Carol Ramsey says dressing Miami mobsters, politicians, hookers, showgirls, and Cuban revolutionaries for the Starz series is challenging, but finding vintage bikinis is even harder. By Elizabeth ...

On Memorial Day, swimming pools and beaches open for the season. It’s an occasion for sun-worshipers to assess their beachwear, digging it out from the depths of dresser drawers. That desire to make a ...

The 13th edition of the oceanfront celebration has roots that go back to the Bathing Girl Revue and Pageant of Pulchritude in the 1920s.

What people choose to wear to the beach has changed significantly over time. In the 1950s, knotted hankies were seen as a practical way to keep off the sun. Beachwear also differs from one continent ...

In the dead of winter, 1950, a Los Angeles fashion designer named Rose Marie Reid–already known for designing the beachwear of stars such as Marilyn Monroe–patented a one-piece bathing suit made using ...

For well over 100 years, crowds have flocked to Los Angeles beaches. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when elaborate bathing costumes and parasols constituted standard beachwear, visitors ...