Various Types of Bikinis

What type of costume do you use when going to swim? In the past, ladies were discouraged from bathing in the open and swimming because they didn't have attires that would be decent for that activity. As time went on, there was need to come up with an attire that would allow ladies to enjoy swimming activities in different areas such as the oceans and relax at the different beaches. The first swimming costume that was invented was the loose ankle-length and full-sleeve gown that were designed using flannel or wool. This costume was very descent in terms of coverage of the body parts and prudency. The bikinis are used by most females today as swimming attires.

A bikini is a female swimwear with two pieces that are the underwear and the bra top. The piece that is worn on the lower part of the body varies from a thong to a pelvic coverage. With the need to create a more stylish and comfortable attire for the ladies to use when swimming, a number of designs of the bikini have been introduced. The main types of the bikini are the string bikinis, trikinis, tankinis, monokinis, camikinis, skirtini, granny bikini, bandeaukini, hikinis, minikinis, seekinis, miniminis, microkinis, thong bottoms, teardrops and tie-sides. Most of these bikinis come in two or three pieces and some like the seekinis are very limpid.

Bikinis come in different sizes and shades to suit different ladies. Ladies have different body types and therefore many sizes and designs of the best beach bikinis have been introduced. The different body types include the athletic body, hourglass body, straight body, apple body and pear body.

If you are blessed with an hourglass body shape; then you are lucky because you can put on any type of bikini but if you have a straight body, make sure that you select a bikini with the tie-side bottom. The rectangular body type appears to be a little boyish; so if you have such a body type then use a bikini with ruffles and ties which will assist to create some extra curves.

The different types of bikinis have become famous in different sporting activities such as female volleyball and tennis. The official costume for women who engage in the Olympic Beach Volleyball is the bikini having the names of the players being written at the bottom. Men at times use the lower piece of the bikini to carry out different sporting activities like bodybuilding. Revealing clothes and striking bikinis are preferred in surfing activities, and they are robust and have more coverage when compared to the bikinis used for sunning.

Bikinis have greatly assisted ladies and some men mostly in sporting activities by making them very comfortable and free with the different designs and sizes.