Itsy Bitsy Bikini

This Itsy Bitsy bikini is super sexy.

Fashion is a magic, burst, challenge to the common state of things. It is impossible to get used to it is dizzy turns. It is a mixing of ideas, colors, conceptions, bold decisions. It is a constant progress. Next >>

La Jolla Lace Bikini

Double Strap Lace Bikini. This sultry lace Slider Top and Skinny Banded Bottoms look stunning on everyone.

The findings concur with a study of British women, SizeUK, published late last year, which found that the average woman's waistline had expanded by six inches since the 1950s.

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Smokin Bikini

This sexy mesh suit has retro rings and black outlining making for an extra sassy bikini.

A study carried out by University College London and the London College of Fashion, found that women and men had shot up and out, with today's woman taller, with a bigger bust and hips than her 1950s counterpart.

Surfs Up Suit

Hit the beach in this bikini! You will look fantastic in this krinkled green and white combo Triangle Top and String Bottom.

Forty-six per cent of women fit the Rectangular shape, where the waist is less than nine inches smaller than the hips or bust. Mel C is a good example

Disco Swirls String Bikini

You will shine and have the time of your life in this ring detailed Triangle Top and String Bottom.

Fashion is a shape, a changing shape. That shape is mainly formed and controlled by some device which affects part of the body's natural outline. What is considered beautiful in the eyes of one race may be thought horrific in another. Beauty then is in the eye of the beholder, and for centuries beauty has been shape.

Chocolate Savvy Suit

A chocolate lovers heaven. This full coverage bikini makes for a sleek and sophisticated look.

In the Western world the outlines of women's bodies have been controlled by corsetry and petticoat constructions. But now many consumers have their figure faults corrected by cosmetic surgery with implants or liposuction fat reduction. Plastic surgery was originally developed thousands of years ago in India for treating injuries and birth defects. Then just over a century ago in 1885 when local anaesthetics were invented, surgeons began performing various cosmetic operations. In 1901 the first face lift was done by Eugene Hollander of Berlin. The wealthy liked face lifts. A face lift meant they could actually buy some youth, even though the body cells were ageing.

Psycho Mesh Tonga Bikini

This psychedelic bikini will leave people in a trance. A beautiful suit with hot style.

In 1944 Bernard Rudofsky worked at the Museum of Modern Art in New York where he was Director of Apparel Research. He designed silhouette figures that were sculpted by Nivola for the MOMA exhibition called 'Are Clothes Modern'. The shapes belonged to different periods of Western fashion and corresponded to the shape that supported top clothes.

Rockstar Tonga Bikini

This red hot outlined Triangle Top and barely there Tonga Bottom will spice things up.

Until about a hundred years ago a small dainty foot was considered essential to make a Chinese woman eligible for marriage. Small feet are a racial characteristic of Chinese women. The desire to make the foot smaller in the name of beauty was strong enough for the Chinese to mutilate female feet for nearly 1000 years.

Pink Lava Bikini-2

Make it hot! This high fashion sizzling Triangle Top and Little String Bottom are a dream.

The 20th century film icon Marylyn Monroe deliberately had the stiletto heels of her shoes adjusted. One heel was made shorter than the other so that she swayed and sashayed as she walked. Her swaying hips helped make her appear more vulnerable, increasing her sexual appeal Marilyn Monroe - Her perfect natural hourglass body for the 1950s. Her body ideal would today be considered too heavy for today's icons of beauty.

Lime Vinyl Wetsuit Bikini

This bikini is a flashback to the 60s with its mod color. The super sexy retro inspired fabric has just a slight stretch for a body hugging fit.

The Horsehair Crinoline Petticoat of 1830s In the 1830s a linen material woven with horsehair called crinoline was first used for cloth petticoats. The word crinoline comes from the French for 'crin' and 'lin', meaning horsehair and linen respectively. This version of a petticoat was the original crinoline and later the name continued in use incorrectly, but universally for the caged or hooped underskirt frames. In the 1840s flounces were added to the full skirts and these gave an illusion of extra skirt width. The new skirt style which emerged in 1841 was achieved by a method of gauging fabric into organ or cartridge pleats which introduced yet more fullness. This was abandoned in 1846 for flat pleating which gave even more width. After 1845 double flounced skirts helped push the shape out, making the skirt look even broader.

