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The 1929 film Man with a Movie Camera shows Russian women wearing early two-piece swimsuits, which expose their midriff, and a few who are topless. Films of holidaymakers in Germany in the 1930s show women wearing two-piece suits, [ 19 ] In 1928, Speedo introduced their racerback silk suit that was optimized to fit the body shape.
The word "swimsuit" was coined in 1915 by Jantzen Knitting Mills, a sweater manufacturer who launched the Red Diving Girl swimwear brand. [41] The first annual bathing suit day at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1916 was a landmark. [42] The swimsuit apron, a design for early swimwear, disappeared by 1918, leaving a tunic covering the ...
Competitive swimwear refers to the swimsuit, clothing, equipment, and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, artistic swimming, triathlon, and water polo. Some swimsuits are designed specifically for swimming competitions where they may be constructed of a special low resistance fabric that reduces skin drag
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 ...
In 1992, a behind-the-scenes made-for-HBO special documentary was released on VHS as the Sports Illustrated Behind the Scenes: Official Swimsuit Video. [61] In 1993, Sports Illustrated: The 1993 Swimsuit Video was released by HBO films. [62] The Sports Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue Video was released on video by Dakota North Entertainment. [63]
Venus Swimwear: 1984 United States Victoria's Secret: 1977 United States Vilebrequin: 1971 France Volcom: 1991 United States Watersun Swimwear: 1955 Australia Wicked Weasel: 1994 Australia XTG Extreme Game: 1987 Spain Yandy.com: 2007 United States Zoggs: 1992 Australia Zoke: 1996 China
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 ]
Russian fashion during the 2000s and 2010s generally followed Western trends, with slim fitting grey or navy blue suits being particularly popular among professional men. At the same time, however, some traditional accessories such as the ushanka or astrakhan cap made a comeback as part of a backlash against the West, due to many Russians ...