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Clothing engineered to be worn in water, judged everywhere but water.
means Garments designed for swimming or lounging poolside, built to handle water, sun, and scrutiny.
from A modern compound stitching swim to wear, born when public bathing became respectable and the wool itch grew unbearable; early suits covered nearly everything, then shrank decade by scandalous decade.
Knit horrorVictorian suits used wool that doubled in weight wet.
Bikini blastNamed in 1946 after a nuclear test site.
Arrest recordBeach modesty police once measured suit lengths legally.