SILMON, Pedro. The Bikini.

(No place): Diadem Books, 1986. First US edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 32 × 26 cm. 160 pages. With black-and-white and colour photographs throughout. Introduction by Meriel McCooey. A pictorial history of the bikini from its introduction in the 1940s through four decades of fashion and popular culture. Silmon brings together an extensive selection of photographs of women wearing the bikini, from anonymous beachgoers to stars including Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Ursula Andress, Raquel Welch and Nastassja Kinski. The images trace the garment’s transformation from scandalous novelty to one of the defining symbols of modern beachwear and popular culture. A very good copy in dust jacket. One of the best swimwear references.