"The Evolution of the Swim suit" Summary

 In "The Evolution of the Swim suit," Jessica Rey, argues the evolution of the swimsuit is a bad thing and has caused women to turn from modesty and become scandalous. Rey describes the history and evolution of the swim suit to show how the designs have changed and become less modest. She describes how the earliest swim suits were one pieces or ones showing little mid-drift and no belly button. She then mentions how the invention of the bikini in 1960, by Louis Rayard, was seen as scandalous and a shock to the public. Rey says the bikini was debuted by a hooker because no model would be seen wearing something so immodest. She mentions this because during this time in history, wearing this type of clothing was seen as socially unacceptable. She then explains how the sexual revolution and the women's movement started to take place in the mid-1960s and how bikinis were becoming popular to women during this time. Rey mentions these moments in history to show how wearing the bikini gave women a sense of power not fashion. She says in today's society women view modesty as an "old" view. Rey explains how modesty is misunderstood as not being fashionable, so she came out with her own swim suit line inspired by Audrey Hepburn to show women how they can be modest and fashionable without it being itsy bitsy. She ends her speech with saying women's modesty is being taken away by today's society when it should be embraced.