The evolution of the bikini in the Soviet Union
The evolution of the bikini in the Soviet Union
Even hardened Soviet women weren’t above putting on skimpy bikinis and showing off their bodies! This is how the gradual transition took place.
dispelling the stupid western propaganda about bikinis being banned in the USSR.
Posting pictures of Soviet women in bikinis to r/oldschoolcool and turning the whole subreddit Marxist-Leninist because they're all super horned up for some reason.
JK they'd actually probably call the pictures fake.
I once showed my lib sister pictures of my Polish ex's grandpa taking his family on a trip to a lake where they were all swimming and having picnics and shit.
She's insisted it must be fake because the concept of someone going on a nice lake trip in the USSR was inconceivable.
The first bikinis began to appear in the USSR only in the 1950s. Open strapless tops elicited shocked reactions - worn mostly by actresses or members of the bohemian circle. However, the high-cut bottoms - which we refer to as “retro” today - would not go out of style until the start of the 1980s. During the period this photo was taken, however, many women still felt a bit uneasy about exposing their bodies, and preferred one-piece swimsuits.
This paragraph is above this photo
I count at least five topless women in the background?
I also appreciate that immediately following this paragraph the article notes "The 1960s saw much more frequent bikinis. During that decade, the belly button was finally freed" below a photo of four women in bikinis, with the date 1955 clearly marked on the photo.
I count at least five topless women in the background?
TBH, it could be due to social conventions about acceptable clothing. Like if you go to the beach in bikini, it is absolutely normal, but if you go in stockings, garter belt and corset, you'll be seen as weirdo, even if you are de-facto more dressed.
Never even heard that one, that the USSR banned bikinis.
bikinis being banned in the USSR.
WHAT??? No USSR
pictures of russian women before the revolution (lmao)
I didn't even know that was a propaganda point against the USSR lmao
Same... Lenin and Krupskaya were literally nudists.
I don't know why but i've never really liked bikinis. I've always preferred a little more covered up, more imagination? Not sure really but I just like it more.
The string bikini that was popular in the 80s through the 00s usually isn't flattering on most body types or on a body in motion. Even when I had a BMI of like 18 those things would flatten my breasts downward, give me back rolls from the tiny straps that need to be pulled tight to keep the thing on, and for whatever reason never covered my actual vulva, looking like I had two sets of labia majora. Even a standard "bikini" depilation routine isn't sufficient... You would need to remove basically all the hair for none of it to be visible.
Since I had a kid I wear one pieces with trunks and I don't even have stretch marks or ab separation. I can't even imagine herding a toddler in what I wore 10 years ago. I'm grateful to qualifyfor the "mom" uniform.
I can't even imagine herding a toddler in what I wore 10 years ago.
Especially with how grabby they get
I'm grateful to qualifyfor the "mom" uniform.
It looks better anyway.
It’s only a bikini if it post-dates the nuclear annihilation of a South Pacific atoll. Otherwise it’s just a sparkling swimsuit.
(November voice) 1960s woman dysphoria
“Gradual transition?” Did the Soviet Union collapse because everyone became trans due to lack of semen retention?
I learned in a thread yesterday that semen retention makes men attractive to women. Bikinis cause fapping, which makes men unattractive to women, which makes men go trans and it also makes women go trans because it’s all held together by semen.
it’s all held together by semen.
Has anyone tested whether it can improve the strength of concrete?
one of the photos (Crimea resort) was a picture of a man in a bikini....
No one gives a shit
Uhm, is this supposed to be bad thing?
Man wearing bikini in Crimea, in one of the photos
Europe has fallen... millions must die for this simple photo!
Crimea river
Ctrl+f "crimea" doesn't give me that? Where?
Also what's with the elipses implying this is a bad thing? Why do you care?
that's the only good man.
