Hello Lovlies!
We can all agree that fashion is cyclical. Those acid washed jeans you stashed away in your closet, your last ditch effort to hold onto your teenie-bopper days, are strutting their way back onto runways and college campuses around the globe. Even so, some vestiges of fashion history fade away into the oblivion of photos in large, old coffee table books, never to be seen or heard from again. However, it would appear that the topless bathing suit is not an item to be forgotten.
Forty-six years after it's first appearance, the topless monokini will be popping up this summer on beaches and cruise ships near you thanks to Victoria's Secret. (We should all take a moment of silence right now to pray that none of the women who purchased these suits so many years ago kept them plan on resurrecting their favorite "vintage" beach attire.)
When Rudi Gernreich first designed his infamous suit, fashion designers and shoppers around the globe went into an uproar over it's scanty coverings. In spite of this fact, thousands of copies of the suit sold when it hit the market. His innovation pushed bikini designs to new levels of experimentation, bringing us to today's "modern" bikini.
At $68, the Very Sexy Topless Bikini places a modern spin on the 1960's icon. It even comes with an optional bandeau top that can be placed underneath for modesty's sake. The VS website claims that the suit has a "cheeky bottom {that} is fully lined with minimal back coverage". Good to know, and here we thought all eyes would be on the front.
XOXO
