Bikini waxing is the epilation of pubic hair beyond the bikini line by use of waxing. The bikini line delineates the part of a woman's pubic area to be covered by the bottom part of a bikini, which means any pubic hair visible beyond the boundaries of a swimsuit. [267] Visible pubic hair is widely culturally disapproved, considered to be embarrassing, and often removed. [267] Bikinis have become a major component of marketing various women's sports. [189] It is an official uniform for beach volleyball and is widely worn in athletics and other sports. Sports bikinis have gained popularity since the 1990s. [190] However, the trend has raised some criticism as an attempt to sell sex. [189] Female swimmers do not normally wear bikinis in competitive swimming. [191] [192] The International Swimming Federation (FINA) voted to prohibit female swimmers from racing in bikinis in its meeting at Rome in 1960. [193] Beach volleyball [ edit ] US women's beach volleyball team has cited several advantages to bikini uniforms, such as comfort while playing on sand during hot weather. [194] Photo shows US beach volleyball players Jennifer Fopma and Brooke Sweat in their uniforms. It’s designed as a purely functional object. You shouldn’t have anything around your waist that would twist when you swim’

Conor, Liz (2004). The spectacular modern woman: feminine visibility in the 1920s. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34391-7. OCLC 53223617. World War II". The Price of Freedom: Americans at War. Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved August 30, 2013.A sling swimsuit worn by men is often called a mankini. It was popularized by Sacha Baron Cohen, who donned one in the 2006 film Borat. The buzz around the film started building during the Cannes Film Festival in May 2006, when Baron Cohen posed in character on the beach in a fluorescent green mankini, alongside four models. [5] A garden gnome in the 2011 film Gnomeo and Juliet was also shown wearing a mankini, which gets referred to as a Borat-Mankini by newspapers. [6] History [ edit ] While the two-piece swimsuit as a design existed in classical antiquity, [8] the modern design first attracted public notice in Paris on July 5, 1946. [9] French automotive engineer Louis Réard introduced a design he named the "bikini", adopting the name from the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, [10] [11] which was the colonial name the Germans gave to the atoll, borrowed from the Marshallese name for the island, Pikinni. [12] Four days earlier, the United States had initiated its first peacetime nuclear weapons test at Bikini Atoll as part of Operation Crossroads. [13] Réard hoped his swimsuit's revealing style would create an "explosive commercial and cultural reaction" similar to the explosion at Bikini Atoll. [14] [15] [16] [17]

The first Speedo brief came in 17.5cm, 12.5cm and 7.5cm widths. “It was designed quite practically, not with fashion in mind,” he later recalled. “I realised you shouldn’t have anything around your waist that would twist when you swim. The only way you could stop that would be to end the cut on your hips. It’s designed as a purely functional object.” Nada Manley, " Beauty & the Beach: The perfect swimsuit is out there – honestly", The Daytona Beach News-Journal, March 17, 2005 Stoa Image Gallery". The Stoa Consortium, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015 . Retrieved March 7, 2015.Singer, Melissa (January 12, 2017). "An ode to Anne Cole, inventor of the tankini, the friendliest swimsuit to women". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved April 21, 2022. As Daley himself once explained to Graham Norton, who wondered why his trunks had to be quite so tight: “If you’re spinning around the last thing you want is to have something come out of place! And when you hit the water you don’t want things flapping about, because it would hurt.” However, if you Google “Tom Daley” and “Speedo”, once you have finished marvelling at his inguinal creases, you’ll appreciate why Out magazine once described this piece of clothing as “the single most perfect and pithy item of clothing ever designed for the male body”. The editor of GQ Style has 51 pairs, including a denim and a knitted pair

Magnanti, Brooke (June 7, 2013). "Miss World bikini ban: why it's no victory for feminists". The Telegraph . Retrieved December 13, 2013. By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the Chinese bikini industry became a serious international threat for the Brazilian bikini industry. [139] Huludao, Liaoning, China set the world record for the largest bikini parade in 2012, with 1,085 participants and a photo shoot involving 3,090 women. [140] [141] " Beijing Bikini" refers to the Chinese urban practice of men rolling up their shirts to expose their midriff to cool off in public in the summer. [142] In Japan, wearing a bikini is common on the beach and at baths or pools. But, according to a 2013 study, 94% women are not body confident enough to wear a bikini in public without resorting to sarongs, zip-up sweatshirts, T-shirts, or shorts. [143] Japanese women also often wear a " facekini" to protect their face from sunburns. [144] One of the best-known beach inspectors was Aubrey Laidlaw, who had already laid down the law when the first bikini debuted on the beach in 1946. By the turn of the 1960s, the “Bikini Wars” were in full swing. Laidlaw and his inspectorate patrolled the beach with tape measures, methodically escorting scantily clad women away. But one morning in 1961, he saw something that astonished even him – men in Speedo trunks. He called the police and had them arrested for indecent exposure. Suddath, Claire (July 5, 2011). "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini". Time . Retrieved August 15, 2013.Safire, William (2004). No uncertain terms: more writing from the popular "On language" column in The New York times magazine (First Simon & Schustered.). New York. ISBN 978-0-7432-4955-3. OCLC 893687501. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Lindner, Christoph (August 4, 2009). The James Bond Phenomenon: A Critical Reader. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-8095-1 . Retrieved May 16, 2011. a b c d e Charleston, Beth Duncuff (October 2004). "The Bikini". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved August 15, 2013. Don’t take swimwear trends too seriously. They rarely flatter most men, and at the end of the day, they’re just fashion-forward. Instead, rather choose something that works for you, your body type, and your comfort level.