Swimsuits have changed a lot through the years and they continue to adapt to new styles and trends. Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, women's swimsuits typically resembled gowns. In more recent ...

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If, like me, the very words 'bathing dress' make you want to laugh or cry — possibly both — you may be surprised to learn they are this summer's big swimwear news. The trend may sound as if it belongs ...

Bathing dresses that fall to your ankle. A special machine to enter the water. This is Ruth Griffin's description of bathing in Dublin in the early 1900s. While sea swimming is booming in the city ...

In 1915, a group of rebels challenged tradition. These Californians were called the “skirts be hanged girls,” and they had a revolutionary goal: swimsuits that women could actually swim in. Most of us ...