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Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (born 1922)
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Rudi Gernreich
Austrian-born American fashion designer (1922–1985)
Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposefully used fashion design as a social statement to advance sexual freedom,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Monokini
Topless swimsuit designed by Rudi Gernreich
The monokini was designed by Rudi Gernreich in 1964, consisting of only a brief, close-fitting bottom and two thin straps; it was the first women's topless swimsuit. His revolutionary and controversial design included a bottom that "extended from the midriff to the upper thigh"…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)