Carol Ramsey says dressing Miami mobsters, politicians, hookers, showgirls, and Cuban revolutionaries for the Starz series is challenging, but finding vintage bikinis is even harder. By Elizabeth ...

Swimwear, as we know it today, was born in the late 19th century. True, ladies of earlier times tiptoed into the water in voluminous, all-encompassing bathing dresses. But those garments only allowed ...

On Memorial Day, swimming pools and beaches open for the season. It’s an occasion for sun-worshipers to assess their beachwear, digging it out from the depths of dresser drawers. That desire to make a ...

In the dead of winter, 1950, a Los Angeles fashion designer named Rose Marie Reid–already known for designing the beachwear of stars such as Marilyn Monroe–patented a one-piece bathing suit made using ...

For well over 100 years, crowds have flocked to Los Angeles beaches. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when elaborate bathing costumes and parasols constituted standard beachwear, visitors ...

The photo, taken in 1957, authentically shows a Las Vegas showgirl posing in a bathing suit featuring a mushroom cloud made of cotton. However... What's False The image was taken for a publicity shoot ...