Brasilian Bottom

A monokini, sometimes referred to as a unikini, is a women's one-piece garment equivalent to the lower half of a bikini. The term monokini is also now used for any topless swimsuit, particularly a bikini bottom worn without a bikini top. In !"#, $udi %ernreich, an Austrian fashion designer, designed the original monokini in the &'. %ernreich also invented its name, and the word monokini is first recorded in (nglish that year. %ernreich's monokini looked like a one-piece swimsuit suspended from two halter straps in the cleavage of bared breasts. It had only two small straps over the shoulders, leaving the breasts bare. )espite the reaction of fashion critics and church officials, shoppers purchased the monokini in record numbers that summer, though very few monokinis were ever worn in public. *y the end of the season, %ernreich had sold +,,, swimsuits at -.# apiece, which meant a tidy profit for such a minuscule amount of fabric. It was not very successful in the &'A, where although allowing the se/es equal e/posure above the waist, have never accepted it for the beach. 0any women who wanted to sunbathe topless simply wore the bottom part of a bikini. 0anufacturers and retailers quickly adapted to selling tops and bottoms separately. %ernreich later created the lesser known pubikini. 'ome swimsuits are designed specifically for swimming competitions where they may be constructed of a special low resistance fabric that reduces skin drag. 1or some kinds of swimming and diving, special bodysuits called diveskins are worn. These suits are made from spande/ and provide little thermal protection, but they do protect the skin from stings and abrasion. 0ost competitive swimmers also wear special swimsuits including partial bodysuits, racerback styles, 2ammers and racing briefs to assist their glide through the water thus gaining a speed advantage. &nlike regular swimsuits, which are designed mainly for the aesthetic appearances, swimsuits designed to be worn during competitions are manufactured to assist the athlete in swim competitions. They reduce friction and drag in the water, increasing the efficiency of the swimmer's forward motion. The tight fits allow for easy movement and are said to reduce muscle vibration, thus reducing drag. This also reduces the possibility that a high forwards dive will remove a divers swimwear. 'tarting around .,,,, in an effort to improve the effectiveness of the swimsuits, engineers have taken to designing them to replicate the skin of sea based animals, sharks in particular. In 3uly .,,!, 1I4A voted to ban non-te/tile 5non-woven6 swimsuits in competitive events from ., ,. The new policy was implemented to combat the issues associated with performance enhancing costumes, hindering the ability to accurately measure the performance of swimmers. 'ubsequently, the new ruling states that men's swimsuits may ma/imally cover the area from the navel to the knee, and women's' counterparts from the shoulder to the knee. 'ome swimmers use a speciali7ed training suit called drag suits to artificially increase drag during practice. )rag suits are swimwear with an outer layer of looser fabric - often mesh or nylon - to increase resistance against the water and build up the swimmer's endurance. They come in a variety of styles, but most resemble a looser fitting square-cut or swim brief. Swimwear :As the swimsuit was evolving, the underwear started to change. In the !.,s women started discarding the corset, while the 8adole company of 9aris started

developing something they called the :breast girdle:. )uring the %reat )epression, panties and bras became softly constructed and were made of various elastici7ed yarns making underwear fit like a second skin. *y !+,s underwear styles for both women and men were influenced by the new brief models of swimwear from (urope. Although the waistband was still above the navel, the leg openings of the panty brief were cut in an arc to rise from the crotch to the hip 2oint. The brief served as a template for most all variations of panties for the rest of the century. ;arner standardi7ed the concept of 8up si7e in !+<. The first underwire bra was developed in !+=. *eginning in the late thirties skants, a type of skanty men's briefs, were introduced, featuring very high-cut leg openings and a lower rise to the waistband. >oward >ughes designed the push-up bra worn by 3ane $ussell in the The ?utlaw in !#+. In !<, 0aidenform introduced the first official bust enhancing bra. *y the !",s, the bikini swimsuit influenced panty styles and coincided with the cut of the new lower rise 2eans and pants. In the seventies, with the emergence of skintight 2eans, thong versions of the panty became mainstream, since the open, stringed back eliminated any tell-tale panty lines across the rear and hips. *y !=,s the design of the 1rench-cut panty pushed the waistband back up to the natural waistline and the rise of the leg openings was nearly as high . As with the bra and other type of lingerie, manufacturers of the last quarter of the century marketed panty styles that were designed primarily for their se/ual allure. This decade marks the se/uali7ation and erotici7ation of the male body through advertising campaigns for brands such as 8alvin @lein, particularly by photographers *ruce ;eber and >erb $itts. 0ale bodies and men's undergarments were commodified and packaged for mass consumption, and swimwear and sportswear were influenced by sports photography and fitness.

Mix Match Swimwear

The trikini appeared briefly in !"A, defined as :a handkerchief and two small saucers.: It reappeared a few years ago as a bikini bottom with a stringed halter of two triangular pieces of cloth covering the breasts. The trikini top comes essentially in two separate parts. The name of this woman's bathing suit is formed from bikini, replacing :bi-:, meaning :two:, with :tri-:, meaning :three:. 1ashion writer ;illiam 'afire wrote in The 4ew Bork TimesC :'tripping to essentials, if the trikini is three pieces, the bikini two and the monokini one, when will we see the 7erokiniD: )olce E %abbana designed trikinis for 'ummer .,,< as three pieces of scintillating sequined fabric, barely cover the essentials of a woman's body. A variation on the bikini in which three pieces are sold together, such as a bikini with a tank top or a bikini with a one-piece suit is also sometimes called a Trikini, including a conventional two-piece with a glit7y band of rhinestones round the waist. Israeli designer %ideon ?berson, known for his artistically inspired bathing suits, calls a two-piece suit but looks like a tank top that can be worn with a skirt or a pair of shorts designed by him a trikini. *ra7ilian designer Amir 'lama calls two se/y scraps of silk connected with string he designed for skinny women a trikini. A variation called a strapless bikini or a no string bikini by various manufacturers, this swimwear is often a combination of pasties with a matching maebari-style bottom. The bikini has spawned many stylistic variations. A regular bikini is a two-piece garment that covers the groin, buttocks, and the breasts. 'ome bikini designs cover larger portions

