Compared to our barely clad, spaghetti-strapped swimsuit styles, the bathing costumes of the 18th and 19th century seem laughably prudish. But those days, people worried that glimpsing more than a ...

HOUSTON – A fun guessing game turned into an interesting history lesson when a Galveston museum revealed the purpose behind bathing machines used in the during the Georgian or Victorian eras.

Is there anything better than self-care by the sea? UK-based skincare brand Haeckels is on a mission to reintroduce the local community of Margate Beach to the healing powers of the ocean. The region ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to women’s swimwear, 2017 was all about the one-piece: Cutout one-pieces. One-strap one-pieces. One-pieces for all ...

In the 18th and 19th centuries, entire fleets of machines kept beachgoing women from doing the walk of shame. Victorian Bathing Machines: So Men Couldn’t Get Their Rocks Off In the 18th and 19th ...

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