For her January 2025 SI Swimsuit digital issue cover, Brianna LaPaglia wore incredibly striking ensembles. The styling for her photo shoot exhibited all the best things to adore about swimwear, and it ...

Seventy million readers eagerly awaited last month’s release of Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit edition, an issue that attracts more than twice the number of readers of a typical issue. But for ...

No garment has shown the difficult history of society's relationship with the female body quite like swimwear. To add insult to injury—from the Roman baths to Naomi Campbell yachting on the ...

The link between repressive swimwear and the bikini is the bloomer, popular in the mid-1800s. A garment of wool, linen, or serge was cut into a top and a skirt, under which were cinched “bloomer” ...