Studio 54 Bikini

Studio 54 Bikini Possibly sheer, possibly not! This mesh and flesh lined suit will cause quite a stir.

Victorian Swimwear

Once the railway arrived in Britain the masses visited the seaside regularly and it spawned a need for new fashions. The fashion history of swimwear took its lead from ordinary dress and the outfits were very modest almost totally covering the body.

In the early Victorian era women had worn serge or dark flannel bathing dresses, but by the 1860s two piece belted costumes replaced the earlier styles.

The swimwear bodice top was jacket like and the swimsuit bottom part three quarter trousers which had been rejected only a decade earlier when Amelia Bloomer urged women to adopt them.

The later Victorian swimsuit outfit was still cumbersome, but was more practical and more attractive than earlier bathing clothes.

Colombian Bikini-2

This stylish suit is fun and fresh! The top and bottoms are a perfect pair that can be worn by anyone.

Fashion and costume history.

Fashion history was shocked into the 20th century with some of the newer all revealing figure hugging swimsuits that revealed the body limbs more clearly than ever before.

Liberated from long skirts, young women of the twenties wore a figure hugging wool jersey sleeveless tank suit.

Left and right - bathing beauties in the 1920s and below in 19281928 Swimwear

The swimming suit was ideal for the androgynous athletic figure that fashion suited best in the 20s. It looked very similar to male swimming costumes of an earlier era.

The swimsuit legs stopped at an unflattering point mid thigh and beneath the swimsuit legs were built-in modesty shorts.

Swimsuits were often in dramatic abstract patterns or stripes and those with poorer figures covered them up with wraps.

Whilst the new bathing cap of the 1920s, ideally suited to bobbed hair was not unlike the cloche hat of the same era.

Colombian Bikini-1

This stylish suit is fun and fresh! The top and bottoms are a perfect pair that can be worn by anyone.

1930's Women's Bathing Suits

Feminine cotton printed bathing suits often with little over skirts to hide the thighs gradually replaced the ugly 20's fashion. The 20's suit which sometimes sported cutout sections in the midriff panel disappeared as it evolved into a two piece garment. By this era most of us would recognise the late 1930's swimsuits as one that bears some relationship to swimwear of today.

Hollywood stars also added glamour to the swimsuit so that bathers needed to consider having one in the latest fashion. Esther Williams and Dorothy Lamour along with films featuring synchronised aqua swimming whipped up interest in figure hugging costumes with higher cut legs and which revealed every body contour.

Gold Glitter Bikini

Strut your stuff in this sheer and sexy bikini. The shiny gold fabric makes for an award winning suit.

New Romanticism was a manufactured scene within London nightclubs in the early 1980s. The posers within the group, often the more creative people who had always been more interested in the sartorial aspects of dressing up than the anarchic statement of punk anti fashion, looked for new ideas to draw attention to themselves.

Adapted factual or fictional themes and Hollywood glamour were chosen by the New Romantics to make a personal look. The flamboyant, colourful dramatic look used frills and luscious fabrics associated with historical periods. In contrast to punks the wearers made an effort to look flamboyant in an attractive, luxuriant, beautiful, narcissistic way. Right - Adam Ant a new romantic pop star who epitomised the more beautiful aspects of New Romantiscm.

Survivor Suit

This delicate suit is one of a kind. The intricate detail and splash of beading makes this suit a memorable one.

London night clubs started to change their format from Friday and Saturday nights as being the only important music nights. The club 'Gossips' in Soho began to do Bowie nights on Tuesdays and then more one night specials for niche tastes. That set the scene for special one night club evenings throughout London. Narrow tastes could be catered for.

The former punk posers had taken to glamour and romance in clothing and the club venues offered them a chance to show off that glamour at dedicated evenings. Theatrical ensembles were worn to selected clubs in London such as Blitz and St. Moritz. These were the recognised venues where the romantic movement started.

Purple Lava Suit

One of a kind! This super sexy lava bikini will make you look so good. Textured "torn" lava fabric.

The early designers of the romantic look were Vivienne Westwood, Colin Swift, Stevie Stewart and David Holah. Westwood began her romantic ideas with adaptations of dandified Regency designs which later she developed into a Pirate look. She designed especially for Adam and The Ants.

