one-piece bathing suit

The pressure of conforming to a certain beauty standard that could fill out the iconic red one-piece bathing suit made Eggert self-conscious, she said.

Financial institutions often turned down mortgage applications for women without male co-signers when Mattel debuted the Dreamhouse in 1962, three years after Barbie shook up the toy world, arriving in a one-piece bathing suit and kitten heels.

Around the turn of the next century, an Australian actress named Annette Kellerman toured the U.S., donning a one-piece bathing suit instead of traditional pantaloons and performing inside a glass tank.

A one-piece bathing suit is complex and pricey to make, even on a 3-D knitting machine.

Beachwear: A one-piece bathing suit is complex to make.