LOS ANGELES -- Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91. Williams's died early ...

Manufacturers of the 1950s such as Rose Marie Reid followed suit by producing boned swimsuits with curvy silhouettes, similar to Dior’s New Look streetwear. Today’s swimsuit is designed for beauty, ...

This month marks 76 years since the birth of the bikini in 1946, but less than 40 years earlier, such a getup seemed as unlikely on Central Florida’s beaches as rocket ships blasting into space from ...

Dresses and skirts were embroidered with what looked like sparkling sea creatures, or the rubber flowers on bathing caps.