The 20th century was where nearly all our modern women’s swimsuits were invented. Before that, the preferred method to swim was to do it nude. While men continued to swim nude beyond the 18th century, some women began to make use of clothing when they swam in the 17th century.
The practice of swimming nude was stopped in the UK within the 19th century by an open ban. Nude swimming was off limits to both genders. But we have totally embraced the need for some type of modesty in the present day. When we speak of women’s swimwear, bikinis are …