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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
"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."
1870s American bathing suit for women, made of wool and covering arms and legs Man and woman in swimsuits, c. 1910; she is exiting a bathing machine. The English practice of men swimming in the nude was banned in the United Kingdom in 1860. Drawers, or caleçons as they were called, came into use in the 1860s. Even then, there were many who ...
Nude swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools. A colloquial term for nude swimming is "skinny dipping". In both British and American English, to swim means "to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body". [ 1] In British English, bathing also means swimming ...
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 ...
Women's swimwear of the 1930s and 1940s incorporated increasing degrees of midriff exposure. The 1932 Hollywood film Three on a Match featured a midriff-baring two-piece bathing suit. Actress Dolores del Río was the first major star to wear a two-piece women's bathing suit onscreen in Flying Down to Rio (1933). [42]
Swimsuit. A swimsuit is an item of clothing designed to be worn by people engaging in a water-based activity or water sports, such as swimming, diving and surfing, or sun-orientated activities, such as sun bathing. Different types may be worn by men, women, and children. A swimsuit can be described by various names, some of which are used only ...
These vintage photos show what Alaska looked like before it became part of the United States. Late 1800s: This is the town of Unalaska, on the island of the same name. It is still the main ...