7 billion neighbors
The underside of the swimsuit
Audio 48:30
Is the swimsuit an object of leisure, freedom, emancipation or injunctions?
© bikini-pixabay_CC0_stux
By: Emmanuelle Bastide
1 min
The first appeared in the 19th century with the beginnings of seaside recreation and swimming.
Since then, swimsuits have been sold in the millions, the market has also reached 16.8 billion euros in 2020, in the midst of a health crisis.
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From the topless of the 70s and 80s to the burkini controversies in France, the history of the swimsuit navigates through changes in society and our relationship to the body.
A piece of fabric with very different consequences for men and women.
Is the swimsuit an object of leisure, freedom, emancipation or injunctions?
With:
Marie-Jeanne Serbin Thomas
, editor-in-chief of
Brune magazine
Audrey Millet
, historian, specialist in the history of clothing.
Researcher Marie Skłodowska-Curie at the University of Oslo in Norway.
Author of
The underside of the swimsuit – another story of the body
(Les Pérégrines, 2022)
And a report by
Sarah Cozzolino
, RFI correspondent in Rio (Brazil)
Whether they have undergone plastic surgery, whether they are muscular, skinny or fat, on the beaches of Rio you see all the bodies and all the bathing suits.
From “biquinis”, two-piece, mini, string or “dental floss” swimsuits as Brazilians call them, to one-piece swimsuits… there is something for everyone.
How do cariocas feel in swimsuits?
Our correspondent Sarah Cozzolino went to ask them the question.
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