{"product_id":"the-bikini-a-cultural-history-by-patrik-alac","title":"The Bikini: A Cultural History by Patrik Alac","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"d_iC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Reart borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking with decades of boring conformity, Reart dared to 'undress' women's bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed -- albeit in tiny wisps of material. By taking up the bikini as popular beachwear, women also found themselves thinking differently about their bodies. An ideal of perfection was many times reinforced by the appearance on the cinema screen of such stars as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress, all of whom featured in bikinis that accentuated their own gloriously curvaceous contours. More than a bathing costume, the bikini made its own contribution during the 1970s to the sexual revolution, to the changing relationship between men and women in general.\n\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates the history of the bikini as a way of noting the change in the perception of women by society, as women have regained responsibility for the way they look and laid claim once more to full sexual equality. A wealth of pictures throughout the book illustrates this womanly progression step-by-step over more than 50 years.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8 d_iD v_v82rYi\"\u003e\"Synopsis\" may belong to another edition of this title.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8 VersoHeading v_PwKgaj\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"VersoFlex v_EhCXFo VersoColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8 d_fI v_6iavb9 d_fJ\" id=\"_R_5sr2b5bsnpfiutb_\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d_iC\"\u003eGerman and Slavic scholar, Patrick Alac has published many articles in several German fashion magazines. He has written a book entitled: \"The language of Fashion in Roland Barthe's Work\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d_iC\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eCopyright 2002.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d_iC\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d_iC\"\u003eExcellent condition. Hard Cover. Slip cover has very little to no wear. Overall, Excellent Readable Condition.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d_iC\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d_iC\"\u003eISBN: 1-85995-795-1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8 d_iD v_v82rYi\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE WAY WE WORE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367323173116,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0243\/2117\/files\/Photoroom_000_20260928_123446.jpg?v=1790629591","url":"https:\/\/thewaywewore.com\/products\/the-bikini-a-cultural-history-by-patrik-alac","provider":"THE WAY WE WORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}