|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
So
times change, as well as views on sexuality, nudity, and the human body.
Each society and culture has its own views, and inside each has
subcultures with differing views and values.| The 60s in Brazil |
| gave the world a new more revealing bikini |
 |
| The thong bikini, which first appeared in Brazil in the 1970s was slow to be adopted in North America but since the dawn of the 3rd millennium has been increasing popularity on the beaches of North America and even more so as a practical undergarment. |
Perhaps no decade has had and continues to have as great an impact on global multicultural society as the sixties. This was also the period when Rio de Janeiro's urban beach culture rose up to become known throughout the Brazilian body-beautiful culture is fun and flirty, and the people love anything that is pleasing to the eye. The bikini best represents this social leap involving body consciousness, moral concerns, and sexual attitudes.
In modern clothing, thongs first became popular as a swimsuit style in Brazil. The origin of the word "thong" is from the Old English thwong, a flexible leather cord. The Brazilian thong, can be defined as where the back of the suit is so thin that it disappears into the buttocks or bunda. Fashion designers claimed the origin of the thong bikini to be from the traditional clothing of Amazonian tribal groups in Brazil.
So much style and breaking fashion in such small pieces of fabric. In Brazil there are no lines drawn over what body type can wear a bikini. It has been many decades since the very pregnant mother to be made headlines wearing a bikini. Hot babes, teens, and old ladies all will wear one and it simply says they feel good about their bodies and themselves.
Today, Brazilian bikinis generally measure from 2-3 inches smaller than their American counterparts, in any direction. Brazilian bikini tops are significantly smaller than the American counterparts, while Brazilian bikini bottoms are cut lower at the back.
| BLOGGING the BODY BEAUTIFUL |
|
by Ana P, 2007-02-05: Telling kids
to not have sex only will make them want do. Remember when you
were young and your parents told you to no go somewhere? What
did you do? You went there, right? We are not sluts just because
we are ok with nudity and open sexually. USA was founded by
Puritans that believed nudity and sex is evil and god forbid if
we say we enjoy sex. Women can never say they enjoy sex, they
just do because it is their obligation. |
| by bo, 2007-02-05: |
|
the "culture" of brazil promotes
women as sex objects. All one has to do is turn on his tv on
sunday in brazil and see on nearly every brazilian channel you
have gorgeous girls shaking their nearly totally nude asses in
front of the tv. What does that promote?? For women to be
aerospace engineers?? A brazilian, 2007-02-05: None of those women are forced to do such and aren't prevented from following a carreer and studying. Americans can't accept the fact that some women actually enjoy sex and enjoy such things. Sex and nudity aren't things that should be avoided as if they were bad. e harmony, 2007-02-05: This is a pretty stupid comment when not taking in to account many areas of Brazil's renowned body culture. I mean Brazilian male beach wear are popularly small, tight, speedos. That is like the opposite of what is popular amongst U.S. males for beach wear (baggy shorts)....Brazil is like ancient Rome and Greece in her appreciation for the male and female form. One upping antiquity,  Brazil
perfected the physique of the emerging third-gender [source] |
| Brazil has never claimed to have the answers but we do admire their zest for life and Carnaval. Brazil was the LAST country in the Americas to have a law against domestic violence and it has been slow to recognize women's rights. Today Brazil is emerging as a global economic power and more people want to understand its culture and relationship with spirituality. [more] |
Martha Rocha.
She is the legendary "2 inches too many" that lost her a Miss
Universe contest in the 1960s. According to legend her hips her
were 2 inches bigger than her bust. From that time on, it is
frequently said that Brazilian women (unlike Americans or
Europeans) have big bundas and small seios. |
| Raimunda |
 According to legend,
Raimunda is a woman "Feia de rosto, mas boa de bunda".
It rhymes: Raimunda and bunda. "Bunda" is the popular term for
the human rear end. In Brazil,
everybody knows what you mean if you say she is a "Raimunda", a
woman with an ugly face, but a good body (or bunda).
