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Actresses in movies like My Favorite Brunette (1947) and the model on a 1948 cover of LIFE were shown in traditional two-piece swimwear, not the bikini. In 1950, Time magazine interviewed American swimsuit mogul Fred Cole, owner of Cole of California , and reported that he had "little but scorn for France's famed Bikinis," because they were ...
A woman wearing a black bikini at a beach in 2009. A bikini is a two-piece swimsuit primarily worn by women that features one piece on top that covers the breasts, and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel, and the back generally covering the intergluteal cleft and some or all of the buttocks.
Since 1964 Sports Illustrated has published an annual swimsuit issue featuring bikini-clad fashion models on the cover and in a pictorial section. The issues have become a cultural icon. [100] For the original Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, magazine editor Andre Laguerre asked fashion reporter Jule Campbell to help find a model. [101]
The 1934 film, Fashions of 1934 featured chorus girls wearing two-piece outfits that looked identical to modern bikinis. [29] In 1934, a National Recreation Association study on the use of leisure time found that swimming, encouraged by the freedom of movement the new swimwear designs provided, was second only to movies in popularity as a free ...
More celebs including Elizabeth Hurley, Lori Harvey, and Khloé Kardashian have all graced Us with their epic bikini style, including designer sets, ruffled tops and neon designs. Keep scrolling ...
Perhaps one of the hottest most recent SI models is Chrissy Teigen. And after being a cover star for the first time in 2014, she returned to the magazine this year again and looks hotter than ever.
The bikinis, one pieces and thongs have come and gone from (two!) separate Magic City swimsuit extravaganzas this summer, but there’s one show still making waves. That would be the always eye ...
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 ]