One of the first female swimsuits ever made were called, “bathing costumes.” It all began in the early 1800s. Swimwear ...

Life in the 1920s looked vastly different than our world today. From fashion and music to sports and travel, here's how times ...

Today, we're taking a look at some men's and women's bathing suits from the 1920s, when Saltair Resort at the Great Salt Lake was a popular leisure destination.

Swimwear and beach-going has undergone a major evolution over the years. From the knee-length wool dresses Victorian women wore to the seashore to the bikini revolution in the 1940s, these photos ...

Jazz Age Bathing Suits. During the Roaring ‘20s, women began to wear shorter dresses, and shorter swimsuits. The rules at public beaches changed along with the fashion.

Women’s swimwear was neither comfortable nor practical back in the day, as Daisy Ridley can attest.. To play trailblazing ocean swimmer Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle in Young Woman and the Sea (in ...

Stunning photographs taken of beauty pageants a century ago show that nothing has changed yet everything is different.. Vintage snaps from the 1920s, 30s and 40s show smiling young women lined up ...

In the 1920s, swimsuits became more revealing as tans came into fashion, thanks to trendsetters like Coco Chanel. Paul Thompson/FPG/Getty Images Joan Crawford, 1933 — ...

By the 1920s, swimsuits were made from burlap. Rayon eventually was used to make tight-fitting suits. However, current swimwear is constructed from a diverse range of fabrics.