|
| 1964: monokini |
| A big development came from Rudi Gernreich, when his monokini was introduced in 1964. With its thin straps attached directly to the bottom brief, the wearer's entire upper torso was revealed, to the dismay of more conservative bathers |
In the 1960s, the monokini led the way into the sexual revolution by emphasizing a woman’s personal freedom of dress, even when her attire was provocative and exposed more skin than had been the norm during the more conservative 1950s. Today, many monokinis are designed as the ultimate in sexy swimwear, using chains, strings, and strategic strips of fabric to join the upper and lower portions of the suit while still covering the basics of the female form. Also the term monokini has come to be used to indicate any topless swimsuit, particularly a bikini bottom worn without a bikini top. |
| Microkini |
 |
|
A
stick-on style of Microkini attaches
with adhesive. |
|
The designs for both women and men
typically use only enough fabric to cover the
genitalia. Any
additional straps are merely to keep the garment
attached to the wearer’s body. Some variations of
the microkini use adhesive or wire to hold the
fabric in place over the genitals. These designs do
not require any additional side straps to keep the
garment in place. The modern microkini’s origins can be traced back to the early-1970’s in Venice Beach, California, USA, where, after legislation was passed banning nudity there, beach regulars began making their own tiny bathing suits to comply with the new laws. [More] |
| Tankini |
The
tankini is a swimsuit
combining a tank top and a bikini bottom. A string bikini is a
more revealing alternative style where both top and bottom are
reduced to triangles of cloth connected by strings.
This type of swimwear is considered by some to
provide modesty closer to a one piece suit with the convenience
of a two piece suit, e.g. the entire suit need not be removed in
order to use a lavatory. |
| whale tail |
|
| Thong vs. G-string |
|
| Sling Bikini |
|
A sling bikini is a
one-piece woman's swimsuit which provides as little
coverage as a bikini. Usually, it is worn like a
bikini bottom with the side straps, instead of going
around the hips or waist, extending upwards to cover
the breasts and go over the shoulders, leaving the
entire sides of the torso uncovered. The straps then
reach down the back to become a thong.
|
| Men's Bikinis |
|
-Speedos & Sungas |
In recent years, many underwear retailers
have begun selling Men’s bikini underwear. For men, a
bikini is a type of
undergarment that is smaller and more revealing than
men’s briefs. Sometimes the term bikini is used to
describe the type of man’s swimsuit also known as a
speedo although men’s bikini swimsuits do exist that are
not brief like. Men’s bikinis can have both high or low
side panels and normally rest lower than the true waist
or at the upper hips. Most men’s bikinis lack a button
or flap front. Many do not have a visible waistband like
briefs.
A sunga is a Brazilian term
for a men’s swimsuit. The bikini to U.S.
citizens is typically a small bikini, but in
Brazil—and  especially Rio—you’ll see the sunga.
It is a modern and updated men’s bikini. The
shape is similar, but the side is an inch
thicker: it’s a cross between a bikini and a
square cut. |
| Speedo Blogging Gems |
|
"Once again the media and
straight men (and some women) are trying to scare the
general public into thinking that something is wrong
with trying to be comfortable and practical and wearing
a Speedo. If you go to Europe, many public swimming
pools only allow racing suits. (Paris public indoor pool
next to the police station has a big sign showing only
Speedos are allowed.) When I go to the beach or pool or a cruise, I proudly wear a Speedo. I'm 46, and in good shape and athletic, but all bodies look better in Speedos that big floppy swim suits. I know I may be alone in this thought, but I believe it to be true. I go to a gym with mostly straight me. You may be surprised to see the number of Speedo tan lines on men who don't wear a Speedo in the pool or hot tube. The are wearing them somewhere and must think they look good in them to some degree. Speedophobia forum at Out.com |
|
"Men too wear sungas (Speedo) to the beach and pool for
many reasons none of which have to do with their sexual
preference. The Speedo is similar to the underwear
Brazilian men wear. Their underwear is different from
ours. To see a Brazilian man's underwear and a Speedo
made of the same material, anyone would say they are the
same. Because Speedo's are made of less material and cover less of the man's body, they are lighter and cooler. They also allow the man to get a tan on 95 percent of his body that he can then show off to the rest of the population. Why would he want a tan? [more on being a single American male in Brazil ] |
| http://video.aol.com/video-detail/brazil-beach-babe- |
The EU country where the Roman Catholic church is most influential is Malta which has strong Carnaval traditions. Here a bikini battle took more time to be introduced than anywhere else in Europe. In the 1960s the police fended off Bishop Michael Gonzi's request to ban bikini clad tourists following fear of compromising Malta as a tourist destination. Malta Labour Party girls felt protected to put on bikinis during beach parties but this was unacceptable by those supporting the Nationalist Party.
