Picture yourself in an 1880s woman’s bicycling outfit — made of wool, long sleeves and a floor-length split skirt. Or the 1850s bathing suit. “It’s something that to the modern eye doesn ...

$34.95), we take a look at some of swimwear's more noteworthy moments since fussy Victorian women donned woollen water-wear to bathe — not swim. Late 1880s: While young men might swim au naturel ...