Mel Brittner Wells is the founder of Beefcake Swimwear. "Beefcake started because a non-binary friend of mine wanted a 1920s-style swimsuit, but the only ones she could find were vintage originals ...

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 theaters ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Old swimwear styles can still make a splash. To prove it, Jantzen swimwear company — which celebrated its 100th anniversary on the sidelines of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim ...

In the 1920s, women’s one-piece swimsuits started really coming into fashion. And along with them came the swimsuit police. Seriously, there were laws about how long a suit had to be—and beach ...

Entering the swimwear market requires an understanding of the industry and its history. For instance, bikinis are not a modern invention. A fourth-century Greek mural depicts girls wearing two-piece ...

“The story really starts with the shift from bathing in Victorian times to swimming,” says FTM curator Dennis Nothdruft. “There was this great movement toward activity, and particularly women being ...

With swimsuit season around the corner, there are a lot of questions demanding to be answered: Bikini or one piece? Tankini or high waisted? Bathing suits didn't always come in the jumble of varieties ...

So far, this summer has been all about the barely there bikini. But those who wish to show a little less skin are in luck: Abigail Stern of Matek has just launched a new onesie, called the ...