In Brazil
 |
||||||
| In 1948, three Argentine girls caused a storm on the beach by sunbaking in two-piece swimsuits on the beaches of Rio Sul. This moment has been cited as the point where Rio de Janeiro would determinedly march to the forefront in world swimwear fashion. | ||||||
|
The Garota from Ipaneam, Helô was one of the few girls on Ipanema beach to wear a two-piece swimsuit. It may be difficult to perceive a time when the beaches of Rio only entertained modest swimsuits but it did seem to notice the sensation the French Riveira was able to enjoy by shrinking the amount of fabric used in a woman's swimsuit. | |||||
| Bikini Contests at Ipanema Beach | ||||||
|
||||||
|
|||
 |
History of the String Bikini @ clipshack.com Featuring former model and the inventor Rose de Primo | ||
| It is claimed that Brazilian fashion model Rose de Primo created the first string bikini for a photoshoot. She was hired to don a bikini for a fashion shoot but did not own one herself. She had no money to purchase one, so she took it upon herself to sew a bikini together the night before the photoshoot. She didn’t have enough fabric to cover her assets, so she ended up tying the pieces together with string. She showed up at the photoshoot wearing her string bikini and it was a hit. | |||
| New Orleans: French Quarter | |
 |
 |
| The French Quarter: world famous for breasts also unleashed full backsides on North America. New Orleans Carnival gets special coverage from carnaval.com | |
| The first formal presentation of string bikini was done by
Glen Tororich, a public relations agent, and his wife Brandi Perret-DuJon, a fashion model, for the opening of Le Petite Centre, a shopping area in the French Quarter of the New
Orleans, Louisiana in 1974. A PR agent, Mr. Tortorich, and his wife were shopping at a local boutique when he saw a picture in Women’s Wear Daily newspaper that featured Brazilian women on the beach wearing the string bikinis. He knew that this would gain attention, so he contacted a local fashion designer, Lapin, to create some string bikinis based on the picture he saw in the paper. The media was there at the event and sure enough, the string bikinis gained national attention as the pictures were distributed to AP and UPI. Models recruited by talent agent Peter Dasigner presented it by removing fur coats by Alberto Lemon on stage. |
|
| Brazilian Bikini types | |||||||||
|
There are three
popular Brazilian bikini designs. The first is the printed Brazilian bikini
featuring vibrant colors and loud patterns. The second is the solid Brazilian bikini that is
has one solid color, be it dark, light, plain, or neon
bright which allows it to blend easily with
louder fashion accessories.
Finally there is the authentic Brazilian string bikini which is more scantier revealing than traditional bikinis. It gets its name from the string characteristics of its design. Rather than featuring a full single piece bottom, the string bikini consists of two triangular shaped pieces connected at the groin but not at the sides. Depending on the details it shows off your bunda by being as close to backless as possible. |
|||||||||
| The backless bikini bottom was first made popular on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro in the 70s. | |||||||||
|
|
||||||||
the
C-string; as narrow as a G-string
but without the band around the waist,
leaving just a "c-shaped" piece between
the legs held in place firmly by a
flexible internal frame.
|
The lower part of the bikini was further
reduced in size
in the 1970s to the Brazilian thong, where the back of the
suit is so thin that it disappears into the buttocks. In
Brazil, the buttocks are especially admired and
emphasized. Originally the style of thong swimsuit had rear
area became so narrow that it would disappear between the
wearer's buttocks. G-string or thong is probably the
earliest form of clothing known to mankind There are also three main types of Brazilian bikini tops exist, the triangle top, the tie top, and halter-top bikini. The Brazilian bikini triangle top consists of two triangle patches of fabric that are usually held in place with a set of string ties that reach around the back and neck. The tie top also called the Bandeau top is a sort of snug, minimal tube top, with or without center strings to tie behind the neck. Meanwhile, the halter-top is similar to the triangle style but uses slightly more material. By the late 1980s, the design (for females) had made its way into most of the Western world, thong and G-string underwear became more and more popular through the 1990s. At the beginning of the 21st century, thong underwear is one of the fastest-selling styles among women. One advantage attributed to the wearing of thong underwear is that no visible panty line can be seen even under a thin, light-colored or skin-tight garment |
While it has been some time since Goya would make a breakthrough in erotic art and paint the first showing of pubic hair. It is universally respected that this minimal string bikini requires a Brazilian Wax. A whole other topic entirely.
