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http://www.bikiniscience.com/chronology/chronology.html has a detailed chronology of the development of the swimsuit, but some of the aspects of the site make me unsure that it is appropriate as an external link here. However, it does seem an interesting source.
It is a violation of federal law to make clothing out of a flag. 4USC8 "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery." I thought it was the height of foolishness to try Abbie Hoffman for wearing his flag shirt, but that doesn't make the flag bikini anything but offensive to lots of Americans, including yours truly, Ortolan88 03:03, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC) What happened to the girl in the dog collar and bikini? That was kind of cool, but not this.
Kind of a casuistical response. It's not illegal to make clothing out of bunting. That bikini is not made out of bunting. Ortolan88 16:08, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Casuist = "sophist, quibbler, rationalizer, using an arguing style more suited to determining the number of angels that can dance on a pinhead." The person above me was saying, without using the word, that the flag bikini was, in effect, bunting. I disagreed. The components of the suit, as stated in the caption, are "based on the flag of the USA, the 'stars and stripes'". I can see that the stripes are waney-edged (yet another word I know the meaning of) and the stars are disproportionately small, so, I guess you are right that it isn't literally made out of a flag. How about this? The flag bikini is in execrable taste and insults the country. By your lights, I am probably a left-wing nut. I object strongly to the flag-burning amendment as an infringement on free speech, but to me, as to the most rabid advocate of the flag-burning amendment, the flag is an important, meaningful symbol. I'm dropping this discussion at this point as it is going nowhere, but if I find a copyright-free picture of a cuter girl in a bikini, I'm dropping her in there. And what's that tattoo on the flag girl, a USDA meat stamp? Ortolan88 13:11, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
That's how they make flags too. There are flag napkins too, and flag cakes, and flag paper cups. All direspectful by my lights. That's what makes the proposed flag-burning amendment preposterous. But I still don't like the bathing suit and I believe it and all this other disposable stuff are both offensive and illegal. Ortolan88 17:05, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
How are they offensive? Seeing an attractive woman wearing an American flag bikini makes me damn proud to be an American. Sometimes you have to look past the ambiguous letter of the law and look at the spirit, and the spirit of that particular rule was that they didn't want old, tattered American flags being turned into wrag clothing. Of course, that's just IMHO, but if you just watched the massive crowd in Germany cheering on the USA team at the world cup, they were wearing American flag tank tops, bikinis, hats, you name it, and they were showing pride in their nation by doing so (NOT disrespect).
I reverted the unexplained replacement of the male model with a female model. I see no particular reason why the bikini pic is any more informative, and I suspect some sort of bias in believing that somehow a woman in a bikini is more of a swimsuit model than a man in a low-cut suit. FCYTravis 03:28, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Please can someone provide a photo of a woman in a one-piece costume? as worn for swimming rather than sunbathing. CarolGray 13:55, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
Monokini should not be merged into swimsuit as it is a different genre altogether . My point if bikini is granted a seperate page, Monokini should also be granted one.
If it is not merged, then the user can enter the term "monokini" and find it without having to think of the possibility of "swimsuit" and without having to wade through all of the other definitions and discussion of "swimsuit." Steve_geo1 1425, 22 February 2006
This article is for the vote of merging the Swimsuit article to the Monokini article or vice-versa ONLY. Anyone who wishes to post disruptive comments throughout the seven days of discussion will be either warned or blocked depending on how they vandalise this page/section. This talk officially started 20 May 2006 and shall end 7 days after that, which means the vote ends at 27 May 2006. Please correct User:Weirdy if he put the date wrong. Thank you. Weirdy 08:44, 20 May 2006 (UTC).
