Today, showing your stomach is not that big a deal, but it used to be pretty scandalous. Belly buttons couldn’t even be …(1)…shown on American television until the ‘60s. So when the bikini debuted in 1946, …(2)…women were like, “I’m good”. But that was also kind of the point. The …(3)…designer was intending to shock the …(4)…world and it worked. Models would refuse to wear it. The Vatican declared it sinful and it was even banned in some U.S states. And France, which is, weird.
But obviously that changed, and a big …(5)…reason why is because of two …(6)…movies: Dr. No and One Million Years B.C. Seeing actresses in bikinis on …(7)…film made them seem less scandalous and it also added a little element of …(8)…fantasy – like, put one on and you’re suddenly a hot cavewoman or a spy that gets to hook up with James Bond.
By 1967, more than half of young women preferred bikinis. And today, …(9)…American women spend 811.000 million dollars every year on bikinis alone. But that might be changing. This summer one-piece swimsuits were …(10)…everywhere. So who knows? Maybe someday bikinis could be a thing of the …(11)…past. At least we’ll always have tacky …(12)…vacation souvenir T-shirts.
Phiêu Linh