The look rapidly dubbed New Romantics by the media, moved quickly into mainstream fashion and was reinforced by hot chart topping pop groups of the time such as Adam And The Ants, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran and Visage. David Bowie, Bryan Ferry and Boy George were all influential singers of the era.

Morrocan Bikini

Morrocan Bikini Be a desert dream in this barely there bikini. With peek-a-boo cut outs you can show off you amazing body.

Typical romantic glamour had the swashbuckling style of pirates and buccaneers. Full sleeved frilled pirate shirts were made from luxury fabrics. Theatrical brocade or hussar style jackets of velvet or silk complete with braiding were copied and appeared on many jackets.

The New Romantic look was intended to be individual, unlike punk which tended to have uniformity. New Romantics longed for the fantasy of the nineteen thirties and fifties glamour of Hollywood.

Fetish Mesh Retro Bikini

This barely there Halter Top and Low Retro Bottoms give the illusion of being sheer with its black fetish mesh fabric.

Occasion wear included a return of cocktail dresses and evening suits with flared basque jackets, or Chanel line brocade jackets and just above knee short straight skirts.

Dresses in slinky satins and foulard silks or polyesters were often batwing or with set in sleeves. Both styles had shoulder pads and frequently swathes of fabric were gathered and ruched onto hip bands, with falling silk, crepe de chine or chiffon asymmetric draped swirling skirts.

Lace was popular for evening, especially cream lace bound with cream satin collars. Lace collars made an appearance after being worn by the Princess of Wales. Mohair sweaters were oversized, but covered with lavish beading and satin appliqué they could be worn for evening too. Highly styled intarsia knit jumpers became fashionable.

Misty Mesh Bikini

Misty Mesh Bikini. This sexy suit will make you sparkle in the sun. Slightly sheer in the top and fully lined in the bottom. Halter style top and lower cut bottom will make your body look so good.

Disco Inferno G-String

Disco Inferno G Be a disco queen. This eye catching outlined Triangle Top and G-String Bottom will make you sparkle.

Glamorous occasion wear was a reaction and an alternative to the dressing down that was emerging from the wearing of sport and fitness wear as casual wear. The 1980s in particular produced one of the most naff garments of the century.

The garment that still creates hoots of laughter and is often used by television producers to typify elements of the era, was the sports inspired Shell Suit, the least likely outfit you would ever find in the wardrobe of a New Romantic. However fashion oft repeats itself, bloomers and all. Skip a generation or two and a frilly new romantic inspired shell suit, jump or flying suit might appeal to someone. Already there are collectors of 1980's shell suits.

Sporty Thong Bikini

Sporty Thong This bikini is great for the active and daring. Accentuate and show off your curves. The sport top has a cross back, and is banded under the bust. The thong bottom can be worn high or low on the hips. Imported Nylon/Lycra. Order any size top and bottom.

Fashion history has shown that by the 1950s glamour was what women wanted most. They had been deprived in the war and they had seen the Hollywood stars that had uplift that almost reached their necks. Brand names like Maidenform, Berlei, Triumph and the British Marks & Spencer bras under the St. Michael label all sold excellent bras that gave the correct pointed circular stitched conical shape of the era.

The conical bra was the bra that gave the support silhouette for girls who longed to emulate the curves of film star sweater girls like Lana Turner and Jane Russell. Bra history changed for the better as bras began to be revolutionized by the use of nylon, making them lighter, prettier and easier to wash.

Camkini Bikini

This bikini is fresh and fun. Its sexy details add style while still being covered. The camkini top ties at the neck, has a peek-a-boo neckline, and hits at the bikini bottom. The bottoms sit low on the waist, a peek-a-boo tie side, and full coverage rear. Imported Nylon/Lycra. Order any size top and bottom.

By the 1960s well designed bras by Exquisite Form, Berlei, Twilfit, Lovable, Silhouette, Playtex and the Marks & Spencer St. Michael range were thought ideal under knitted sweater dresses.

Soon Elastomerics transformed foundation garments with power net fabric. Early styling found in bra history became out of tune with modern sixties bra design. The old elastic bra backs and straps were replaced by the newer Courtauld's Spanzelle or Lycra fittings. Overstretched rotted rubber bits that made bras lose their grip were gone forever.

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