anime became popular in the west in the early 1970s.
anime became popular in the west in the early 1970s.
when did anime become popular in the west?
the early 1970s
an important style that became popular due to the war was the two-piece swimsuit which later led to the bikini. in 1942, the war production board passed a law called the l-85 which put restrictions on clothing production. for swimwear companies the l-85 meant they had to use 10 percent less fabric in all their designs, as a result swimsuits became smaller. swimsuits had been becoming more minimal for a while but in 1944 tina leser debuted one of the first two-piece swimsuits. even though the bottoms were high waisted, cut low on the legs, and paired with a modest bandeau. lesers’ two piece was still considered a daring style for the era. according to sarah kennedy, author of "the swimsuit: a history of twentieth-century fashion", unlike the bikini the two-piece was created out of necessity and was not meant to be shocking. apparently there was an unspoken rule that bellybuttons must never show which accounts for the high waisted bottoms. despite it being scandalous to some, the two-piece was eventually accepted because there really wasn't another option. the l-85 did not only make swimsuits smaller, but it also pushed designers to become more creative with their designs, this led to suits that accentuated and drew attention to women's bodies. this was done by putting boning in the swimwear. two years after leser debuted one of the first two-pieces, the bikini was invented in 1946 by a french engineer named louis réard. it was apparently named after the bikini atoll, which was the site of a nuclear bomb test in 1946, because réard hoped its impact would be explosive in the fashion world. the bikini was even more daring than the two-piece, thus it did not become popular until 1953 when brigitte bardot was photographed in one at the cannes film festival. although the bikini did become popular in europe in 1953 it did not become popular in the united states until the 1960s.
1930–1945 in western fashion
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titaua juventin (also juventin-maurin) is an athletics administrator from french polynesia. she is the president of the athletics federation of french polynesia and represents tahiti on the oceania athletics association.









































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juventin works in teacher training with the ministry of education in tahiti. she adapted the international association of athletics federations’ children’s athletics programme for the specific needs of french polynesian communities and also introduced a programme aimed at getting toddlers physically active and making sport a regular part of a family lifestyle.
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