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It was banned in the French Atlantic coastline, [75] Spain, Belgium and Italy, three countries neighboring France, as well as Portugal and Australia, and it was prohibited in some US states, [76] and discouraged in others.

The swimsuit was banned in Spain, Portugal and Italy, three countries neighboring France, as well as Belgium and Australia, and it remained prohibited in many US states. If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case.In 1934, a National Recreation Association study on the use of leisure time found that swimming, encouraged by the freedom of movement the new swimwear designs provided, was second only to movies in popularity as free time activity out of a list of 94 activities. During the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, she worked with her husband and agent Roger Vadim, and garnered a lot of attention when she was photographed wearing a bikini on every beach in the south of France. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. No as the first Bond girl, I was given the freedom to take my pick of future roles and to become financially independent.

Only women in the vanguard, mostly upper-class European women embraced it, just like the upper-class European women who first cast off their corsets after World War I. In 1950, Time magazine interviewed American swimsuit mogul Fred Cole, owner of Cole of California, and reported that he had "little but scorn for France's famed Bikinis," because they were designed for "diminutive Gallic women". They found them so shocking that for long periods the secret chamber was opened only to "mature persons of secure morals". Artwork dating back to the Diocletian period (286-305 AD) in Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, excavated by Gino Vinicio Gentili in 1950–60, depicts women in garments resembling bikinis in mosaics on the floor. After actress Brigitte Bardot gained international attention in 1953 as the bikini girl of the French Riviera, Paparazzi popularized revealing accidents or staged events with women's swimwear throughout the decade.Whether you’re relaxing by the sea, topping up your tan, or immersing yourself in a blissful spa day, our collection has you covered. Science minister Andrew Griffith warns BBC's prosecutions of licence fee evaders could spark a Post. Because of the shocking effect from how revealing it was at the time, she got referred to by the joke nickname "Ursula Undress". The swimwear parade for the Miss England beauty pageant was scrapped in 2009, following a campaign by former contestant Katrina Hodge.