When is the Best Time to Shop For Swimwear

When is the Best Time to Shop For Swimwear

Anyone can tell you that traditional stores have swimwear sales at the end of the summer season. Some even have early season sales to spark interest in seasonal swimsuit shopping. But in both cases, stock could be limited. Early season sales usually highlight swim wear fashions left from last year. Late season sales offer only what hasn't sold.

Bikini Bathing Suits

Bikini Bathing Suits

In 1946, Jacques Heim introduced the Atome, which he called the world's smallest bathing suit. The Atome was modified by an engineer called Louis Reard two months later, and named it bikini, after Bikini Atoll, the site of nuclear weapon tests in the Marshall Islands. He named it so because of the anticipated excitement it would cause, which would be like a nuclear bomb exploding.