of the wearer's body while other designs provide only e/tremely minimal coverage. Topless variants are still sometimes considered bikinis, although they are technically not a two-piece swimsuit. ;hile the name bikini was applied to the skimpy fashion that first revealed the wearer's navel, the fashion industry considers any two-piece swimsuit a bikini. 0odern bikini fashions today are characteri7ed by a simple, brief designC two triangles of fabric that form a bra and cover the woman's breasts and two triangles of fabric on the bottom forming a panty cut below the navel that cover the groin in front and the buttocks in back. The amount of coverage can vary widely, from a string bikini with very little coverage to a full design with ma/imum coverage. A topless swimsuit may still be considered a bikini, although naturally it is no longer a two-piece swimsuit. Micro Bikini : A string bikini is scantier and more revealing than a tanga bikini. It gets its name from the string characteristics of its design. It consists of two triangular shaped pieces connected at the groin but not at the sides, where a thin :string: wraps around the waist connecting the two parts. 'tring bikini tops are similar and are tied in place by the attached :string: pieces. 'tring pieces can either be continuous or tied. A string bikini bottom can have minimal to ma/imum coverage of a woman's backside. It is claimed that *ra7ilian fashion model $ose de 9rimallio created the first string bikini when she had to sew one with insufficient fabric available to her for a photoshoot. The first formal presentation of string bikini was done by %len Tororich, a public relations agent, and his wife *randi 9erret-)u3on, a fashion model, for the opening of Fe 9etite 8entre, a shopping area in the 1rench Guarter of the 4ew ?rleans, Fouisiana in !A#. Inspired by a picture of a $io de 3aneiro fashion model in an issue of ;omen's ;ear )aily, they had local fashion designer Fapin create a string bikini for the event. 0odels recruited by talent agent 9eter )asigner presented it by removing fur coats by Alberto Femon on stage. The presentation was covered by local television stations and the 4ew ?rleans Times-9icayune newspaper, and was sent out via the wire news services of the Associated 9ress and &nited 9ress International. 'tring bikinis are one of the most popular variations of bikini. *ikinis are also worn at the hips, but the fabric at the sides is narrower. In the string bikini, it disappears altogether to leave the waistband as a :string:. The rear coverage of the bikini is not as full as with the brief. *ikini is the most widely worn style among women worldwide. Swimwear In the !.,s, swimsuits were made from burlap. )uring the !.,s and !+,s, people shifted from :taking the waters: at spas along the $iviera and in 1lorida to :taking the sun,: and swimsuit designs accommodated this shift. $ayon was used in the !.,s to manufacture tight-fitting swimsuits, but its durability and appearance retention were low, especially when wet. $ayon also had the lowest elastic recovery of any fiber. 3ersey and silk were also used in the !.,s. *y the !+,s, manufacturers had lowered necklines in the back, removed sleeves, and cut away the sides. >ollywood endorsed the new glamor in films like 4eptune's )aughter in which (sther ;illiams wore provocatively named costumes such as :)ouble (ntendre: and :>oney 8hild:. ;ith new materials like late/ and nylon, by !+# the swimsuit started hugging the body and had shoulder straps that the wearer could lower to allow more tanning. *y the early !#,s, two-piece swimsuits were frequent on American beaches. )uring ;orld ;ar II, war production required vast amounts of cotton, silk, nylon, wool, leather, and rubber. The ;ar 9roduction *oard

issued $egulation F-=< in !#. that rationed the use of natural fibers, reducing the amount of fabric in women's beachwear by , percent. To meet the regulations, swimsuit manufacturers produced two-piece suits with bare midriffs. Mix Match Swimwear The trikini appeared briefly in !"A, defined as :a handkerchief and two small saucers.: It reappeared a few years ago as a bikini bottom with a stringed halter of two triangular pieces of cloth covering the breasts. The trikini top comes essentially in two separate parts. The name of this woman's bathing suit is formed from bikini, replacing :bi-:, meaning :two:, with :tri-:, meaning :three:. 1ashion writer ;illiam 'afire wrote in The 4ew Bork TimesC :'tripping to essentials, if the trikini is three pieces, the bikini two and the monokini one, when will we see the 7erokiniD: )olce E %abbana designed trikinis for 'ummer .,,< as three pieces of scintillating sequined fabric, barely cover the essentials of a woman's body. A variation on the bikini in which three pieces are sold together, such as a bikini with a tank top or a bikini with a one-piece suit is also sometimes called a Trikini, including a conventional two-piece with a glit7y band of rhinestones round the waist. Israeli designer %ideon ?berson, known for his artistically inspired bathing suits, calls a two-piece suit but looks like a tank top that can be worn with a skirt or a pair of shorts designed by him a trikini. *ra7ilian designer Amir 'lama calls two se/y scraps of silk connected with string he designed for skinny women a trikini. A variation called a strapless bikini or a no string bikini by various manufacturers, this swimwear is often a combination of pasties with a matching maebaristyle bottom. 0ore resultsC 'e/y 8uts *rasilian *ottom 9ush &p Top