What Swimsuit Era Do You Belong to?

2000s

Love Your Body

Designers started experimenting
with styles, fabrics—everything under the sun. So, bikinis, tankinis, monokinis, every style in the book was being recreated in a myriad of styles, colours, and fabrics.

1970s

Show Me Some Skin

When Dimple Kapadia wore that bikini is Bobby, she became a sex symbol. And then there was Farrah Fawcett and that red swimsuit poster. That was the '70s.
It was all about showing skin, so deep necks and high-cut legs were all the rage!

1950s

Support All the Way

Swimwear in the '50s was literally corsets that doubled up as swimsuits. Bold colours, ruched panels, padding, underwire, cups...swimsuits were loaded with anything and everything that drew attention to the female body.

1960s

Rise of the Bikini

There was a sexual revolution, and the bikini became a pop-cul symbol! Remember the song, 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie'? And Ursula Andress, the first-ever Bond girl in Dr. No, in that nude bikini was every man's fantasy.

1980s

Long-legged Lass

Say hello to the V-kini. The '80s swimsuit was all about legs. Whether it was a one-piece or a bikini, you saw a trend of higher-cut leg lines. Plus, with plunging necklines, one-pieces gained a status as sexy as the bikini.

1990s

Baywatch Babes


The high-cut leg trend filtered into the swimsuits of the '90s. But this era was all about the hip bone (thanks, Baywatch). There was also the tankini, that looked almost as sexy as a bikini, but gave fuller coverage.

2010s

One, Two, Snip

Meet the cut-out monokini. Cuts, slashes, and skin show—designers had a lot of fun with this trend. Bonus: if you were all over this trend back then, it's making a comeback as.we.speak.