Swimwear are clothing designed to be worn by people involved in water-based activities or water sports, such as swimming, diving and surfing, or sun-oriented activities such as sunbathing. Different types may be worn by men, women, and children. Swimwear is depicted with a number of names, some of which are only used in certain locations, including swimsuit , swimsuit , swimming costumes , bathing costume , swimwear , swimmer , swimsuit , swimwear , cossie (short for "costume"), or swimming trunks for men, other than others.
Swimsuits can be worn as a sportswear that requires wetsuits such as water skiing, scuba diving, surfing, and wakeboarding. Swimsuits can also be used to display the user's physical attributes, such as in beauty contests or bodybuilding contests, and glamor photography and magazines such as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and sports personality models in swimsuits.
There are various styles of modern swimwear available, which vary for coverage and body material. The choice of style may depend on the standard of public courtesy, as well as the current mode, and personal preferences. The choice will also consider the opportunity, for example whether it will be charged for passive events such as sunbathing or for activities such as surfing or swimsuit competitions. Swimsuits for men usually expose the chest, while the clothes for women usually cover at least the breasts.
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Materials
Rayon was used in 1920 in the manufacture of tight swimwear, but its durability, especially when wet, proved problematic, with jersey and silk also sometimes used.
In the 1930s, new materials were being developed and used in swimwear, especially latex and nylon, and swimsuits gradually began to hug the body, especially women's swimsuits.
Maps Swimsuit
Swimsuit style
In western culture, men's swimwear style includes board boards, jammers, swimming trunks, shorts or "speedos", straps, and g-strings, in order to reduce lower body coverage, and women's swimsuits include one piece, bikini, or thongs. While they go through many trends in patterns, lengths and pieces there are not many modifications to the various original settings. The recent innovation is the burqini, favored by several Muslim women, who cover the whole body and head (but not the face) in a manner similar to wetsuit divers. This is the latest version of the entire body swimsuit, which has been available for centuries, but matches the traditional Islamic emphasis on simple clothing. In Egypt, the term "Sharia swimsuit" is used to describe a whole body swimsuit.
Unisex style
Female Women's swimsuit
Male swimwear
Body coverage
Swimsuit can be tight or loose. They are often coated with layers of other fabrics if the outer fabric becomes transparent when wet.
Swimsuits range from designs that almost cover the entire body to the design that exposes almost the entire body. The choice of a swimsuit will depend on personal standards and community courtesy and considerations such as how much or just a little sun protection is desired, and the prevailing modes. Almost all swimsuits cover the genitals and pubic hair, while most except the straps or cover of the G-string are many or all buttocks.
Most bathing suits in western culture at least leave the head, shoulders, arms, and underside of the foot (below the knees) open. Women's swimsuits generally include at least the areola and the lower part of the breast, but some are designed for the top of the swimsuit to be released. In many countries, young girls and sometimes women choose not to wear a swimsuit, and this may vary with opportunity, location, age, etc.
Both men and women sometimes wear swimsuits that cover more parts of the body while swimming in cold water (see also wetsuits and dry clothes). In colder temperatures, bathing suits are needed to conserve body heat and protect the body's core from hypothermia.
Competitive swimwear
Competitive swimwear refers to the swimsuits, clothing, equipment and accessories used in water sports swimming, diving, synchronized pools, triathlons and water polo.
Some swimsuits are designed specifically for swimming competitions where they can be constructed from special low resistance fabrics that reduce skin shavings. For some types of swimming and diving, special bodysuits called "diveskins" are worn. These clothes are made of spandex and provide little thermal protection, but they protect the skin from stings and abrasions. The most competitive swimmers also wear special swimwear including partial body clothing, racerback style, jammers and racing pants to help them slide through the water to gain a speed advantage.
Unlike ordinary bathing suits, designed primarily for aesthetic looks, bathing suits designed to be worn during the competition are designed to help athletes in swimming competitions. They reduce friction and drag in the water, increasing the efficiency of the swimmer's forward motion. The tight suit allows easy movement and is said to reduce muscle vibration, thereby reducing obstacles. This also reduces the possibility that a high forward dive will remove the swimwear swimming. Starting around 2000, in an effort to improve the effectiveness of swimwear, engineers have designed it to mimic the skins of animals in the ocean, especially sharks.
