A one-piece swimsuit most commonly refers to swimwear worn primarily by women and girls when swimming in the sea or in a swimming pool, playing water polo, or for any activity in the sun, such as sun bathing. Today, the one-piece swimsuit is usually a skin-tight garment that covers the torso, although some designs expose the back or upper chest.
A girl surfing in a one-piece swimsuit
A lifesaver wearing a racing one-piece swimsuit
Annette Kellerman in the form-fitting one-piece tank suit that got her arrested in 1907
A modern one-piece swimwear with cut-outs
A swimsuit is an item of clothing designed to be worn by people engaging in a water-based activity or water sports, such as swimming, diving and surfing, or sun-orientated activities, such as sun bathing. Different types may be worn by men, women, and children. A swimsuit can be described by various names, some of which are used only in particular locations or for particular types of suit, including swimwear, bathing suit, bathing attire, swimming costume, bathing costume, swimming suit, swimmers, swimming togs, bathers, cossie, or swimming trunks, besides others.
American 1920s woman's bathing suit
Historical marker SC-285, located in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, about the danger of swimsuits made of wool. Marker put in place in 2022 by the Delaware Public Archives. Photographed in 2023.
Unlike blue, gray, and white, neon pink and neon orange are highly visible colors underwater.
Olympic swimming gold medalist Tyler Clary of U.S. walks wearing men's swim briefs, while Michelle Bremer of New Zealand looks on in a racerback one-piece swimsuit, 2012