Bikini appeared not so long ago.
Modern swimwear can embarrassing anyone. Our ancestors were more modest with the selection of bathing suits. So, modern swimwear appeared not so long ago. However, in past centuries, ladies do not deny yourself the pleasure to splash in the warm waters. We offer you to find out what they wore for such purposes.
In the Middle ages, bathing was not accepted. People generally did not favor too much water. The situation changed only in the 18th century. Appeared Spa’s, theory that some water sources can be treated. Ladies bathed in dresses with stockings and cloth shoes. They didn’t even removed the cap. To all this mass of tissue does not pop up, the hem of the dress was tied metal weights.
In the 18th and 19th centuries for bathing used a special bathing machine. It was a covered wagon pulled by horses. In it the lady took in the shallows. There’s a woman could change clothes and bathe safely, without fear of prying eyes.
At the end of the 19th century into the program of Olympic games is swimming. Women begin to swim in the “Lite” suit for swimming: sewed a blouse with shorts, and on top wore a skirt.
After the First world war women began to cut their swimwear above the knee. Moreover, the length carefully watched inspection.
The first swimsuit the “bikini” came in 1946. To demonstrate it had the stripper, as the model refused to go to this “clothing”. This fashion was adopted only after 10-15 years. In the 1960s, celebrities began to appear regularly on screen in a bikini.
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By the end of 20 – beginning 21 centuries century fashionable women like to wear various forms of fused and separate bathing suits.
