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A Chicago policewoman checking for bathing suit violations. (1921)

Back then, your suit could not be more than six inches above the knee. This state of affairs lasted until 1946, when a French mechanical engineer named Louis Reard invented the bikini, (although it didn’t really catch on until the 1960s.)

u/Joey_dono — 7 days ago