From fully frilly onesies with matching caps in the 1890s, to eye-watering high gussets in the 1980s, this video of the bikini’s evolution has everything.
Model, actress and Vine star Amanda Cerny dances us through the styles of the decades, bringing the two-piece right up to present day.
The video starts in black and white, in the late 19th century, when women typically wore knee-length, puffed-sleeve wool dresses over knee length bloomers with matching hats.
By the 21st century, things have changed quite a lot.
1890s:
Try swimming in that.
1930s
By now, sunbathing’s become more popular and women are wearing belted swimsuits with boy-cut legs.
1940s
Why can’t we get bikinis with coordinating capes anymore? Topshop?
1960s/70s
Fast forward to the 60s and 70s, and the bikini as… Read the full story