Monokini

Monokini, a term used for different styles of one-piece swimsuits, which all have in common that they are inspired by the bikini.

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In 1964 Rudi Gernreich from Austria (but in the US) designed the original monokini, a topfree bikini. The word is a back formation from bikini, interpreting the first syllable as the prefix bi- "two" and substituting mono- "one." Since Gernreich seems to have been the one who coined the term, his definition of it ought to be considered most correct.

Swimsuit: A swimsuit (also swimmers), bathing suit (also bathers) or swimming costume (sometimes shortened to cozzie) is an item of clothing designed to be worn for swimming. In Commonwealth English swimsuits are sometimes called togs. Swimsuits can be skin-tight or loosely fitting, and range from garments de...

Bikini: :This article is about the women's bathing suit. For other uses see Bikini (disambiguation)....

1964: :For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator)....