swimsuit

Also known as bathing suit, swimming costume, swimming suit, tog, bathers, cossie, swimming trunks, swim trunks

thumb|300px|American 1920s woman's bathing suit

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A swimsuit is a garment designed to be worn while swimming or engaging in water activities. It matters because it provides practical clothing that allows people to participate comfortably in aquatic recreation and sports.

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: sportswear
Material used: polyester
Image: Bademode 1920.jpg
Has use: sun bathing

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topic's main category: Category:Swimsuits
Commons gallery: Swimsuit
Commons category: Swimwear
OpenStreetMap tag: clothing=swimwear
Unicode character: 🩱
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
hashtag: swimsuit
history of topic: history of swimwear

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections

Contents

Materials
Swimsuit styles
Unisex styles
Women's swimsuits
Men's swimsuits
Body coverage
Competitive swimwear
Swimwear and hygiene
History
Pre-20th century
20th century
Alternatives to swimsuits
Swimsuit outside the water
See also
References
External links

thumb|300px|American 1920s woman's bathing suit

A swimsuit is an item of clothing designed to be worn by people engaging in a water-based activity or water sports, such as swimming, diving and surfing, or sun-orientated activities, such as sun bathing. Different types and styles may be worn by men, women, and children. Swimsuits can be described by various names, some of which are used only in particular locations or for particular types of suit, including swimwear, bathing suit, bathing attire, swimming costume, bathing costume, swimming suit, swimmers, swimming togs, bathers, cossie (short for "costume"), or swimming trunks (swimwear that resembles shorts), besides others.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “swimsuit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.