The big picture: Hand-wringing about swimwear was already underway by the late 1800s on the East Coast, where rich New Yorkers developed a beach culture at Newport, Rhode Island. Yes, but ...

Swimming costumes have been around since the 1800s, but it wasn't until the end of World War ... but it wasn't until the 1940s that swimwear technology really took off. Lycra is a lightweight, ...