比基尼驚現
邁入20世紀，澳大利亞女游泳運動員Annette Kellerman在波士頓海灘穿了一件吊在肩膀和手臂上的單片式泳衣，因胸、背及腿的裸露，在1907年被美國法庭指控犯有公共場合猥褻暴露罪。到20世紀30年代，非比賽泳裝的款式發生了革命性變化。揹帶代替了袖子，褲腿變得越來越短，領口也變得越來越低。1946年之前，比基尼只是一個地名——杜魯門總統批准進行核彈試爆小島的名稱，1946年7月18日，在比基尼島原子彈爆炸後的第18天，法國人Louis Reard在巴黎推出一款由三塊布和四條帶子組成的泳裝，這種世界上遮掩身體面積最小的泳衣，最大程度地顯露出了腰、背、臀、腿、胯，從此，這種用料不足30英寸，可揉成小巧玲瓏一團的全新泳裝——比基尼，以排山倒海之勢顛覆了整個世界的大眾文化和道德觀念。
Shocking appearance of bikini
In 1907 Annette Kellerman was accused by the US court of public indecency as the Austrian athlete wore a single strip of swimsuit on the Boston beach, exposing her bosom, back and legs. The 1930s saw revolutionary changes of non-athlete swimsuits, with sleeves replaced by suspenders, trouser-leg becoming shorter and shorter, the neckline lower and lower. On July 18, 1946, in Paris, Frenchman Louis Reard released bikini, a type of swimsuit composed of three pieces of cloth and four ribbons --- exposing to the greatest degree the waist, back, hips, legs, thighs. This tiny piece of clothing then shook the very foundation of the popular culture and moral concept across the whole world.
從20世紀50年代到60年代，美國的海灘成為人人鍾情和嚮往的地方，因為那裡不僅僅有陽光、沙灘和迷人的大海，還有比基尼在海邊展示出的前所未有的性感。比基尼的著裝形式，通過充分表現人體的優美曲線，流露出熱烈奔放、激情永駐的青春活力。比基尼告訴我們生活中最美的事是自由——這種當時流行的時髦語，促使西方國家有了以性感為中心的海灘文化。
From the 1950s to 1960s American beaches became dream resorts, not only for the sunshine, sand beaches and fascinating sea, but unprecedented sexiness shown in bikini there. It shows with no reserve the beautiful curves of human body, effusing unreined and passionate life of youth. It tells us that the most beautiful thing in life is freedom. The then fashionable language encouraged the birth of the sexiness-centered beach culture in the West.
配圖1：Annette Kellerman石破天驚的單片式泳裝，挑戰了當時的社會觀念，攝影時仍裹上了黑色長襪以遮掩暴露的腿部線條
Photo 1 The sensational one-pice swimsuit worn by Annette Kellerman challenged the ideology back then. When posing for the photo, she still had black stockings to cover her otherwise exposed leg curves.
配圖2：早期保守泳裝群像
Photo 2 groups of swimmers in conservative swimsuits in early days
配圖3：Louis Reard的大膽設計為時尚界製造了一次高潮
Photo 3 Louis Reard’s bold design created a climax for the fashion world.
餘韻徐歇
Lingering taste
泳裝的革命逐漸接近成熟，暴露程度已在上世紀70年代登峰造極，款式上，保守與性感始終並駕齊驅；而在用料上，1958年美國杜邦公司獨家發明萊卡，這種人造彈性纖維，使泳裝在本質上發生了翻天覆地的改變，女性身體和服裝之間的關係達到了前所未有的緊密。另有新型抗重力型比基尼，它最吸引人的地方在於沒有肩帶和背部束帶，不會留下曬痕，此外，可充氣型比基尼內含微小充氣塞，為平胸女性完美地修飾了身材。然而在今年3D印花一統天下的趨勢下，設計師們更利用斑斕的視覺差，凸顯女性S型身材……選擇謹慎風格的連體泳衣也好，推崇被稱之為野蠻的“無上裝式”比基尼也罷，新物料和新科技的加持，幫助女性實現了“快乾、無痕、修身”的美麗訴求。
In the 1970s the exposure of swimsuit reached its peak. In style conservativeness and sexiness ran side by side. The invention of the manmade elastic fiber in 1958 by the Dupont Company made a revolutionary change to the swimsuit, making it snug close to the female body to an unprecedented degree. And this year, with the predominance of 3D, designers are using visual differences created by multiple colors to highlight the S-shape of female body ...
不論怎樣的科技、怎樣的面料，泳裝以比基尼為高潮，讓女性如魚得水般盡情展露完美曲線。在泳裝文化中人們發現了一個奇怪的現象：哪怕三點式盡顯裸露，卻不會有半丁點兒視覺猥瑣，反而產生一種比裸體更強烈的性感。因為它從不同角度展示著生命旺盛的活力和自然美，而這種活力和自然純情的美，正越來越為世人接受和鍾愛。
Whatever the technology and material, bikini allows women to show their perfect curves. Then you find a strange phenomenon: though exposing, bikini shows nothing indecent but a sexiness stronger than nakedness. It demonstrates from a different angle life’s thriving vitality and natural beauty.
作為一種人性自由與解放的象徵，比基尼是20世紀現代主義文化的一個標誌，並且很快被社會所接受，成為了一種表達後現代文化觀念的時尚符號。
A symbol of the freedom of human nature and liberation, bikini, a mark of the modernistic culture of the 20th century, has become a fashion mark of the post-modern cultural ideology.
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