In 1946 an unnamed Australian woman walked the Bondi Beach Promenade wearing a bikini causing a near riot.
A Lifeguard told her she was “Indecently Attired” and ordered to proceed to the changing sheds and “Put on Decent Clothing”
She was charged with “Offensive Behaviour”
Hollywood Actress, Jean Parker was arrested in 1951 for the same offence.
In 1961, over 50 women were arrested and ordered off Bondi Beach for the same offence.
Men were targeted as well.
"We are taking a good look at the men as well, and many of them have been sent off the beach for wearing exaggerated jockey "
The Waverley Council had had enough.
Council Alderman J. Einfield suggested that women wearing two-piece swimsuits parade before members of Waverley Council and that “Aldermen could then judge if the bikinis were decent”. In reporting the (unsuccessful) proposal The Daily Telegraph quipped, ‘The Eyes Have It’.
By the Summer of 1961 “Indecently Attired” act was abandoned and women won the right to wear Bikinis.
Good, it’s good news when something doesn’t go “Tits Up”.
I look silly in a bikini
Do you still look “Chirpy” in Budgie Smugglers.
ooh la la!
There looks to be competitions now in how small a bikini can be. Might as well wear nothing with some of them.
1900 looked like a cheeky summer…
Way before my time.
1925 looks a little racy … that could be my grandmother.
Lots of things have changed since those days, and some not for the better… 
A great many when you think about it … I don’t know, perhaps I’m just getting old.
“Incredible” is probably a better word.
Feel free to correct me, but the origin of the “bikini” is from the Pacific island called, er, Bikini; whose female inhabitants wore coconut shells over their breasts. I’m sure you get the picture…
IIRC, this region was also where nuclear bombs were initially tested. God bless America.
While I’m at it, I came across the story of the hapless Japanese fella who was injured by the bombing of Hiroshima and escaped to Nagasaki to recuperate, only to receive a second “event”. He lived for many years more.
Is that why Pina Colada’s are so popular there Dex…
I was thinking of coconut matting myself.
Presumably to make a toupee 
Was getting the permission to wear a Tee shirt the “Right to bare arms” 
Or getting laid…