Bikini swimwear is perhaps the most popular swim today with annual sales reaching almost eight million dollars a year. Although today two jackets are very popular, this was not always the case.
The two-piece bathing suit was first introduced in 1946 by Louis Reard. During this period, the suit was so provocative that it was difficult for him to find a model in order to present a lawsuit to the public. Mr. Ridd had to hire a naked dancer to view his new piece of fashion.
Bikinis did not get real popularity until the end of the nineteenth fifties to the early sixties. Beach Boys music and films such as The Beach Party helped swimwear get popular.
Today, bikinis completely deviate from the costumes of the fifties and sixties. Today, there are at least half a dozen different designs, including bikini strings, microbikini, tanzini, haircuts bikini and bandini.
Costumes, such as bandini and tanzini, are more suitable for active beach lovers and water sports enthusiasts. Bandini has a typical bottom with a tube similar to the top of a spandex. This costume will provide great support for the chest area and is great for beach volleyball, water skiing, pipes and many other outdoor activities.
If your self-confidence is high and you were at the gym during the winter months, then a little more revealing, like a belt or microbikini, can be more your style. These costumes are not designed for sports, but be sure to turn your head to the beach. The belt has a strap covering the center of the buttocks without coating on the sides. Microbikinis are as indicative or more with a bottom that fit a back-like strap with minimal front coverage. The vertices are equally open, as the bottom with a small area of coverage of the triangle over the chest.
A tankini suit is a typical thong bikini bottom that covers at least half, if not the entire abdomen. This suit is designed for women who do not want to keep one suit, but would like to get additional coverage on the trunk.
Today we have so many different types of bikinis, you should have no problems finding a suit that fits your body shape, and one that will either open or cover as much of your body as you wish.