Over two months past the end vote, ore votes against making the change, removing the notice on monokini. - TJJFV 23:02, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
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First of all, microkinis are NOT women-only designs, unlike the monokini. Second, women's microkinis come in two formats: bikini and one-piece. The bikini format, however scant, certainly has nothing to do with the monokini category. The one-piece version, on the other hand, either provides coverage for the nipples - and thus is NOT a monokini - or, if it does not cover any part of the woman's chest, it is usually purchased/sold as a set with a bikini top, in which case we again cannot identify the microkini with the monokini. Third, the mere fact that so many microkini manufacturers out there (and even some whose main target market is NOT microkini wearers, but do cater for them as well) offer extremely skimpy bikini (i.e. microkini) tops to be sold as sets with their microkini bottoms, separates microkinis from monokinis entirely. Elp gr 15:28, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
I think the model in the designer speedo is more than sufficient, why dont we use the space the lower speedo photo takes to show what men's Boardshorts look like? Lemon-lime 21:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Why have we messed up the formatting of the page with this speedo picture, or does it only seem like that on my screen? Skittle 22:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Does the extreme closeup of some man's goodies really need to be the first thing one sees on this page? csiefken
I do agree with this sentiment. It'd be better to find an example of a thicker and therefore less-revealing Speedo garment to illustrate this; if that's even necessary given the 'Speedo model' pic further down. Sinnyo 14:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
It can be very hard to illustrate the details of Speedos without illustrating the details of what's under the Speedos. — Northgrove 17:57, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
(Reply to comment in edit summary by Bardsandwarriors)
Categories should be excluded if there isn't a reasonably good reason for *in*cluding them. (Wikipedia:Categories advises restraint, and makes the point that the more categories you put an article in, the less useful they are.) Some swimsuits may be "one-piece suits", but the connection (if any) between the general topic of swimsuits, and the category of "one-piece suits" seems to me to be highly tenuous at best, and not strong enough to justify the category placement.
As far as people browsing the category, they'll come across the one-piece swimsuit article, and if they want to know more about swimsuits in general, they can follow the link from there. Anonymous55 07:01, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I've taken the liberty of adding a "fact" tag to the "sling bikini" paragraph, as the only photographs I've ever seen purporting to show such an item were obvious Photoshop jobs. It seems to me that such an item would serve more as floss than coverage. Cactus Wren 09:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
It appears that somebody, try as hard as they might, has edited the latter end of this article and made some sentences very difficult to understand. I can appreciate not everyone speaks fluent English, but is this really acceptable for an English-language article? I've tried, but I can't make sense of a lot of this. If someone could re-interpret the 'maintenance' paragraph in particular, I'd certainly be grateful.Sinnyo 14:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
This picture was discussed here. I have to concur with the slashdot poster in question: it does appear to be a BDSM pic that has been badly photoshopped to remove visible restraints. Which is doubly ironic as it was apparently used to replace an image described as "too licentious". See also this search. Any chance of replacing it with something more appropriate? JulesH (talk) 21:28, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Christ, take the stick out of your crack. Smurfmeister (talk) 15:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
The beachwear article is short, discusses most of what is already here, and since its inception, that article has had its problems, judge from its discussion page. Civil Engineer III (talk) 12:15, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
The Jammers article is very short and mostly reiterates what exists here. I proposed the merge. --Terrillja (talk) 06:19, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
it is against the COPYRIGHT. maybe he got permission —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.103.151.163 (talk) 13:34, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Is there any evidence that these are actually worn as swimwear in any culture? The article claims they were 'popularised' by the film Borat - yes they were, but as fancy dress items! If no one can provide any kind of citation that these are actually worn as swimwear I think this section should be removed. Smurfmeister (talk) 15:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
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let's have a bit of history too: woollen swimwear anybody? -- Tarquin 21:00 May 9, 2003 (UTC)
