National Bikini Day Follow Up: The Monokini

After posting Ronnie for National Bikini Day, I kept thinking about another photograph entirely.

This features American model Peggy Moffitt, photographed by her husband William Claxton in 1964, wearing Rudi Gernreich’s revolutionary monokini.

Although the bikini changed swimwear, the monokini pushed the idea much further. It was a topless swimsuit, but it was also a statement about the body, fashion, publicity, and the power of a photograph. The design was shocking, but the image is what made it impossible to ignore.

For me, this is where swimwear leaves the beach and becomes something much more interesting. It becomes not just fashion, but sexuality and controversy. I do love this!

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