Variations in Bikinis-- Monokini

Whats a monokini??--

monokini is a women's one piece bathsuit which is the same as the bottom of a normal Bikini. A monokini is also known as an "unikini" because of the fact that the its a one piece thing. Like wearing an underwear and thats about it. All sorts of "kinis" have been derived and inspired from the the traditional bikini.

In i964, Rudi Gernreich whose an Austrian fashion designer designed one of the first MONOKINIS in the United States. Rudi also had the pleasure of giving it its name and the the word momkini is recorded in the English dictionary since the very same year in which he designed the first monokini. Gernreich's monokini looked like a one-piece swimsuit which only covered the lower part of a woman's body leaving the breats of the woman bare. It wasn't really such a successfull launch because many women simply started sun bathing topless simply wearing the bottoms of the old two-piece bikini which they already had in their summer clostes. Inteligent manufacturers however, quickly had the great idea of selling bikini tops and bottoms separately to create more profits and Gernreich later created a new line of bikinis called pubkinis.

In the 1960s, monokinis led the way to sexual revolution for women emphasizing alot on a woman's personal freedom. Even her attire was provocative and exposed more skin and body than any other type of clothing during the 1950s. Today however, monokinis are designed as one of the sexiest types of swimwear available apart from string bikinis and micro bikinis usuing accessories such as chains, different types of trings, and different types of fabrics aswell. Todays styles are alot different and less racy as compare to those of Rudi Gernreich's original design but none the less alot revealing.

The word monokini is also known as another word for any type of topless swimsuit, particularly a bikini bottom worm without a top. Recently, the word monokini has come into use for topless bathing for women. While monokinis are bieng used.. the word bikini can jokingly be refered to as a bikini bottom and a sun hat bieng used at the beach by an ordinary pretty girl like yourself.

personally in my opinion, interesting! The change from bikinis to strings to monokinis to microkinis etc. mmmmhh..

Picture credits to wikipedia.com and to vintage designs.