Austrian-American fashion designer Rudi Gernreich had strong feelings about the sexualization of women's bodies and breasts and in 1963 proposed creating a topless swimsuit, which he called a monokini.
Austrian-American fashion designer Rudi Gernreich had strong feelings about the sexualization of women's bodies and breasts. Gernrich, a nudist, first envisioned the suit in 1962, and proposed creating a topless swimsuit, which he called a monokini.