bikini
Sign in to savethumb|Group of women in bikinis at Surfer's Paradise A bikini is a women's two-piece swimsuit that features one piece on top that covers the breasts, and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel, and the back generally covering the intergluteal cleft and some or all of the buttocks. The size of the top and bottom can vary, from bikinis that offer full coverage of the breasts, pelvis, and buttocks, to more revealing designs with a thong or G-string bottom that covers only the mons pubis, but exposes the buttocks, and a top that covers only the a
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A bikini is a two-piece women's swimsuit consisting of a top that covers the breasts and a bottom that covers the pelvis while typically exposing the navel, with varying designs in coverage. Bikinis are commonly worn for swimming and beach activities, and the style and coverage options have made them a standard swimwear choice for women worldwide.
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26 sectionsContents
- Etymology and terminology
- History
- In antiquity
- Precursors in the West
- Modern bikini
- Social resistance
- Rise to popularity
- Mass acceptance
- Outside the Western world
- South Asia
- East Asia
- Middle East
- Variants
- Major styles
- In sport
- Beach volleyball
- Bodybuilding
- Other sports
- Body ideals
- Bikini underwear
- History
- Bikini waxing
- Bikini tan
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Group of women in bikinis at Surfer's Paradise A bikini is a women's two-piece swimsuit that features one piece on top that covers the breasts, and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel, and the back generally covering the intergluteal cleft and some or all of the buttocks. The size of the top and bottom can vary, from bikinis that offer full coverage of the breasts, pelvis, and buttocks, to more revealing designs with a thong or G-string bottom that covers only the mons pubis, but exposes the buttocks, and a top that covers only the areolae. Bikini bottoms covering about half the buttocks may be described as "Brazilian-cut".
The modern bikini swimsuit was introduced by French clothing designer Louis Réard in July 1946, and was named after the Bikini Atoll, where the first public test of a nuclear bomb had taken place four days before.