In July 2009, FINA voted to ban non-woven (non-woven) swimsuits during competition events starting in 2010. This new policy is being applied to combat issues related to increasing swimwear performance, hampering the ability to accurately measure the performance of swimmers. Furthermore, the new ruling states that men's swimsuits can maximally cover the area from the navel to the knee, and female colleagues from shoulder to knee.
Some swimmers use special training clothing called drag clothing to increase artificial hunting during practice. Toward is a swimwear with a looser outer layer of fabric - often a net or nylon - to increase water resistance and build a swimmer's endurance. They come in a variety of styles, but most resemble a loose square-cut or short swim.
Swimwear and cleanliness
Germs, bacteria, and fungi can grow very quickly in wet bathing suits. Medical professionals warn that wearing wet swimsuits for long periods of time can cause some infections and rashes in children and adults, and warns against sharing swimsuits with others. They suggest that replacing wet swimsuits immediately can help prevent vaginal and itchy infections in women and Tinea Cruris ("Jock Itch") in men.
In a public swimming pool in France for hygiene reasons, only allowed to wear a more appropriate swimsuit style. Men, for example, have to wear "Speedo" swimwear and not shorts or baggy shorts.
History
Pre-20th century
In classical times, swimming and bathing were done naked. There is a Roman mural showing women playing sports and exercising in a two-piece suit that covers the area around the breast and hips in a way very similar to the current bikini. However, there is no evidence that they are used for swimming. All classic swimming photos show nude swimmers.
In a variety of cultural traditions, a person swam, if not naked, in a version corresponding to garment or underwear that is commonly worn on the ground, e.g. cats like the Japanese fundoshi.
In England until the mid-nineteenth century there was no law against bare swimming, and every city was free to make its own laws. For example, the official Bath Corporation 1737 dress code specified for men:
It is Ordered to be Established and Destroyed by this Company that no Man over the age of ten will at all times enter Bath or Baths in this City at noon or night without the Pair of Drawers and Vests on their bodies.
In rivers, lakes, rivers and sea humans swim in bare places, where practice is common. Those who do not swim naked, are released into their pants. The practice of British people who swam naked was banned in England in 1860. Drawers, or caleÃÆ'§ons as they are called, began to be used in the 1860s. Even then there are many who are protesting against them and want to remain naked. Francis Kilvert described the men's bathing suit being used in the 1870s as "a pair of very short red and white striped drawers".
Women's bath costumes come from those worn in Bath and other spas. It seems that until the 1670s the naked bath women in the spa were the norm and that after that the ladies were dressed. Celia Fiennes gave a detailed description of the standard women's bath costume in 1687:
The Ladyes went to the bathroom with Garments made of fine yellow canvas, which was stiff and made large with big sleeves like parson gowns; water meets it so it is borne that your shape is invisible, not attached closely like any other linning, which looks sad in the poorer kind that goes into their own line. Gentlemen have drawers and bins of the same type of canvas, this is the best coating, because the bath water will change the other yellow color.
Bath Corporation's official bath code code of 1737 was determined, for women:
No woman will at all times enter Bath or Baths in this City at noon or night without a proper Shift in their bodies.
The Humphry Clinker Expedition was published in 1771 and its description of different women's swimwear from Celia Fiennes a hundred years earlier:
The women wore brown linen jackets and skirts, with chip hats, where they repaired their handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat off their faces; but, really, is it because of the steam that surrounds them, or the heat of the water, or the nature of the clothes, or all of these causes, they seem so reddened, and so frightening, that I always change my eyes in other ways.
Penelope Byrde points out that Smollett's description may be inaccurate, since it describes a two-piece costume, not a shifting part or shirt that most people portray and depict in contemporary print. However, the description fits perfectly with Elizabeth Grant's description of guiding costumes at Ramsgate in 1811. The only difference is in the fabric used to make the costumes. Flannels, however, are common fabrics for marine swimsuits because many believe warm fabrics are needed in cold water.
