Bikini

A bikini is a type of swimsuit for women. It consists of two parts; pants and a bra top, leaving an uncovered area between the two. The bikini is an ancient invention, reinvented after the Second World War.

The bikini is perhaps the most popular female beachwear around the globe.

By the mid-2000s bikinis had become a US $811 million business annually, according to the NPD Group, a consumer and retail information company.^[1] The bikini has boosted spin-off services like bikini waxing and the sun tanning industries.^[2]

1. ↑ Sylvia Rubin: Fashion shocker of '46: the naked belly button Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine San Francisco Chronicle, 2006-07-02
2. ↑ Lorna Edwards, "You've still got it, babe, The Age, 2006-06-03