See some of the famous bathing suit styles from years past.
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Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini
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— Silver Screen Collection / Moviepix
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On the beach
1898: Portrait of a bathing suit-clad woman and a swimming instructor lying close to the surf on Midland Beach, Staten Island, New York. (Photo by Museum of the City of New York/Byron Collection/Getty Images)
— Museum Of The City Of New York/b / Archive Photos
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Bathing beauties
Four young women in matching beach wear run out of the surf, Los Angeles, California, circa 1910. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
— Underwood Archives / Archive Photos
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Prize winners
Women in bathing suit with prize cups 1922
— Harris Ewing
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Dare to bare
'Smokey' Buchanan from the West Palm Beach police force, measuring the bathing suit of Betty Fringle on Palm Beach, to ensure that it conforms with regulations introduced by the beach censors. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
— General Photographic Agency / Hulton Archive
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Fun on the beach
14th May 1930: Leap-frogging on a Californian beach. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
— Fox Photos / Hulton Archive
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Striking a post, Depression style
22nd September 1933: A model in a Jantzen swimsuit with a tie belt. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)
— Sasha / Hulton Archive
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Swimming buddies
22nd September 1933: Male models in 'Y-Back' swimsuits by Jantzen. One man is modelling 'Racaire' without skirt and the other, 'Speedaire' with skirt. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)
— Sasha / Hulton Archive
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Family swim
circa 1942: Judith Barrett, the Hollywood actress, seen here on a beach with Joseph Allen Jnr (left) and the two child actors Billy Lee and Carolyn Lee (no relations). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Portrait of American model and actress Betty Grable (1916 ? 1973), as she stands in high heels and a one-piece bathing suit and looks over her shoulder, one hand on her waist, 1943. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
— Hulton Archive / Hulton Archive
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Marvelous maillot
4th February 1948: A woman modelling a patterned swimming costume, cut low on the leg. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)
— Chaloner Woods / Hulton Archive
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You, Jane?
A young man and woman display the latest in swim wear with matching zebra print bathing suits, January 22, 1950. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
— Underwood Archives / Archive Photos
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Mad for midriffs
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Woman sitting near shore. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)
— George Marks / Hulton Archive
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Marilyn in polka dots
American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) wearing a polka dot bikini, circa 1951. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
— Archive Photos / Archive Photos
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Mighty Mansfield
American film actor and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield (1933 - 1967) poses in a bikini by a lifeguard chair at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, mid 1950's. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
— Hulton Archive / Hulton Archive
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Ultimate Bond girl
DR. NO, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, 1962.
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How to stuff a wild bikini
A young woman modelling a bikini, circa 1967. (Photo by Leo Vals/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
— Leo Vals / Hulton Archive
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Perfect 10
10, Bo Derek 1979
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Yee, haa
LOS ANGELES, CA - 1980: A model wears a western-style bathing suit by designer Catalina in this 1980 Los Angeles, California, studio photo shoot. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
— George Rose / Hulton Archive
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A life-saving swimsuit
BAYWATCH, Pamela Anderson, ca. 1995, 1989-2001
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Borat's mankini
Sacha Baron Cohen as \"Borat\" during 2006 Cannes Film Festival - Borat Arrives in Cannes at Cannes Beach in Cannes, France. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)
— George Pimentel / WireImage
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Best of both worlds
This product image courtesy of Panache shows their Loren tankini. Forget the pear-vs.-apple and curvy-vs.-curveless shape charts for a minute. There's another divide in the two-piece swimwear discussion: What if you actually have to get up and move around instead of laying on the chaise with a cool drink in hand? (AP Photo/Panache)
— Anonymous / Panache
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The anti-Speedo
BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 28: Models present new beachwear from the 'Special Collection Bjoern Dunkerbeck by Camp David' collection at Brandenburg Gate on April 28, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Athanasios Gioumpasis/Getty Images)
— Athanasios Gioumpasis / Getty Images Europe
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A new shape
A model presents a creation by Movimento during the 2015 Summer collections of the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 3, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Nelson ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)