|
||
| The C-String Thong is nicknamed "Invisible Underwear" You can wear it under the sheerest clothes and there won't be any panty lines. | ||
The retailers will tell you that "
the C-String has a flexible internal frame that hugs
and holds it to the body both securely and
comfortably. Your modesty remains safely covered at
all times. "
"I would definitely recommend it for sunbathing. "It's perfect for laying on the beach and getting an all-over tan like you've been sitting in the sun naked."But it felt so weird. It really grips you and isn't very comfortable when moving around. "All of us agree that long heels are totally uncomfortable but we wear them a lot...and maybe we love them much! |
||
| Self Adhesive Panties: | ||
|
Pioneered by Rio de Janeiro's Carnival |
||
 invisible
self adhesive panties:PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: ♥ PRACTICAL - DISCRETE - DISPOSABLE! ♥ Does not mark or deform the body ♥ Very attractive.. as if you  were not wearing
anything♥ You can wear it with any garment, formal, casual, sports wear, tihgt fitting clothes. ♥ So comfortable you can even wear it pregnant ♥ You can use it with a panty liner ♥ Hygienic and Hypoallergic ♥ One size fits all ♥ Nude colour |
||
At the 2008 Rio Carnaval the judges invoked
the
long-standing penalty against going bottomless, by Sao Clemente
for breaking a rule against display of genitalia when Viviane
Castro, 25, a model and dancer, had lost her original "tapasexo"
-- a small triangle 1.6-inch patch,of glitter used to cover the
most intimate parts of her body. An improvised substitute glued
between her legs right before the show also fell off on the
parade strip. [more] |
| Beauty Queen contests | ||||
Since 1951 when bikinis were banned from the
Miss World contest they have continued to create
controversy.
In 1996, when the Miss World contest
was held in Bangalore, a dozen Indian groups opposed the event
claiming that the contest degraded women by featuring them in
bikinis. Social activist Subhashini Ali commented, “It’s not an
IQ test. Neither is it a charity show. It’s a beauty contest in
which these things have been added on as sops.” The protests
were so intense that the organizers were finally compelled to
shift the venue of the “Swimsuit Round” to Seychelles. |
||||
| Sports Bikini | ||||
1993:
The "sports bikini." gains traction as women continue their
inevitable rise from their former role as the lesser sex.
That the hugging halter-top design is so popular is credited to
Volleyball queen Gabrielle Reece and MTV. [more}In 2004 Olympic Games, inclusion of bikini-clad athletes raised eyebrows, while a controversy broke out around bikini-clad cheerleaders performing at a beach volleyball match. The costume stirred up a controversy at 2006 Asian Games at Doha, Qatar, and Iraqi team did not wear the conventional costume. In 2007 South Pacific Games, players were made to wear shorts and cropped sports tops instead of bikinis. |
||||
| Brazilians join the Greeks, Romans and French in celebrating the human body as an art form | |||
|
In the 18th century this statue was thought to illustrate a story from classical antiquity of two girls in Syracuse who were trying to decide which of them had the more shapely buttocks. The story is recorded in Athenaeus' Deipnosophists 12.554 c-e. and goes as follows:
The ancient Greeks and Romans who athletes performed nude had a great appreciation for the aesthetics of the human body [more] |
| Who shouldn't wear the bikini. | ||
| "Women today are very liberated in how they feel about their bodies and comfortable with who they are, and they want to show it!" ---Malia Mills | ||
But the 1970s saw the rise of models like
Cheryl Tiegs, who possessed the athletic figure that, for the
most part, remains in vogue today. The advent of this lean ideal led many women to wonder:
Who, exactly, should wear the bikini? In the 1960s, Emily Post decreed, "It is for perfect figures only, and for the very young." Since then, though, a number of swimwear designers (most notably Malia Mills) have encouraged women of all ages and body types to take up the style. Mills says that women of all shapes are discovering that two pieces just fit better, no matter their body shape. "We find that very few women come into our stores and say, '1 can't wear a two-piece,'" says Mills, who sells tops and bottoms separately to provide the perfect fit. "Women today are very liberated in how they feel about their bodies and comfortable with who they are, and they want to show it!" Many magazines market themselves by placing a woman in a bikini on the cover. Because of the influence of the media, women try to lose weight before the summer so they can have the ideal "bikini body." These weight loss goals are often unrealistic and unhealthy in their means and result. The image of the bikini in the media sometimes brings about eating disorders in people striving to have the "perfect" body. |
|
|
Bikini History Part I which actually began with the Roman baths. |
