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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 design process, Stern referenced details from the 1920s swimsuits, like curved seams on the sides, dropped armholes, and a rounded neckline.