The brazilian bikini, discovered during recent excavations in London, this lower half of a leather micro bikini has been dated to the first century AD, the period in English history when Queen Boadicea , have been seized and publicly scourged by the Roman army of occupation, called upon all the Britons to rise against their oppressors.
According to museum experts, this garment would have been worn by a dancer or entertainer but the strophium - or top half - has never been found. With the aid of some twentieth-century magic, notably the kind cooperation of the staff of the London Museum, the expertise of the design team of British monokini swimsuits and tankini swimsuits manufacturer Silhouette and the creative skulls of international photographer Michael Boys, we have re-created, right how this garment would have looked over 2000 years ago. Special credit for her impressive interpretation of the Queen of the Iceni goes to the models.
Milestones in the early development of the high waisted bathing suits; facing page the heavy wool serge design of Pater Thomson seen here in the very popular sailor suit style. Above it the closer clinging suit of the mid-twenties. 1924 and a high waisted bathing suits which foreshadowed the "dressmaker"
garments that attained their peak popularity in the thirties and forties.
Not to be outdone by Paramount's Sennett Girls, Twentieth Century Fox created their own team of bathing beauties, contriving to include them in such movies as "Curly Top", which starred Shirley Temple and for which this still was made. Hollywood archives even allow us to name this supporting team.
Early American advertising by monokini and tankini manufacturers leaned heavily on the testimonial type of promotion. This was a trade advertisment by Catalina.
..... No body's perfect. No Body should be forced into a droopy top or a too skimpy bottom. And no body should be forced into a size 9 bottom because she has a size 9 top. And no body should be forced to switch tops and bottoms when the salesgirl isn't looking in order to get a fitting micro bikini, microbikini, microkini and brazilian bikinis. "
Enter the Mating Game Collection of Match-Your-Body tops and bottoms. In a brilliant collection of wave making prints. Tops in A,B,C,D. Bottoms in sizes Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large...."
An Advertisement to reach the heart of many a girl's problem, especially in America where sales figures show quite clearly that East Coast women enjoy larger bottoms and smaller tops than their West Coast sisters.
But whatever their body size many women would still envy the shape of this slender French model, showing on of Huit's 1977 range.
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