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How bathing suits went from woolen dresses to swimwear

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Showing knees at the beach used to be a scandalous offense punishable by law. It took massive, relentless shifts in cultural attitudes toward bodily autonomy for the massive, suffocating woolen bathing dresses of the past to slowly be cropped into functional athletic wear.

How bathing suits went from woolen dresses to swimwear
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