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 ...

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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 ...