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In 1964 Rudi Gernreich from Austria (but in the US) designed the monokini, a topfree bikini. The word is a back formation from bikini, interpreting the first syllable as the prefix bi- "two" and substituting mono- "one."
The term monokini has later sometimes also been used to describe a swimsuit which resembles a bikini but where the top and bottom parts have been made in one piece, usually connected at the sides of the body. It can also refer to a sling bikini.
See also nudity.
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