Does any culture make swimsuits for pre-pubescent girls that don't cover the breasts? Or is anything you wear while swimming a swimsuit? Rmhermen 21:35 May 9, 2003 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but right|250px|Naru kigurumi in a swimsuit just creeps me out: the person is wearing the swimsuit over a whole-body bodystocking, and is also wearing a whole-head mask. On the other hand, it would be an appropritate illustration for both the cosplay and spandex fetish articles... -- The Anome 15:08, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
I'm not happy with the line "garments designed to reveal as much of the body as possible without actual nudity" If skin is shown, isn't that nudity? I'd prefer to say "actually leaving the genitals or nipples visible". But I don't feel like changing it just yet. Moilforgold 21:25, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
This article says nothing about Sun protection suits as they're common in australia. (See here: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXjDzfPiwu4/S1gf66awIYI/AAAAAAAAFNo/spAkkr4rASc/s1600-h/Sand+fort+at+Long+Beach.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXjDzfPiwu4/S1gf9JctN5I/AAAAAAAAFOI/o16SLtiyS-M/s1600-h/Halfdozen+looking+at+Long+Beach.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXjDzfPiwu4/S1OsIn7AYNI/AAAAAAAAFLg/8Od5e5hgmlo/s1600-h/Half-dozen+at+Birubi+beach.jpg ) The suits on these photos are only two-piece, but there are also one-piece sun-protection suits. -- 79.238.161.7 (talk) 23:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
i have seen a type of bathing suit that looks kind of like a blend of a one piece and a dress. i do not know its name but i was unable to find it in the article.84.212.73.96 (talk) 19:20, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
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Bathing suit mesh entrapment - An unusual case of penile injury https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6603068_Bathing_suit_mesh_entrapment_-_An_unusual_case_of_penile_injury Acute Foreskin Strangulation Injury due to Bathing Suit Mesh Entrapment https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409500/ Foreskin caught in the mesh lining of swimming trunks https://www.reddit.com/r/Parenting/comments/8y7vq2/foreskin_caught_in_the_mesh_lining_of_swimming/ 1 Check Every Mom Should Make to Her Son's Bathing Suit to Prevent Serious Injury https://beta.cafemom.com/parenting/176240-mesh_bathingsuit_boy_penis_stuck Five-year-old British boy almost lost penis in swimming shorts netting https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/world/fiveyearold-british-boy-almost-lost-penis-in-swimming-shorts-netting/news-story/a3eaf0e0fefa98e2b553afd45783640d 87.143.177.244 (talk) 02:57, 23 August 2020 (UTC) For boys who remain intact, the glans and meatus are protected (one function the foreskin serves) but the mesh liner of many suits is just big enough to allow for a trapping of the prepuce (foreskin). Ouch! The same also occurs with many girls (and adult women) each year if their suit or underwear is not made of solid, 'closed' material - the labia, and even external parts of the clitoris, may become pinched in mesh of any kind. Most cases of skin entrapment go unreported, but in 2006, the journal of Pediatric Emergency Care reported on three such cases when children ended up in the ER with penile injuries due to their prepuce becoming pinched in the mesh lining of their swimsuits. http://www.drmomma.org/2014/06/swimming-suits-mesh-cut-lining-of-your.html 87.143.177.244 (talk) 11:58, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Here we say she was arrested and ordered to further cover up, but on Kellerman's own page, it says there are no contemporary news articles or police records to corroborate her story and that she may have made it up. Do we know which is correct? 2D0XPS (talk) 07:06, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
This link about skateboarding in bikini from Daily Mail is an unreliable source. Isn't all Daily Mail sources unreliable? Also removed statement about "skateboarding" in swimsuits because it seems ludicrous. If this statement comes back, make sure to add reliable sources. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 06:38, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
I couldn't get much sources about topics about sharing swimwear. Of the ones I tried finding, I found only a few that seem decent:
Unsure how I could deal with that sharing swimwear thing. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 04:35, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
There are also two other references I checked, but only really convinced on the second and third ones (the first one might be just a promotitive trick for consumers to buy more stuff). Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 05:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 05:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Should the variety of synonyms be plonked into a new Header 2 section called something like Other Terms or something? Just a food for thought to improve the page. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 06:35, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
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