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Trending Bikinis. Related categories. In Stores tops. Shade Shore americana. Related searches. Photo: Rex Features. Of course, bikinis per se have been around much longer — a mosaic known as Bikini Girls found in a 4th century Roman villa in Sicily depicts women frolicking in revealing two-piece costumes. Heftier than their modern counterparts the garments, that is , they were probably made of fine leather — not so good in the water, but is that the point? Just as the Roman emperor Maximilian the likely commissioner of the mosaics was more interested in viewing nubile bodies, so today bikinis, those triumphs of textile engineering, are predominantly for the delights of display.

The design evolution of the bikini traces the emancipation of women, as a symbol of liberty and body confidence, with generations of silver screen icons helping to stoke its myth. No Sporting a matching army knife belt, replete with dagger, Andress, as she emerged dripping from the water a scene later emulated by Halle Berry in Die Another Day , epitomised the femme fatale.

US magazine Sports Illustrated published its first swimsuit edition in , the same year in which avant-garde Austrian-born American fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, an open nudist, gay activist and sexual liberation advocate, introduced the controversial topless one-piece — the monokini — modelled by Peggy Moffitt.

The past few decades have delivered a volley of new takes on the bikini: from the tankini, pairing a bandeau a strapless top with bikini bottoms, to the Brazilian thong, the sartorial equivalent of dental floss. Recent years have seen a return to more covered up, retro styles in swimwear, and an increased appetite for the one-piece. If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter.

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