Bikinis Originally Deemed Obscene?

[ralph124c]

The Wiki link describes the early days of the bikini- I cannot imagine that sales (in the USA) were anything spectacular , in the late 1940’s. I would imagine their acceptance would be limited, until the mid-60’s (sexuqal revolution).
Interestingly, the first girls to wear bikinis at Copacabana Beach (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), were asked to leave-they were felt to be too provocative. Today, the style worn in Brazil (tanga) is almost non-existent-probably a few square inches of material.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

@ralph124c

The Wiki link describes the early days of the bikini- I cannot imagine that sales (in the USA) were anything spectacular , in the late 1940’s. I would imagine their acceptance would be limited, until the mid-60’s (sexuqal revolution).

Bikinis were common in the U.S. throughout the 50s. They were in a multitude of different styles and levels of coverage, but the sexual revolution had little to do with swimwear.

[Guinastasia]

@descamisado

Let me just say I’m shocked – shocked! – that a thread about the Bikini has turned into a discussion of Annette Funicello’s breasts.

From the movie Stand by Me:
TEDDY: Have you guys been watching the Mickey Mouse Club lately?

GORDIE, CHRIS AND VERN: Yeah.

TEDDY: I think Annette’s tits are getting bigger.

CHRIS: Think so?

TEDDY: Yeah, I think so.

GORDIE: Yeah. I think he’s right. I’ve been noticing lately that the A and the E are beginning to bend around the sides.

VERN: Annette’s tits are great!

GORDIE, CHRIS AND TEDDY: Yeah.

[AncientHumanoid]

@acsenray

While it’s true that the word “bikini” was popularized in the mid 1940s for a , long after two-piece swimsuits became generally popular, I don’t think there’s any general distinction to be made in modern parlance between a “bikini” and a “two-piece swimsuit.” The terms are interchangeable, qualifiers like “string” or “boyshort” or “Brazilian back” or “thong” can be used with either to specify what degree of skimpiness is being talked about. I haven’t noticed them being categorized separately in stores or catalogues either.

Back in the day, we called them all Bermudas.

[Guinastasia]

@NoClueBoy

@acsenray

While it’s true that the word “bikini” was popularized in the mid 1940s for a , long after two-piece swimsuits became generally popular, I don’t think there’s any general distinction to be made in modern parlance between a “bikini” and a “two-piece swimsuit.” The terms are interchangeable, qualifiers like “string” or “boyshort” or “Brazilian back” or “thong” can be used with either to specify what degree of skimpiness is being talked about. I haven’t noticed them being categorized separately in stores or catalogues either.

Back in the day, we called them all Bermudas.

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