The birth history of the bikini

From the first swimsuit to the bikini (two-piece swimwear), fashion history has witnessed a long story with great changes in the way of thinking of society about the right to show body beauty in those public places of women.

Swimwear history: From swimsuit to bikini fashion

From the first swimsuit to the bikini (two-piece swimwear), fashion history has witnessed a long story with great changes in the way of thinking of society about the right to show body beauty in those public places of women.

From fashion swimsuit to bikini

Great things start

The demand for swimwear began when the resort in remote tropical waters became popular with the upper classes. A hot question was then asked: 'What will women wear and how to wear on white sand . in men? Should they show sex appeal or covertly cover up like before? ' . The first answer came in the 1800s with a kind of swimwear, a bulging shirt and a long skirt, and inside was pants, no different from daytime clothes. This is the first step to mark a swimsuit fashion.

The first type of swimsuit in the early 19th century

By the beginning of the 20th century when fashion witnessed a few small revolutions, bringing the liberation of the woman, the swimsuit gradually became shorter, lighter and more comfortable. In 1907, Australian athlete Annette Kellerman first wore a swimsuit to reveal her arms and show off feminine curves and immediately the swimsuit became a standard until 20 years later. By the 1940s, swimwear began to be designed with a rubber fabric to help shape the wearer with the hip deepened and higher.

The swimmer who shocked Annette Kellerman with a swimsuit revealed body contours in 1907

The bomb is called Bikini

By 1946, a bikini - a new two-piece swimwear was born, demonstrating a profound change in society in women's freedom, they were allowed to wear and . show off what they wanted! The bikini began to be likened to a frame that honors the most "deadly" parts for women on the body, such as the chest, waist, legs .

Equally interesting is that this 'work of art' is turned out to be thanks to the work of two people . men, Louis Réard and Jacques Heim . Heim named this outfit Atome (atomic bomb), while Réard named his design with the name of Bikini atoll in the Pacific Ocean - the site of US nuclear weapons testing. in July 1946. Only by naming, readers can also imagine the fierce and formidable destruction of the bikini with the awareness of the Western public at that time about how much women are allowed to open!

In the twentieth century, the swimsuit spoke of women's equality in society.

Since no model was brave enough to take the show, Réard had to hire a stripper to present this revolutionary design. The world at that time was still in a limbo after the Great Depression and World War, so the fashion for women was also forced into the old framework with the skirt always had to be close to the waist and the back. The introduction of a bold design consists of only one piece of upper chest, one piece covering the sensitive spot and the third, while Réard's other body parts expose the media and public. them.

But only a decade later, it was found that this sexy design appeared flooded on the beach across France . Americans, unbelievably old-fashioned, still don't accept bikini until the mid-60s! Similarly, in other European countries, bikinis were also unpopular and even banned in some countries such as Italy, Spain and Portugal.

Sexy & more sexy

Although Réard, previously described his invention as ' a swimsuit so small that it cannot be smaller ', every year has passed, the design of the next bikini is always kept smaller than the previous one. If someone ever thought that Réard's 1946 design was daring, then it would . suffocate when he saw the bikini pattern of 1970. It was a design consisting of four pieces of fabric connected by thin ropes, just enough to cover what is needed.

Undeniably bikini is an extremely effective promotional item for rising young stars. Rita Hayworth used to take a cover photo for Life magazine, wearing a white bikini every single person. Jayne Mansfield attended a dance in 1956 wearing nothing but a leopard print bikini. The image of Raquel Welch in an animal-style bikini in the One Million Years BC (1966) and Bond Girl Ursula Andress in Dr. No (1962) became the symbol of the era. And today, you will not be recognized as an " international supermodel" if not yet appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine with the bikini can not be smaller anymore.

Gisele Bundchen is considered the most beautiful bikini model in the world

Today, women of all ages favor bikini, and for a long time they no longer hesitate in the gaps of their bodies when wearing those daring (once considered) designs. Fashion firms other than BST Ready-to-wear periodically release trendy swimsuits. The most favored names are Eres, Missoni, Mara Hoffman, Diane von Furstenberg, Agent Provocateur .