This red cotton swimming costume was left behind in lost property at Hornsey Road Public Baths, Islington in about 1900. Many people in Victorian cities lived in crowded tenement buildings without ...

Which is why we bring you this tale of a woman who was ordered to vacate her own apartment building’s swimming pool, because misogynists couldn’t handle her pink one-piece. Taking to Facebook ...

Don't fancy strutting your stuff in a two-piece over your summer holiday? Or perhaps you love the chic and sophisticated look a monokini offers you? Whatever your reasoning, we're here to tell you ...

Swimming costumes have been around since the 1800s, but it wasn't until the end of World War II that companies began developing materials designed to increase the swimmer's speed. At the beginning of ...