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In recent years, bold artistic prints and over-the-top color schemes have become increasingly popular. We advise that you stay away from such styles, because they can come off as deliberately attention-seeking. On that note… Swimwear Do’s & Don’ts Teen magazines of late 1940s and 1950s featured similar designs of midriff-baring suits and tops. However, midriff fashion was stated as only for beaches and informal events and considered indecent to be worn in public. [44] Hollywood endorsed the new glamor in films like 1949's Neptune's Daughter in which Esther Williams wore provocatively named costumes such as "Double Entendre" and "Honey Child". [45]
From the 1950s to mid-1970s, men's bodybuilding contest formats were often supplemented with women's beauty contests or bikini shows. The winners earned titles like Miss Body Beautiful, Miss Physical Fitness and Miss Americana, and also presented trophies to the winners of the men's contest. [214] In the 1980s, the Ms Olympia competition started in the US and in the UK the NABBA (National Amateur Body Building Association) renamed Miss Bikini International to Ms Universe. In 1986, the Ms Universe competition was divided into two sections– "physique" (for a more muscular physique) and "figure" (traditional feminine presentation in high heels). [215] In November 2010 the IFBBF (International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness) introduced a women's bikini contest for women who do not wish to build their muscles to figure competition levels. [216]
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Safire, William (2004). No uncertain terms: more writing from the popular "On language" column in The New York times magazine (First Simon & Schustered.). New York. ISBN 978-0-7432-4955-3. OCLC 893687501. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Talia Lakritz, " Women in Brazil are using masking tape to get the perfect tan lines", Insider, November 29, 2016
Bikinis can and have been made out of almost every possible clothing material, and the fabrics and other materials used to make bikinis are an essential element of their design. [152] Modern bikinis were first made of cotton and jersey, but in the 1960s, Lycra became the common material. Alternative swimwear fabrics such as velvet, leather, and crocheted squares surfaced in the early 1970s. [94] Whatever your instinctive feelings towards the Speedo swimming brief, you can tell that it is a design classic because the brand has become synonymous with the product – like “hoover” for vacuum cleaner. Other brands are, of course, available – and Speedo the company sells the full range of aquatic attire – but when someone says “Speedo” what comes to mind is, well, budgie smugglers. Tom Daley, incidentally, now wears Adidas trunks. Rosebush, Judson. "Michele Bernadini: The First Bikini". Bikini Science. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 . Retrieved September 19, 2007. a b Agrawala, P.K. (1983). Goddesses in Ancient India (firsted.). Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press. p.12. ISBN 978-0-391-02960-6.Stephanie Mitchell, " Tan lines belong in the 90s with boob tubes and flared jeans", Stuff, January 17, 2019 a b c d Heinz Tschachler, Maureen Devine, Michael Draxlbauer; The EmBodyment of American Culture; pp 61–62; LIT Verlag, Berlin-Hamburg-Münster; 2003; ISBN 3-8258-6762-5. Rosebush, Judson. "Materials". Bikini Science. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013 . Retrieved August 15, 2013. In 1950, American swimsuit mogul Fred Cole, owner of Cole of California, told Time that bikinis were designed for "diminutive Gallic women", as because "French girls have short legs... swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer." [38] In 1961, The New York Times reported the opinion that the bikini is permissible for people who are not "too fat or too thin". [230] In the 1960s etiquette writer Emily Post decreed that "[A bikini] is for perfect figures only, and for the very young." [231] In The Bikini Book by Kelly Killoren Bensimon, swimwear designer Norma Kamali says, "Anyone with a tummy" should not wear a bikini. [231] Since then, a number of bikini designers including Malia Mills have encouraged women of all ages and body types to take up the style. [232] The 1970s saw the rise of the lean ideal of female body and figures like Cheryl Tiegs. Her figure remained in vogue in the 21st century. [233]
It’s certainly what I wore to my swimming lessons in the 1980s. But my 1990s teenagehood coincided with a change in trends that was a blessed relief. Puberty + swimming pools + extremely tight trunks was a combination I could do without. Long swimming shorts – Bermudas – appeared (around the same time as The Simpsons, Cherry 7-Up and Global Hypercolour T-shirts). Then, almost overnight, it became unthinkable to swim in anything except long shorts. By the mid-00s, the Speedo was only marginally less out there than the mankini. Raquel Welch's fur bikini in One Million Years B.C. (1966) gave the world the most iconic bikini shot of all time and the poster image became an iconic moment in cinema history. [110] Her deer skin bikini in One Million Years B.C., advertised as "mankind's first bikini", [111] (1966) was later described as a "definitive look of the 1960s". [112] Her role wearing the leather bikini made Welch a fashion icon [9] and the photo of her in the bikini became a best-selling pinup poster. [112] This was all I got from my trip. Literally. Well besides the drunken shots of us all salsa dancing at night.Anatomy of an A-Bomb Test, 1946". Life. October 31, 2012. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014 . Retrieved November 21, 2012. In July 1946, the United States conducted two atomic tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. Stoa Image Gallery". The Stoa Consortium, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015 . Retrieved March 7, 2015. Staff Correspondent, " Hype Hopes Today's Olympians need more than athletic prowess to win gold", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 6, 2000
Do try on your swimsuit. Do yourself a favor: try on each swimwear option you’re considering, rather than just going by the size tag. This is especially useful when comparing offerings from different brands. Gerorge G. "String Tanga transparent swimsuits". micro Bikini Onlinestore Tangaland . Retrieved 29 March 2015. a b Kidwell, Claudia (2011). Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States. Project Gutenberg. OCLC 914179577.Wilcox, R. Turner (2008). The mode in costume: a historical survey with 202 plates. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-46820-4. OCLC 227923344. Luke Day’s parents moved to Australia when he was six, and as soon as school finished each day, he was in his Speedo briefs in the pool. “My dad was always a Speedo man. Everyone around was. It wasn’t even a thing,” he recalls. “But then when I was in my teens, I would wear them outside Australia and people would go: ‘Woah! You’re wearing Speedos?’ Americans are horrified by them. I didn’t get it at all. Isn’t that what everyone wears?” However, the FIVB's mandating of the bikini ran into problems. Some sports officials consider it exploitative and impractical in colder weather. [195] It also drew the ire of some athletes. [201] At the 2006 Asian Games at Doha, Qatar, only one Muslim country– Iraq– fielded a team in the beach volleyball competition because of concerns that the uniform was inappropriate. They refused to wear bikinis. [202] The weather during the evening games in 2012 London Olympics was so cold that the players sometimes had to wear shirts and leggings. [203] Earlier in 2012, FIVB had announced it would allow shorts (maximum length 3cm (1.2in) above the knee) and sleeved tops at the games. Richard Baker, the federation spokesperson, said that "many of these countries have religious and cultural requirements so the uniform needed to be more flexible". [204] Magnanti, Brooke (June 7, 2013). "Miss World bikini ban: why it's no victory for feminists". The Telegraph . Retrieved December 13, 2013. Shontell, Alyson (September 17, 2010). "15 Words You Had No Idea Used To Be Brand Names | Bikini". Business Insider . Retrieved May 8, 2016.
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