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2. Cole of California - Wikipedia

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   Morris Cohn died in 1941, and Cole, inheriting control of the firm, changed the name of the firm to Cole of California. During World War II the company made parachutes, resuming full swimwear production after the end of the war. Cole engaged swimmer and actress Esther Williams as a spokesperson to wear Cole products from 1948 to 1952. The firm ...

3. Anne Cole - Wikipedia

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   Anne Cole is an American swimwear brand most known for the invention of the tankini, a type of swimsuit. [1] The brand's namesake founder, Anne Cole (1926–2017), [2] was the woman who invented the tankini in 1998. [3] The swimwear company was originally a division within Cole of California, a knitwear company founded by Cole's father, Fred ...

4. Tankini - Wikipedia

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   Tankini and the concept of mix-and-match swimwear were the two major innovations in that genre in the late 1990s. [12] Designer Anne Cole, the US swimwear mogul, was the originator of this style. [13] She was the woman behind the California swimwear label bearing her name, an offshoot of her family's swimsuit company.

5. Bikini variants - Wikipedia

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   The tankini is a swimsuit combining a tank top, mostly made of spandex-and-cotton or Lycra-and-nylon, and a bikini bottom introduced in the late 1990s. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] According to author William Safire , "The most recent evolution of the -kini family is the tankini, a cropped tank top supported by spaghetti-like strings."

6. History of the bikini - Wikipedia

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   The "-kini family" (as dubbed by author William Safire [151]), including the "-ini sisters" (as dubbed by designer Anne Cole [152]) has grown to include a large number of subsequent variations, often with a hilarious lexicon — string bikini, monokini or numokini (top part missing), seekini (transparent bikini), tankini (tank top, bikini ...

7. History: Glamorous Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur symbolized modern ...

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   Born in Burbank, California, in 1929, Kaptur modeled bathing suits for Cole of California from the age of 15. Her parents had little means yet had saved $500 to give their daughter etiquette ...