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  2. History of swimwear - Wikipedia

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    The first annual bathing-suit day at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1916 was a landmark. [11] 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.

  3. Bathing dress - Wikipedia

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    1870s American bathing dress. A bathing dress was a mode of dress used for ladies' swimming/bathing activities during the 19th century. [1] These bathing costumes originally included ankle length dresses, long pants, and long sleeves. Around the 1880s the sleeves and hemlines of these dresses were shortened to improve range of motion and ...

  4. Nude swimming - Wikipedia

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    As the segregated beaches in town disappeared, bathing costumes for men became part of the commercial package, and nude bathing ceased. [20] "Water Rats", Francis Sutcliffe, 1886. The introduction of mixed bathing throughout Europe and elsewhere certainly created pressure towards bathing costumes being worn by both genders.

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

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    Today's bathing suits range from modest to risqué, but that wasn't always the case. As early as 4th century B.C. mosaics can be found of female athletes adorned in outfits that come quite close ...

  6. Swimsuit - Wikipedia

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    In the Victorian era, popular beach resorts were commonly equipped with bathing machines designed to avoid the exposure of people in swimsuits, especially to people of the opposite sex. In the United States, beauty pageants of women in bathing costumes became popular from the 1880s. However, such events were not regarded as respectable.

  7. Bathing machine - Wikipedia

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    According to some sources, the bathing machine was developed in 1750 in Margate, Kent. That version was probably intended to conceal the user until they were mostly submerged in the water because, at the time, bathing costumes were not yet common and most people bathed nude. "Mr. Benjamin Beale, a Quaker, was the inventor of the Bath Machine.

  8. A Closer Look at the Victorian-era Costumes in ‘The Essex ...

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    Costume designer Jane Petrie took a multifaceted approach to creating the costumes for Apple TV+’s Victorian-era drama “The Essex Serpent” — both referencing the period broadly and using ...

  9. History of nudity - Wikipedia

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    The medical opinion in the 18th century that bathing in cold water and exposure to the sun had therapeutic benefits created tension between swimmers and defenders of Victorian Christian opinion that the body is shameful, and must be covered when exposed to public view. In addition, mixed bathing with otherwise appropriate costumes was also sinful.

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