Throughout it all, people would wear bulky suits, hence the term “bathing suits.” “For women in the Victorian era, it was a very conservative era with modest dressing,” said Osterberg.

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However, in the Victorian era, swimwear of outer clothing of the time, which was cumbersome and even quite dangerous in the water. Moving forward, since the early 20th century, swimming came ...

Forget bathing suits, these things were bathing gowns ... we started to see a slow shift in values. The Victorian era was ending, and with it its stuffy ideals and prudishness questioned.

When Rehoboth was established in the Victorian era, few people owned specialized ... 76ers 20th century brings on more practical bathing suits By the early years of the 20th century, the ...