What is Microkini?
[[File:Jessica Canizales 8.jpg|thumb|Almost all models do not cover the buttocks. Brazilian model Jessica Canizales in a microkini]] A '''micro bikini''' (or '''microkini''') is a [[bikini]], a bathing suit for [[Woman|women]]. Like a bikini, it is made of two parts, a top, and a slip. The slip usually only covers the [[Labium|labiae]], the top only covers the [[nipple]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpsuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT111|title=Reading Matter: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Material Culture|last=Berger|first=Arthur Asa|date=2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351494731|page=111}}</ref> Microkinis were developed in the 1970s, because [[nudism]] was outlawed in many parts of the [[United States]]. Many microkini models are [[Transparency|transparent]]. They usually do not cover the [[buttocks]]. There are versions which are just made of straps of [[Textile|fabric]] which cover almost nothing. Before wearing a micro bikini, women usually shave at least part of their [[pubic hair]]. [[Pasties]] can be seen as a variant of a microkini: Unlike a top, which is made of fabric, pasties are made of [[plastic]]; they are not kept in place with cords. Microkini designs for men were introduced at the end of the 1960s consisting of [[briefs]] that barely covered the penis and the pubic hair.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWJaEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA109|title=The History of Men's Underwear and Swimwear, Second Edition|last=Hill|first=Daniel Delis|date=2022|publisher=Daniel Delis Hill|isbn=9780986425486|page=109}}</ref> These micro bikinis for men have continued to be popular in [[Brazil]], particularly in [[Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mlWw7HLH6XsC&pg=PA387|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures: A-D. Vol. 1|last1=Balderston|first1=Danie|last2=Gonzalez|first2=Mike|last3=López|first3=Ana M.|date=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780415131889|series=Encyclopedias of contemporary culture series|pa