In the 18th century women wore "bathing suits" in the water; this is a long dress from a cloth that will not become transparent when wet, with loads sewn into seams so they will not rise into the water. Men's swimsuits, wool clothes that fit quite well with long sleeves and legs similar to trousers, are developed and will change slightly over the course of a century.
In the 19th century, the women's double suit was common, consisting of a dress from shoulder to knee plus a set of trousers with leggings down to the ankle.
In the Victorian era, popular beach resorts are generally equipped with bath machines designed to avoid exposure to people in swimwear, especially for people of the opposite sex.
In the United States, women's beauty contests in bathing suits became popular since the 1880s. However, such incidents are not considered honorable. The beauty contest became more honorable with the first modern "Miss America" ​​contest held in 1921, despite a less honorable beauty contest being held.
20th century
In 1907, swimmer Annette Kellerman of Australia visited the United States as an "underwater ballerina", a synchronized swimming version that involved diving into a glass tank. She was arrested for indecent exposure because her swim suit showed her arms, legs and neck. Kellerman changed suit to have long arms and legs and collars, still keeping a close-range that revealed the shape beneath. He then starred in several movies, including one about his life. He markets his swimwear line and his suit style is known as "Annette Kellerman". The Annette Kellerman considered the most offensive style of swimwear in the 1920s and became the focus of censorship efforts.
Despite opposition from some groups, the post-format style proved popular. Not long before the swimsuits began to shrink further. On the first arm is exposed and then the leg up to mid-thigh. The neck line recedes from around the neck around the top of the chest. The development of new fabrics allows new varieties of swimwear more comfortable and practical.
Due to its alluring nature of these clothes, glamor photography from the 1940s and 1950s often featured people wearing bathing suits. This type of glamor photography eventually evolved into a swimsuit photography exemplified by the annual edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue . The beauty contest also requires contestants to wear the right swimsuits.
The first bikinis appeared just after World War II. Early examples are not very different from the two common pieces of women's clothing since the 1920s, except that they have a gap under the breast line allowing for the bare belly. They are named after Bikini Atoll, the site of several nuclear weapons tests, to the effect of their explosions on the audience.
During the 1950s, it was considered appropriate for the bottom of the bikini to appear high enough to cover the navel. From the 1960s, the bikini shrank in all directions until it occasionally covered little more than the nipple and genitalia, although the less revealing model gave more support to the ever-popular breasts. At the same time, fashion designer Rudi Gernreich introduced monokini, a topless suit for women consisting of a simple bottom supported by two thin straps. Although not commercially successful, the suit opens the eye to new design possibilities. In the 1980s thong or "tanga" came out of Brazil, said to be inspired by traditional tribal clothing in the Amazon. However, the one-piece suit continues to be popular because of its simpler approach.
Men's swimming suits were developed roughly parallel to women during this period, with shorts covering less progressive. Finally the racing-style "speedo" outfits became popular - and not just because of their speed advantage. Thongs, G-strings, and bikini style suits are also worn. Usually this is more popular in more tropical regions; However, they can also be used in public swimming pools and inland lakes. But in the 1990s, shorts and shorts became popular, with the hems often reaching the knees. Often called boardshorts and swimwear, these are often worn lower in the hips than regular shorts.
Alternative for swimwear
Since the beginning of the 20th century the naturist movement has developed in western countries seeking to return to non-sexual nudity while swimming and during other appropriate activities. Some women prefer to engage in water or sun activities with their bodies open. This practice is often described as "toplessness" or "topfreedom". In some places around the world, naked beaches have been set aside for people who choose to perform normal beach activities naked.
As an alternative swimsuit, some people wear trousers, underwear or T-shirts as an emergency swimsuit or because they prefer regular clothes than swimsuits. Using a T-shirt can also provide extra protection against sunburn. In some countries, like Thailand and the Philippines, swimming with regular clothes is the norm while bathing is rare. On the beach, this may be more acceptable than in a swimming pool, which tends to not allow the use of underwear as a swimsuit because of striped underwear, can be translucent, and may be considered unclean.
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