fast-forward ten years and the 1930s were embracing a lot more skin.

6. A cultural history of swimsuits from au naturel to ooh la la

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   The 1800s: The bloomer. The link between repressive swimwear and the bikini is the bloomer, popular in the mid-1800s. A garment of wool, linen, or serge was cut into a top and a skirt, under which ...

7. Bikini variants - Wikipedia

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   A monokini, more commonly referred to as a topless swimsuit and sometimes referred to as a unikini, is a women's one-piece swimsuit equivalent to the lower half of a bikini. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] In 1964, Rudi Gernreich , an Austrian fashion designer, designed the original monokini in the US. [ 21 ]