Bikinis and Women's Swimwear

What is it about a bikini that grabs our attention? “Isn’t it obvious?” you may answer. Yes, yes, it’s obvious. Who can resist looking at the sensuous, near-naked body of a beautiful woman? It is, after all, the woman’s body that is framing the bikini and not the other way around. Still, the word “bikini” itself conjures something beyond the literal. Where does it come from? The word. The costume. The concept. And what is this love/hate relationship the world has had with the bikini?

Every woman should at least once in her life buy herself a bikini, go home, put it on and walk around in it while no one else is around. While it is true that a bikini is not ideal for every body type, it is certainly ideal for every woman’s inner self. There is something exquisite about shopping for a bikini that perhaps you would never wear at the pool or at the beach but that you wear uninhibitedly in the secrecy of home. To complete the experience, get yourself a beautiful, lacey cover-up to tie around your waist. As you walk through the house and catch glimpses in the mirror now and then, you may notice something wonderful beginning to happen. You feel beautiful and sensual and are now even considering wearing your bikini in public—your lacey, fringed, cover-up securely tied at the waist of course.

There are, certainly, those women who seem to be natural, ready-made bikini wearers. Although some of us think that they came out of an instant just-add-water gene pool, the truth is that many women who look that great really work hard at it. And to you, I say, go for it! Show it off. You deserve it. Wear a new style every chance you can.
Did you guys know that there is a metal bikini following? This was news to me. While bikini surfing on the Internet, I ran across women modeling bikinis that sported chains and metal in homage to the bikini clad slave girl, Princess Leia of Star Wars fame. Though I can’t see wearing one this at the beach, the concept seemed fun.

But truly, super-model type bikini women are few. Walking down the beach and observing real, every day women, there will of course be the enviable bikini clad beauties, but there also will be the slightly plump girl next door type who perhaps has a little bulge of a tummy and dimples here and there on her thighs. And who, in her bikini, exudes a carefree sensuality and somehow draws the stares of men and women alike. Perhaps the bikini and all it represents is merely a state of mind.

The word “bikini” itself is debatable as far as origins go. Some scholars have speculated about the “bi” part of the word, Latin for “two.” And as for the “kini” part, well, the theories are as varied as the number of scholars. There are bikini scholars? Yes. There really are.Who knew?

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What about the concept of the bikini? While the French are credited with it’s invention, ancient Roman and Greek paintings sport women in bikinis as well. Okay, enough about that boring bit of trivia that is only interesting to the geeky few like myself.

It’s amazing what fashion designers have done with the two tiny pieces of cloth called a bikini! Go ahead, girls, dare to browse and try something bold. Surf the skirted bottoms, triangle bottoms, tangas, halter-style bikini tops, tankini tops and great sheer cover-ups. Find the bikini goddess in you that is dying to come out! By Selia Franco Pender

 

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